voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 3; VDAC-3; hVDAC3; outer mitochondrial membrane protein porin 3 (VDAC3)

Function

• forms a channel through the mitochondrial outer membrane that allows diffusion of small hydrophilic molecules

Structure

• consists mainly of a membrane-spanning beta-barrel formed by 19 beta-strands (putative)
• belongs to the eukaryotic mitochondrial porin family

Compartment

mitochondrial outer membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• widely expressed
• highest expression in testis

More general terms

• voltage-dependent anion channel
• mitochondrial membrane protein
• phosphoprotein
• transmembrane 19 protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=7419
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:7419
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/610029
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9Y277.html