PCBP3

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Also known as FLJ44028

Summary

PCBP3 (poly(rC) binding protein 3, HGNC:8651) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 21q22.3, encoding Poly(rC)-binding protein 3 (P57721). Single-stranded nucleic acid binding protein that binds preferentially to oligo dC.

This gene encodes a member of the KH-domain protein subfamily. Proteins of this subfamily, also referred to as alpha-CPs, bind to RNA with a specificity for C-rich pyrimidine regions. Alpha-CPs play important roles in post-transcriptional activities and have different cellular distributions. The protein encoded by this gene lacks the nuclear localization signals found in other subfamily members. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.

Source: NCBI Gene 54039 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 15
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 61 total — 1 likely-pathogenic
  • Druggable target: yes
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001384156

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:8651
Approved symbolPCBP3
Namepoly(rC) binding protein 3
Location21q22.3
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesFLJ44028
Ensembl geneENSG00000183570
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM608502
Entrez54039

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 33 — 20 protein_coding, 11 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 2 retained_intron

ENST00000400304, ENST00000400305, ENST00000400308, ENST00000400309, ENST00000400310, ENST00000400314, ENST00000423045, ENST00000449640, ENST00000465077, ENST00000468429, ENST00000472191, ENST00000475402, ENST00000481302, ENST00000498121, ENST00000549265, ENST00000593338, ENST00000594149, ENST00000594320, ENST00000609985, ENST00000610200, ENST00000628776, ENST00000681687, ENST00000909830, ENST00000909831, ENST00000909832, ENST00000909833, ENST00000909834, ENST00000922168, ENST00000922169, ENST00000965783, ENST00000965784, ENST00000965785, ENST00000965786

RefSeq mRNA: 23 — MANE Select: NM_001384156 NM_001130141, NM_001348238, NM_001348239, NM_001348240, NM_001348241, NM_001348242, NM_001348243, NM_001348244, NM_001348245, NM_001382276, NM_001382277, NM_001382278, NM_001382279, NM_001382281, NM_001382282, NM_001382283, NM_001382284, NM_001382285, NM_001382286, NM_001382287, NM_001382288, NM_001384156, NM_020528

CCDS: CCDS42974, CCDS46652, CCDS86993, CCDS86994

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000681687 — 18 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000012997234590099745901113
ENSE000013224044592991745929995
ENSE000015423694573539245735429
ENSE000023010874584996145850095
ENSE000034725054591758845917629
ENSE000035357804590059145900623
ENSE000035858684590935545909486
ENSE000035889494593078645930845
ENSE000036042234593525345935305
ENSE000036057274591090245911030
ENSE000036352074594003045940199
ENSE000036376034591395145914025
ENSE000036399404589959945899622
ENSE000037454424589620845896362
ENSE000039113894575541745755452
ENSE000039120864566887445668952
ENSE000039154004564372545643868
ENSE000039158074594167045942450

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 172 present calls, max score 95.77.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 10.4585 / max 334.6234, expressed in 1285 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (7 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
1895809.17931237
1895770.4002229
1895790.3894180
1895760.2711134
1895780.188863
1895830.01604
1895840.01384

Top tissues by expression

289 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489095.77gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224595.76gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212995.57gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203792.36gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219689.59gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453489.02gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453388.79gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000786.34gold quality
testisUBERON:000047385.09gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119984.82gold quality
C1 segment of cervical spinal cordUBERON:000646983.66gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580583.59gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583382.46gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347382.33gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281082.22gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047381.36gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584181.26gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099180.45gold quality
cingulate cortexUBERON:000302780.17gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983580.03gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985379.88gold quality
spleenUBERON:000210679.52gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045179.45gold quality
spinal cordUBERON:000224079.41gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188278.16gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041477.86gold quality
sural nerveUBERON:001548877.82gold quality
peritoneumUBERON:000235877.76gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130377.62gold quality
small intestine Peyer’s patchUBERON:000345477.60gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 2 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-HCAD-35yes6.76
E-ANND-3no4.79

