EGF-like module-containing mucin-like hormone receptor-like 3is aproteinencoded by theADGRE3gene.[3][4]EMR3 is a member of theadhesion GPCRfamily.[5][6]
Adhesion GPCRs are characterized by an extended extracellular region often possessing N-terminal protein modules that is linked to a TM7 region via a domain known as the GPCR-Autoproteolysis INducing(GAIN)domain.[7]
EMR3 expression is restricted to monocytes/macrophages, myeloid dendritic cells, and mature granulocytes in human.[8]Transcription of the EMR3 gene results in two alternative spliced forms: a surface protein with extracellular, 7TM, and intracellular domains as well as a truncated soluble form of only the extracellular domain.[9]Mice, next to Emr2, lack the Emr3 gene.[10]
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