BEST3, bestrophin 3

BEST3, bestrophin 3

• BEST3 belongs to the bestrophin family of anion channels, which includes BEST1 (MIM 607854), the gene mutant in vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD; MIM 153700), and 2 other BEST1-like genes, BEST2 (MIM 607335) and BEST4 (MIM 607336). Bestrophins are transmembrane (TM) proteins that share a homology region containing a high content of aromatic residues, including an invariant arg-phe-pro (RFP) motif. The bestrophin genes share a conserved gene structure, with almost identical sizes of the 8 RFP-TM domain-encoding exons and highly conserved exon-intron boundaries. Each of the 4 bestrophin genes has a unique 3-prime end of variable length (Stohr et al., 2002 [PubMed 12032738]; Tsunenari et al., 2003 [PubMed 12907679]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

• Gene Synonyms (VMD2L3, bestrophin-3, vitelliform macular dystrophy 2-like 3, vitelliform macular dystrophy 2-like protein 3,)
• NCBI Gene ID: 144453
• Species: Homo sapiens (Human)
• UNIPROT ID#>>Q8N1M1
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