Anti-MCM3AP

The minichromosome maintenance protein 3 (MCM3) is one of the MCM proteins essential for the initiation of DNA replication. The protein encoded by this gene is a MCM3 binding protein. It was reported to have phosphorylation-dependent DNA-primase activity, which was up-regulated in antigen immunization induced germinal center. This protein was demonstrated to be an acetyltransferase that acetylates MCM3 and plays a role in DNA replication. The mutagenesis of a nuclear localization signal of MCM3 affects the binding of this protein with MCM3, suggesting that this protein may also facilitate MCM3 nuclear localization. This gene is expressed in the brain or in neuronal tissue. An allelic variant encoding amino acid Lys at 915, instead of conserved Glu, has been identified in patients with mild intellectual disability. Protein function: Isoform GANP: Essential for the generation of high- affinity B-cells against T-cell-dependent antigens by affecting somatic hypermutation at the IgV-regions. May have stimulation- dependent DNA primase activity that would generate extra RNA primers in very rapidely proliferating cells and would support clonal expansion of differentiating B-cells. Involved in the nuclear export of poly(A)-containing mRNAs by acting as a scaffold for the TREX-2 complex. The TREX-2 complex functions in docking export-competent ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) to the nuclear entrance of the nuclear pore complex (nuclear basket). TREX-2 participates in mRNA export and accurate chromatin positioning in the nucleus by tethering genes to the nuclear periphery. [The UniProt Consortium]