DAP3

death associated protein 3

Summary

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 28S subunit protein that also participates in apoptotic pathways which are initiated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, Fas ligand, and gamma interferon. This protein potentially binds ATP/GTP and might be a functional partner of the mitoribosomal protein S27. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 1q and 2q. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]

Known Variants31 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1846799721:155,658,184C/Asynonymous variant
rs5701978861:155,663,235C/A
rs5495259881:155,667,464C/T
rs7641529401:155,679,611A/Guncertain significance
rs3694973541:155,679,618G/Alikely benign
rs618177631:155,681,157G/Aupstream gene variant
rs7707930961:155,686,809C/Tlikely benign
rs1462117681:155,686,867A/Guncertain significance
rs7535273701:155,691,345A/Glikely benign
rs2002992931:155,695,723G/Cuncertain significance
rs7597032501:155,695,733C/Tuncertain significance
rs1462153121:155,697,441G/Alikely benign
rs13270834261:155,697,473G/Cuncertain significance
rs9469953251:155,697,491A/Guncertain significance
rs2017771681:155,697,501A/Guncertain significance
rs1505536831:155,697,515C/Tuncertain significance
rs1483719271:155,697,526C/Tlikely benign
rs25264866851:155,698,890C/Tuncertain significance
rs576925911:155,699,032G/Tbenign
rs3756894511:155,699,156C/Guncertain significance
rs25265207501:155,701,198A/Guncertain significance
rs25265271791:155,701,757C/Tuncertain significance
rs3731255991:155,701,804C/Tuncertain significance
rs25265279841:155,701,811A/Cuncertain significance
rs7724025011:155,706,834A/Guncertain significance
rs16600013131:155,707,975T/Glikely pathogenic
rs5361032201:155,708,010G/Apathogenic
rs7585407921:155,708,013C/Tuncertain significance
rs7799487281:155,708,014G/Auncertain significance
rs1114630641:155,708,019T/Auncertain significance
rs7815626981:155,708,020G/Apathogenic

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.