Symbol: Name: ID: |
BCAS3 breast carcinoma amplified sequence 3 GFS:3696 |
Gene name: | BCAS3 |
Chromosome: | 17q23 |
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Aliases: | FLJ20128 |
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Locus Type: | gene with protein product |
Mouse Genome Database ID: | MGI:2385848 | Rat Genome Database ID: | RGD:1560788 |
HGNC ID: | HGNC:14347 | RefSeq IDs: | NM_001099432 |
Entrez Gene ID: | 54828 | Ensembl Gene ID: | ENSG00000141376 |
VEGA IDs: | UniProt ID: | Q9H6U6 | |
UCSC ID: | uc002iyv.3 | OMIM ID: | 607470 |
Pubmed: | PMID12378525 | ||
CCDS IDs: | CCDSCCDS11626.1 CCDS CCDS45749.1 |
Breast carcinoma amplified sequence 3, also known as BCAS3, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the BCAS3 gene. BCAS3 is a gene that is amplified and overexpressed in breast cancer cells.
Function: The BCAS3 gene is regulated by estrogen receptor alpha (ER-α). The PELP1 protein acts as a transcriptional coactivator of estrogen receptor induced BCAS3 gene expression. In addition BCAS3 possesses histone acetyltransferase activity and itself appears to act as a coactivator of ER-α. Furthermore BCAS3 requires PELP1 to function as a coactivator in ER-α. Hence BCAS3 apparently is involved in a positive feedback loop leading to ER-α mediated signal amplification.
Products for BCAS3 gene
Catalog | Product Name | Application | Company |
GFS:E03696 | breast carcinoma amplified sequence 3; ELISA kit | ELISA | n/a |
GFS:A03696 | breast carcinoma amplified sequence 3; Anti | ANTIBODIES | n/a |
GFS:P03696 | breast carcinoma amplified sequence 3; Protien | Protien | n/a |