mucin-3B (Intestinal mucin-3B, muc3B)

Function

• major glycoprotein component of a variety of mucus gels
• provides a protective, lubricating barrier against particles & infectious agents at mucosal surfaces

Structure

• highly O-glycosylated & probably also N-glycosylated
• contains 1 EGF-like domain
• contains 1 SEA domain

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• fetal & adult small intestine
• fetal & adult colon

More general terms

• mucin

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605633
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H195.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=57876