Species Human Entrez 4504 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000087250 | |
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Aliases MT3, GIF, GIFB, GRIF, Znmetallothionein 3 External IDs HomoloGene: 136800 GeneCards: MT3 | ||
Metallothionein-3 (also known as Growth Inhibitory Factor) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MT3 gene. It is a 68-amino acid peptide (20 of which are cysteine) that is abnormally under-expressed in the brains of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Metallothionein-3 is a member of the metallothionein family of proteins.
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