Protein Name glypican 3
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 25236
Gene Symbol

Gpc3

UniProt P13265 (GPC3_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 12
Total Number of Articles : 9
Description

glypican 3

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable peptidyl-dipeptidase inhibitor activity. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway and positive regulation of Wnt signaling pathway, planar cell polarity pathway. Located in plasma membrane. Used to study hepatocellular carcinoma. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome type 1 and nephroblastoma. Orthologous to human GPC3 (glypican 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • glypican-3
  • defective in Simpson-Golabi-Behmel overgrowth syndrome
  • intestinal protein OCI-5
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