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PTGES3

Prostaglandin E synthase 3 (cytosolic) is a Prostaglandin E synthase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTGES3 gene.

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Source
PTGES3
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPTGES3, P23, TEBP, cPGES, prostaglandin E synthase 3
External IDsOMIM: 607061; MGI: 1929282; HomoloGene: 128197; GeneCards: PTGES3; OMA:PTGES3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_019766

RefSeq (protein)

NP_062740

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 56.66 – 56.69 MbChr 10: 127.89 – 127.91 Mb
PubMed search34
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Prostaglandin E synthase 3 (cytosolic) is a Prostaglandin E synthase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTGES3 gene.5

The protein encoded by this gene is also known as p23 which functions as a chaperone which is required for proper functioning of the glucocorticoid and other steroid receptors.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000110958Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000071072Ensembl, 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. "Entrez Gene: PTGES3 Prostaglandin E synthase 3 (cytosolic)".
  6. Freeman BC, Yamamoto KR (June 2002). "Disassembly of transcriptional regulatory complexes by molecular chaperones". Science. 296 (5576): 2232–2235. Bibcode:2002Sci...296.2232F. doi:10.1126/science.1073051. PMID 12077419. S2CID 8844179.
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