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): HNRNPK, TFCP2

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

22 targeting PCBP3, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-141-3P99.9472.792421
HSA-MIR-200A-3P99.9472.682420
HSA-MIR-7-5P99.6770.531809
HSA-MIR-205399.5769.151635
HSA-MIR-486-3P99.5166.821901
HSA-MIR-1207-5P99.4969.112983
HSA-MIR-4677-3P99.4967.911246
HSA-MIR-431699.3765.751360
HSA-MIR-6808-5P99.3166.232150
HSA-MIR-6893-5P99.3166.252119
HSA-MIR-6852-5P99.1766.692073
HSA-MIR-4763-3P99.1067.832649
HSA-MIR-76098.8166.651392
HSA-MIR-423-5P98.6967.481522
HSA-MIR-3184-5P98.5667.131491
HSA-MIR-467597.6964.82774
HSA-MIR-474197.6964.14883
HSA-MIR-4723-3P97.6765.911017
HSA-MIR-6769B-3P97.4165.531036
HSA-MIR-318397.4065.68978
HSA-MIR-6800-3P96.1565.16461
HSA-MIR-314184.7960.3835

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 3)

  • Study examined splicing factors located on chromosome 21 for their effect on tau exon 10 and discovered that one of them, hnRNPE3 (PCBP3), modestly activates splicing of exon 10 by interacting with its proximal downstream intron around position +19. (PMID:19914360)
  • Low PCBP3 expression is associated with Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. (PMID:30275197)
  • LncRNA A2M-AS1 Promotes Ferroptosis in Pancreatic Cancer via Interacting With PCBP3. (PMID:35920801)

Cross-species orthologs

13 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriozgc:110045ENSDARG00000057141
mus_musculusPcbp3ENSMUSG00000001120
rattus_norvegicusPcbp3ENSRNOG00000001245
drosophila_melanogasterPsiFBGN0014870
drosophila_melanogasterpsFBGN0261552
drosophila_melanogastermubFBGN0262737
drosophila_melanogasterImpFBGN0285926
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00003978
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00007534
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00010908
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00013347
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00016489
caenorhabditis_elegansfubl-4WBGENE00019692

Paralogs (12): IGF2BP2 (ENSG00000073792), KHSRP (ENSG00000088247), PCBP4 (ENSG00000090097), NOVA2 (ENSG00000104967), FUBP3 (ENSG00000107164), IGF2BP3 (ENSG00000136231), NOVA1 (ENSG00000139910), IGF2BP1 (ENSG00000159217), FUBP1 (ENSG00000162613), HNRNPK (ENSG00000165119), PCBP1 (ENSG00000169564), PCBP2 (ENSG00000197111)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Poly(rC)-binding protein 3P57721 (reviewed: P57721)

Alternative names: Alpha-CP3, PCBP3-overlapping transcript, PCBP3-overlapping transcript 1

All UniProt accessions (3): E9PFP8, P57721, J3QT27

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Single-stranded nucleic acid binding protein that binds preferentially to oligo dC.

Subcellular location. Cytoplasm.

Isoforms (5)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
P57721-11yes
P57721-22
P57721-33
P57721-44
P57721-55

RefSeq proteins (23): NP_001123613, NP_001335167, NP_001335168, NP_001335169, NP_001335170, NP_001335171, NP_001335172, NP_001335173, NP_001335174, NP_001369205, NP_001369206, NP_001369207, NP_001369208, NP_001369210, NP_001369211, NP_001369212, NP_001369213, NP_001369214, NP_001369215, NP_001369216, NP_001369217, NP_001371085, NP_065389 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR004087KH_domDomain
IPR004088KH_dom_type_1Domain
IPR036612KH_dom_type_1_sfHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF00013

UniProt features (7 total): domain 3, splice variant 3, chain 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-P57721-F167.290.02

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 137 (showing top): MORF_RAGE, CAR_TNFRSF25, MORF_FANCG, CAR_MYST2, GOBP_VIRAL_GENOME_REPLICATION, GOBP_VIRAL_LIFE_CYCLE, CAR_MLANA, MORF_PML, MORF_PDPK1, MORF_IKBKG, chr21q22, MORF_MT4, GOMF_SINGLE_STRANDED_DNA_BINDING, MORF_ORC1L, MORF_RFC1

GO Biological Process (4): negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122), regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357), mRNA metabolic process (GO:0016071), viral RNA genome replication (GO:0039694)

