ELP3

ELP3
Identifiers
Aliases	ELP3, KAT9, elongator acetyltransferase complex subunit 3
External IDs	OMIM: 612722; MGI: 1921445; HomoloGene: 7105; GeneCards: ELP3; OMA:ELP3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (human)
End	28,191,156 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 14 (mouse)
End	65,830,524 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	endothelial cell; ; Brodmann area 23; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; endometrium; ; Achilles tendon; ; epithelium of colon; ; germinal epithelium; ; internal globus pallidus; ; primary visual cortex; ; seminal vesicula;
	Top expressed in
	primitive streak; ; ventricular zone; ; somite; ; epiblast; ; dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell; ; muscle of thigh; ; maxillary prominence; ; calvaria; ; mandibular prominence; ; neural tube;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	transferase activity; RNA polymerase II complex binding; iron-sulfur cluster binding; H4 histone acetyltransferase activity; H3 histone acetyltransferase activity; metal ion binding; histone acetyltransferase activity; phosphorylase kinase regulator activity; protein binding; catalytic activity; acyltransferase activity; acetyltransferase activity;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; elongator holoenzyme complex; nucleolus; histone acetyltransferase complex; transcription elongation factor complex; nucleus;
Biological process	regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; positive regulation of cell migration; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; transcription elongation from RNA polymerase II promoter; neuron migration; transcription, DNA-templated; nervous system development; central nervous system development; histone H3 acetylation; histone H4 acetylation; regulation of protein kinase activity; tRNA wobble base 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridinylation; histone acetylation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	55140
	74195
	ENSG00000134014
	ENSMUSG00000022031
	Q9H9T3
	Q9CZX0
NM_001284220; NM_001284222; NM_001284224; NM_001284225; NM_001284226;
	NM_018091
	NM_001253812; NM_028811
NP_001271149; NP_001271151; NP_001271153; NP_001271154; NP_001271155;
	NP_060561
	NP_001240741; NP_083087
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Elongator complex protein 3, also named KAT9, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ELP3 gene. ELP3 is the catalytic histone acetyltransferase subunit of the RNA polymerase II elongator complex, which is a component of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) holoenzyme and is involved in transcriptional elongation. ELP3 supports the migration and branching of projection neurons through acetylation of alpha-tubulin in the developing cerebral cortex. In mammals, ELP3 is important for paternal DNA demethylation after fertilization. ELP3 is potentially involved in cellular redox homeostasis by mediating the acetylation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Besides, ELP3 may play a role in chromatin remodeling and is involved in acetylation of histones H3 and probably H4.