tetraspanin-3; Tspan-3; tetraspanin TM4-A; transmembrane 4 superfamily member 8 (TSPAN3, TM4SF8)

Function

• regulates proliferation & migration of oligodendrocytes, a process essential for normal myelination & repair (putative)
• interacts with claudin-11/CLDN11 & integrins

Structure

belongs to the tetraspanin (TM4SF) family

Compartment

membrane (probable)

More general terms

• tetraspanin (transmembrane-4-superprotein)
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=10099
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/613134
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O60637.html