Tbio DPPA3 Developmental pluripotency-associated protein 3

Protein Summary

Description

Primordial germ cell (PGCs)-specific protein involved in epigenetic chromatin reprogramming in the zygote following fertilization. In zygotes, DNA demethylation occurs selectively in the paternal pronucleus before the first cell division, while the adjacent maternal pronucleus and certain paternally-imprinted loci are protected from this process. Participates in protection of DNA methylation in the maternal pronucleus by preventing conversion of 5mC to 5hmC: specifically recognizes and binds histone H3 dimethylated at 'Lys-9' (H3K9me2) on maternal genome, and protects maternal genome from TET3-mediated conversion to 5hmC and subsequent DNA demethylation. Does not bind paternal chromatin, which is mainly packed into protamine and does not contain much H3K9me2 mark. Also protects imprinted loci that are marked with H3K9me2 in mature sperm from DNA demethylation in early embryogenesis. May be important for the totipotent/pluripotent states continuing through preimplantation development. Also involved in chromatin condensation in oocytogenesis (By similarity). This gene encodes a protein that in mice may function as a maternal factor during the preimplantation stage of development. In mice, this gene may play a role in transcriptional repression, cell division, and maintenance of cell pluripotentiality. In humans, related intronless loci are located on chromosomes 14 and X. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Uniprot Accession IDs

• Q6W0C5
• Q0P5U3
• Q6JZS6

Gene Name

• DPPA3

Ensembl ID

• ENST00000345088
• ENSP00000339250
• ENSG00000187569

Symbol

• STELLAR
• Pgc7
• STELLA

Knowledge Table

Most Knowledge About	Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
cell line	0.7
cell type or tissue	0.61
PubMedID	0.6
transcription factor binding site profile	0.42
cellular component	0.41

Protein Classes

No PANTHER Classes or DTO Classes found

IDG Development Level Summary

Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 34   (req: < 5)

Gene RIFs: 11   (req: <= 3)

Antibodies: 151   (req: <= 50)

Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 34   (req: >= 5)

Gene RIFs: 11   (req: > 3)

Antibodies: 151   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 5

Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0

Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0