InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Homo sapiens Protein: DPF3

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-11121.7

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

DPF3

Protein Name

D4, zinc and double PHD fingers, family 3

Synonyms

BAF45C; CERD4;

Species

Homo sapiens

Ensembl Protein

ENSP00000370614

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-11119 (DPF3)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Belongs to the neuron-specific chromatin remodeling complex (nBAF complex). During neural development a switch from a stem/progenitor to a post-mitotic chromatin remodeling mechanism occurs as neurons exit the cell cycle and become committed to their adult state. The transition from proliferating neural stem/progenitor cells to post-mitotic neurons requires a switch in subunit composition of the npBAF and nBAF complexes. As neural progenitors exit mitosis and differentiate into neurons, npBAF complexes which contain ACTL6A/BAF53A and PHF10/BAF45A, are exchanged for homologous alternative ACTL6B/BAF53B and DPF1/BAF45B or DPF3/BAF45C subunits in neuron-specific complexes (nBAF). The npBAF complex is essential for the self-renewal/proliferative capacity of the multipotent neural stem cells. The nBAF complex along with CREST plays a role regulating the activity of genes essential for dendrite growth (By similarity). Muscle-specific component of the BAF complex, a multiprotein complex involved in transcriptional activation and repression of select genes by chromatin remodeling (alteration of DNA-nucleosome topology). Specifically binds acetylated lysines on histone 3 and 4 (H3K14ac, H3K9ac, H4K5ac, H4K8ac, H4K12ac, H4K16ac). In the complex, it acts as a tissue-specific anchor between histone acetylations and methylations and chromatin remodeling. It thereby probably plays an essential role in heart and skeletal muscle development. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269PubMed:18765789}.

Subcellular Localization

Nucleus {ECO:0000305}.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 16 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.

Experimentally validated
Total	16 [view]
Protein-Protein	14 [view]
Protein-DNA	2 [view]
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0008270	zinc ion binding
GO:0046872	metal ion binding

Biological Process

GO:0006351	transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0006355	regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0008150	biological_process
GO:0016568	chromatin modification