GO Molecular Function (6): RNA binding (GO:0003723), mRNA binding (GO:0003729), C-rich single-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990829), nucleic acid binding (GO:0003676), DNA binding (GO:0003677), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (5): nucleus (GO:0005634), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), cytosol (GO:0005829), extracellular exosome (GO:0070062), ribonucleoprotein complex (GO:1990904)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
transcription by RNA polymerase II2
nucleic acid binding2
binding2
cellular anatomical structure2
regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II1
negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription1
regulation of DNA-templated transcription1
RNA metabolic process1
viral genome replication1
RNA biosynthetic process1
RNA binding1
single-stranded DNA binding1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
intracellular anatomical structure1
cytoplasm1
extracellular vesicle1
protein-containing complex1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1134 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
PCBP3YBEYP58557610
PCBP3POFUT2Q9Y2G5558
PCBP3RBM11P57052473
PCBP3RWDD2BP57060437
PCBP3COMMD9Q9P000433
PCBP3TRIB3Q96RU7416
PCBP3TRMT11Q7Z4G4400
PCBP3PROP1O75360389
PCBP3ART1P52961387
PCBP3GEMIN5Q8TEQ6387
PCBP3WDR7Q9Y4E6384
PCBP3HNRNPDLO14979379
PCBP3DIRAS1O95057377
PCBP3SLC19A1P41440376
PCBP3ZNF827Q17R98374

IntAct

81 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
PSMA5PSMA7psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.800
COPRSPRMT5psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.770
CFTRESYT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.710
ENO2ENO1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.710
EIF4EBP1EIF4E1Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.670
EIF3EEIF3Fpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
GNPDA2GNPDA1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.640
MSRB2BLTP3Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
KCTD17CBX4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CCDC6LZTS3psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
PDCD2LPRMT3psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
WNT16WNT11psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
COLGALT2COL1A1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
PLOD3COL4A1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
BBOX1ITPRID2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
PSMA2PSMD11psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
RAB6BRAB6Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
Aif1lpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
RTL8BPCBP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
GFUSPCBP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
TRMT5PCBP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
GCLMPCBP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
AGXTPCBP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
LGALSLPCBP3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
MecomESYT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (185): PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-Western), PCBP1 (Affinity Capture-Western), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Proximity Label-MS), PCBP3 (Proximity Label-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS), PCBP3 (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A8I6G705, A1L3K1, B5DFF2, B5DFI8, G3MWR8, O19048, O19137, O88508, P06730, P29338, P57721, P57722, P60335, Q12800, Q13888, Q15365, Q15366, Q16763, Q1LZ53, Q1RML1, Q28D01, Q2TBV5, Q4W5Z4, Q5E9A3, Q5FVR7, Q5NVP9, Q5TDH0, Q61990, Q6AYU1, Q6DH13, Q6P1K8, Q6ZRY4, Q7RTP6, Q8C6G8, Q8CCI5, Q8CJ19, Q8IY57, Q8N488, Q8VC52, Q921J4

Diamond homologs: A0A0B4KGY6, A0A1W2P872, O19048, O19049, O73932, O74919, P51513, P57721, P57722, P60335, P61978, P61979, P61980, Q15365, Q15366, Q2PFW9, Q32PX7, Q3T0D0, Q4R4M6, Q5E9A3, Q5R5H8, Q5RB68, Q5SF07, Q5ZIQ3, Q5ZLP8, Q61990, Q80WA4, Q8UVD9, Q91WJ8, Q96AE4, Q96I24, Q9JKN6, Q9LZ82, Q9SZH4, Q9UNW9, Q9Y6M1, O00425, P38151, P57723, P57724

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 118 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

Reactome pathways:

PathwayPartnersFoldFDR
Glycolysis516.2×9e-04
Regulation of RUNX3 expression and activity615.9×8e-04
Regulation of activated PAK-2p34 by proteasome mediated degradation515.8×9e-04
Regulation of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC)515.4×9e-04
Vpu mediated degradation of CD4515.1×9e-04
Autodegradation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1515.1×9e-04
Ubiquitin-dependent degradation of Cyclin D515.1×9e-04
Defective CFTR causes cystic fibrosis615.0×8e-04

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

61 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic1
Uncertain significance42
Likely benign6
Benign4

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (1)

Variant IDHGVSClassification
394602GRCh37/hg19 21q22.3(chr21:46955240-48080867)x1Likely pathogenic

