IGFBP3

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3, also known as IGFBP-3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IGFBP3 gene. IGFBP-3 is one of six IGF binding proteins (IGFBP-1 to IGFBP-6) that have highly conserved structures and bind the insulin-like growth factors IGF-1 and IGF-2 with high affinity. IGFBP-7, sometimes included in this family, shares neither the conserved structural features nor the high IGF affinity. Instead, IGFBP-7 binds IGF1R, which blocks IGF-1 and IGF-2 binding, resulting in apoptosis.

IGFBP3
Identifiers
AliasesIGFBP3, BP-53, IBP3, insulin like growth factor binding protein 3
External IDsOMIM: 146732 MGI: 96438 HomoloGene: 500 GeneCards: IGFBP3
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3486

16009

Ensembl

ENSG00000146674

ENSMUSG00000020427

UniProt

P17936

P47878

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001013398
NM_000598

NM_008343

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000589
NP_001013416

NP_032369

Location (UCSC)Chr 7: 45.91 – 45.92 MbChr 11: 7.16 – 7.16 Mb
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