Apoptosis-inducing factor, mitochondria-associated 3

AIFM3
Identifiers
Aliases	AIFM3, AIFL, apoptosis inducing factor, mitochondria associated 3, apoptosis inducing factor mitochondria associated 3
External IDs	OMIM: 617298; MGI: 1919418; GeneCards: AIFM3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 22 (human) Band 22q11.21 Start 20,965,108 bp End 20,981,360 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 16 (mouse) Band 16|16 A3 Start 17,489,611 bp End 17,507,485 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in mucosa of transverse colon right frontal lobe right hemisphere of cerebellum cingulate gyrus anterior cingulate cortex Brodmann area 9 caudate nucleus amygdala nucleus accumbens putamen Top expressed in cerebellar cortex Epithelium of choroid plexus primary visual cortex habenula superior frontal gyrus cerebellar vermis lobe of cerebellum facial motor nucleus inferior colliculi nucleus of stria terminalis More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function iron-sulfur cluster binding oxidoreductase activity metal ion binding flavin adenine dinucleotide binding 2 iron, 2 sulfur cluster binding Cellular component mitochondrial inner membrane endoplasmic reticulum mitochondrion nucleus cytosol Biological process execution phase of apoptosis apoptotic process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Databases NCBI: entry; OMA: entry Species Human Mouse Entrez 150209 72168 Ensembl ENSG00000183773 ENSMUSG00000022763 UniProt Q96NN9 Q3TY86 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001018060 NM_001146288 NM_144704 NM_001386814 NM_001291070 NM_175178 RefSeq (protein) NP_001018070 NP_001139760 NP_653305 NP_001277999 NP_780387 Location (UCSC) Chr 22: 20.97 – 20.98 Mb Chr 16: 17.49 – 17.51 Mb PubMed search
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Apoptosis-inducing factor, mitochondria-associated 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AIFM3 gene.

Further reading

• Xie Q, Lin T, Zhang Y, Zheng J, Bonanno JA (2005). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a human AIF-like gene with ability to induce apoptosis". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (20): 19673–81. doi:10.1074/jbc.M409517200. PMID 15764604.
• Urbano A, Lakshmanan U, Choo PH, Kwan JC, Ng PY, Guo K, Dhakshinamoorthy S, Porter A (2005). "AIF suppresses chemical stress-induced apoptosis and maintains the transformed state of tumor cells". EMBO J. 24 (15): 2815–26. doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600746. PMC 1182241. PMID 16001080.
• Ashktorab H, Dashwood RH, Dashwood MM, Zaidi SI, Hewitt SM, Green WR, Lee EL, Daremipouran M, Nouraie M, Malekzadeh R, Smoot DT (2008). "H. pylori-induced apoptosis in human gastric cancer cells mediated via the release of apoptosis-inducing factor from mitochondria". Helicobacter. 13 (6): 506–17. doi:10.1111/j.1523-5378.2008.00646.x. PMC 7322629. PMID 19166416.
• Hendrickson SL, Lautenberger JA, Chinn LW, Malasky M, Sezgin E, Kingsley LA, Goedert JJ, Kirk GD, Gomperts ED, Buchbinder SP, Troyer JL, O'Brien SJ (2010). "Genetic variants in nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes influence AIDS progression". PLOS ONE. 5 (9) e12862. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512862H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012862. PMC 2943476. PMID 20877624.
• Yang W, Sun T, Cao J, Liu F, Tian Y, Zhu W (2012). "Downregulation of miR-210 expression inhibits proliferation, induces apoptosis and enhances radiosensitivity in hypoxic human hepatoma cells in vitro". Exp. Cell Res. 318 (8): 944–54. doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.02.010. PMID 22387901.
• Lin'kova NS, Katanugina AS, Khavinson VKh (2011). "[Expression of AIF and CGRP markers in pineal gland and thymus during aging]". Adv Gerontol (in Russian). 24 (4): 601–5. PMID 22550867.