SpliceAI

8074 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
21:45643867:AGGT:Adonor_loss1.0000
21:45643868:GGT:Gdonor_loss1.0000
21:45643869:GT:Gdonor_loss1.0000
21:45735380:AACT:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
21:45735428:GT:Gdonor_gain1.0000
21:45735430:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
21:45899619:GAAGG:Gdonor_loss1.0000
21:45899623:G:GAdonor_loss1.0000
21:45899624:T:Gdonor_loss1.0000
21:45900996:GA:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
21:45901111:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
21:45911028:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
21:45911104:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
21:45643864:GGCAG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
21:45643865:GCAG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
21:45643865:GCAGG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
21:45643869:G:GGdonor_gain0.9900
21:45649688:T:TAacceptor_gain0.9900
21:45735380:A:AGacceptor_gain0.9900
21:45735381:A:Gacceptor_gain0.9900
21:45735383:T:Aacceptor_gain0.9900
21:45735386:TTACA:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
21:45735387:TACAG:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
21:45735389:CA:Cacceptor_loss0.9900
21:45735390:A:ATacceptor_loss0.9900
21:45735391:G:GTacceptor_loss0.9900
21:45735428:GTGTA:Gdonor_loss0.9900
21:45735430:G:GAdonor_loss0.9900
21:45735431:T:TTdonor_loss0.9900
21:45735432:A:ATdonor_loss0.9900

AlphaMissense

0 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000000905 (21:45884320 G>C), RS1000042485 (21:45923762 A>C,G), RS1000050760 (21:45721324 A>G), RS1000053826 (21:45892447 G>A), RS1000073459 (21:45780610 A>G), RS1000082110 (21:45862033 A>G,T), RS1000094531 (21:45695647 A>C), RS1000107756 (21:45902652 C>A), RS1000108670 (21:45726972 G>C), RS1000108993 (21:45770598 A>G), RS1000120266 (21:45748348 G>A,T), RS1000134741 (21:45789353 C>T), RS1000137666 (21:45853997 A>G), RS1000154893 (21:45848663 A>C), RS1000167375 (21:45778181 G>T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:608502 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

15 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST001208_10Insulin resistance/response1.000000e-06
GCST003997_8Myopia5.000000e-13
GCST004952_39Ankle injury4.000000e-08
GCST005580_40Intraocular pressure5.000000e-13
GCST006291_125Spherical equivalent or myopia (age of diagnosis)1.000000e-14
GCST006976_96Macular thickness9.000000e-09
GCST007637_14Diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide2.000000e-06
GCST009306_19Spatial processing9.000000e-06
GCST010002_78Refractive error2.000000e-36
GCST011494_105Daytime nap4.000000e-11
GCST012402_14Low myopia3.000000e-06
GCST90013442_35Keratoconus9.000000e-12
GCST90020024_818A body shape index1.000000e-08
GCST90020029_163Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index4.000000e-10
GCST90020029_164Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index3.000000e-08

EFO canonical traits (7, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:1002021ankle injury
EFO:0004695intraocular pressure measurement
EFO:0004847age at onset
EFO:0009369diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide
EFO:0008354cognitive function measurement
EFO:0007828daytime rest measurement
EFO:0007789BMI-adjusted waist circumference

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: yes

ChEMBL targets (1): CHEMBL5465293 (SINGLE PROTEIN)

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

29 total (human), top 29 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
bisphenol Adecreases expression, decreases methylation, increases expression3
(+)-JQ1 compoundincreases expression2
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation, decreases expression, decreases methylation2
Valproic Acidaffects expression, decreases methylation2
triphenyl phosphateaffects expression1
N-(1-naphthyl)ethylenediamineaffects response to substance1
trichostatin Aaffects expression1
sodium arseniteaffects methylation1
aflatoxin B2increases methylation1
di-n-butylphosphoric acidaffects expression1
CGP 52608increases reaction, affects binding1
jinfukangincreases expression1
Resveratrolaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Arsenicaffects methylation1
Cadmiumdecreases expression, increases abundance1
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylenedecreases expression1
Doxorubicindecreases expression1
Estradiolaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Phthalic Acidsincreases methylation1
Plant Extractsaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Progesteroneincreases expression1
Ribonucleotidesaffects binding1
Rotenoneincreases expression1
Smokeincreases expression1
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxinincreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases methylation1
Tretinoindecreases expression1
Aflatoxin B1affects methylation1
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression, increases abundance1

ChEMBL screening assays

1 unique, capped per target: 1 binding

Representative assays (with source publication via chembl_document):

Assay IDTypeDescriptionSource paper
CHEMBL5338437BindingBinding affinity to Pcbp3 (unknown origin) at 200 uM preincubated for 2 hrs followed by pronase addition and measured after 30 mins by coomassie blue staining based SDS-PAGE gel analysisStructurally Diverse Alkaloids with Anti-Renal-Fibrosis Activity from the Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. — J Nat Prod

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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