Tbio PIWIL3 Piwi-like protein 3

Protein Summary

Description

May play a role during spermatogenesis by repressing transposable elements and preventing their mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Acts via the piRNA metabolic process, which mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi proteins and govern the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons. Directly binds piRNAs, a class of 24 to 30 nucleotide RNAs that are generated by a Dicer-independent mechanism and are primarily derived from transposons and other repeated sequence elements. Besides their function in transposable elements repression, piRNAs are probably involved in other processes during meiosis such as translation regulation (By similarity). This gene encodes a member of the PIWI subfamily of Argonaute family proteins. This subfamily of proteins contains a PAZ domain, found in proteins involved in RNA-mediated gene silencing, and a C-terminal Piwi domain. The encoded protein is thought to function in maintenance of germline cells. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]

Uniprot Accession IDs

• Q7Z3Z3

Gene Name

• PIWIL3

Ensembl ID

• ENST00000332271
• ENSP00000330031
• ENSG00000184571
• ENST00000616349
• ENSP00000479524

Symbol

• HIWI3

Knowledge Table

Most Knowledge About	Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
cell line	0.69
tissue	0.54
protein domain	0.41
microRNA	0.4
biological process	0.37

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: 10.44   (req: < 5)

Gene RIFs: 6   (req: <= 3)

Antibodies: 83   (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: 10.44   (req: >= 5)

Gene RIFs: 6   (req: > 3)

Antibodies: 83   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 7

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