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DPM3

dolichyl-phosphate mannosyltransferase polypeptide 3, also known as DPM3, is a human gene.[1][2]

Function

Dolichol-phosphate mannose (Dol-P-Man) serves as a donor of mannosyl residues on the lumenal side of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Lack of Dol-P-Man results in defective surface expression of GPI-anchored proteins. Dol-P-Man is synthesized from GDP-mannose and dolichol-phosphate on the cytosolic side of the ER by the enzyme dolichyl-phosphate mannosyltransferase. The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of dolichyl-phosphate mannosyltransferase and acts as a stabilizer subunit of the dolichyl-phosphate mannosyltransferase complex.[1]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene are associated with congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1O.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: dolichyl-phosphate mannosyltransferase polypeptide 3”.
  2. Maeda Y, Tanaka S, Hino J, Kangawa K, Kinoshita T (June 2000). “Human dolichol-phosphate-mannose synthase consists of three subunits, DPM1, DPM2 and DPM3”. EMBO J. 19 (11): 2475–82. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.11.2475. PMC 212771. PMID 10835346.
  3. Haeuptle MA, Hennet T (December 2009). “Congenital disorders of glycosylation: an update on defects affecting the biosynthesis of dolichol-linked oligosaccharides”. Hum. Mutat. 30 (12): 1628–41. doi:10.1002/humu.21126. PMID 19862844.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.



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