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MCM3AP

80 kDa MCM3-associated protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCM3AP gene.

Last revised
Jun 7, 2026
Read time
≈ 5 min
Length
1,048 w
Citations
15
Source
MCM3AP
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesMCM3AP, GANP, MAP80, SAC3, minichromosome maintenance complex component 3 associated protein, PNRIID
External IDsOMIM: 603294; MGI: 1930089; HomoloGene: 2902; GeneCards: MCM3AP; OMA:MCM3AP - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003906

NM_019434

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003897

NP_062307

Location (UCSC)Chr 21: 46.24 – 46.29 MbChr 10: 76.3 – 76.35 Mb
PubMed search34
Wikidata
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80 kDa MCM3-associated protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCM3AP gene.56

Function

The minichromosome maintenance protein 3 (MCM3) is one of the MCM proteins essential for the initiation of DNA replication. The protein encoded by this gene is an MCM3 binding protein. It was reported to have phosphorylation-dependent DNA-primase activity, which was up-regulated in antigen immunization induced germinal center. This protein was demonstrated to be an acetyltransferase that acetylates MCM3 and plays a role in DNA replication. The mutagenesis of a nuclear localization signal of MCM3 affects the binding of this protein with MCM3, suggesting that this protein may also facilitate MCM3 nuclear localization.6

Interactions

MCM3AP has been shown to interact with:

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000160294Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000001150Ensembl, 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. Takei Y, Tsujimoto G (September 1998). "Identification of a novel MCM3-associated protein that facilitates MCM3 nuclear localization". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (35): 22177–80. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.35.22177. PMID 9712829.
  6. "Entrez Gene: MCM3AP MCM3 minichromosome maintenance deficient 3 (S. cerevisiae) associated protein".
  7. Takei Y, Assenberg M, Tsujimoto G, Laskey R (November 2002). "The MCM3 acetylase MCM3AP inhibits initiation, but not elongation, of DNA replication via interaction with MCM3". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (45): 43121–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.C200442200. PMID 12226073.
  8. Kuwahara K, Yoshida M, Kondo E, Sakata A, Watanabe Y, Abe E, Kouno Y, Tomiyasu S, Fujimura S, Tokuhisa T, Kimura H, Ezaki T, Sakaguchi N (April 2000). "A novel nuclear phosphoprotein, GANP, is up-regulated in centrocytes of the germinal center and associated with MCM3, a protein essential for DNA replication". Blood. 95 (7): 2321–8. doi:10.1182/blood.V95.7.2321. PMID 10733502.
  9. Zhou Y, Li L, Liu Q, Xing G, Kuai X, Sun J, Yin X, Wang J, Zhang L, He F (May 2008). "E3 ubiquitin ligase SIAH1 mediates ubiquitination and degradation of TRB3". Cell. Signal. 20 (5): 942–8. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.01.010. PMID 18276110.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Germinal-center associated nuclear protein (MCM3AP)