SESN3

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sestrin 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SESN3 gene. [5]

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SESN3
Identifiers
AliasesSESN3, SEST3, sestrin 3
External IDsOMIM: 607768; MGI: 1922997; HomoloGene: 14386; GeneCards: SESN3; OMA:SESN3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001271594
NM_144665

NM_030261

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001258523
NP_653266

NP_084537

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 95.17 – 95.23 MbChr 9: 14.19 – 14.24 Mb
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Function

This gene encodes a member of the sestrin family of stress-induced proteins. The encoded protein reduces the levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species induced by activated Ras downstream of RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (Akt) and FoxO transcription factor. The protein is required for normal regulation of blood glucose, insulin resistance and plays a role in lipid storage in obesity. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

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