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FCGR3A

Low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCGR3A gene. It is also known as CD16a as it is part of the cluster of differentiation cell surface molecules.

Last revised
Jun 18, 2026
Read time
≈ 5 min
Length
1,212 w
Citations
10
Source
FCGR3A
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesFCGR3A, CD16, CD16A, FCG3, FCGR3, FCGRIII, FCR-10, FCRIII, FCRIIIA, IGFR3, IMD20, Fc fragment of IgG receptor IIIa, Fc gamma receptor IIIa, FcGRIIIA, CD16-II
External IDsOMIM: 146740; MGI: 2179523; HomoloGene: 477; GeneCards: FCGR3A; OMA:FCGR3A - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_144559
NM_180961

RefSeq (protein)

NP_653142

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 161.54 – 161.55 MbChr 1: 170.85 – 170.86 Mb
PubMed search34
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Low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCGR3A gene.56 It is also known as CD16a as it is part of the cluster of differentiation cell surface molecules.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000203747Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000059089Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Qiu WQ, de Bruin D, Brownstein BH, Pearse R, Ravetch JV (May 1990). "Organization of the human and mouse low-affinity Fc gamma R genes: duplication and recombination". Science. 248 (4956): 732–5. Bibcode:1990Sci...248..732Q. doi:10.1126/science.2139735. PMID 2139735.
  6. "Entrez Gene: FCGR3A Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIIa, receptor (CD16a)".
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P08637 (Low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A) at the PDBe-KB.