RIC3
Identifiers
Aliases	RIC3, AYST720, PRO1385, RIC3 acetylcholine receptor chaperone, RIC-3
External IDs	OMIM: 610509 MGI: 2443887 HomoloGene: 49772 GeneCards: RIC3
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p15.4 Start 8,106,056 bp[1] End 8,169,055 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7|7 E3 Start 108,633,519 bp[2] End 108,682,538 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in anterior pituitary left lobe of thyroid gland right lobe of thyroid gland body of pancreas right uterine tube gastric mucosa skin of abdomen minor salivary glands left uterine tube Brodmann area 9 Top expressed in visual cortex superior frontal gyrus spermatocyte cerebellar cortex ganglionic eminence neural tube Region I of hippocampus proper hippocampus proper retinal pigment epithelium adrenal gland More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein folding chaperone activity acetylcholine receptor binding Cellular component integral component of membrane neuron projection Golgi membrane neuronal cell body Golgi apparatus endoplasmic reticulum membrane intracellular membrane-bounded organelle endoplasmic reticulum membrane Biological process positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration synaptic transmission, cholinergic protein localization to cell surface protein folding Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 79608 320360 Ensembl ENSG00000166405 ENSMUSG00000048330 UniProt Q7Z5B4 Q8BPM6 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001135109 NM_001206671 NM_001206672 NM_024557 NM_001346690 NM_001346691 NM_001346692 NM_001346693 NM_001346694 NM_001038624 NM_178780 NM_001311161 RefSeq (protein) NP_001128581 NP_001193600 NP_001193601 NP_001333619 NP_001333620 NP_001333621 NP_001333622 NP_001333623 NP_078833 NP_001033713 NP_001298090 NP_848895 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 8.11 – 8.17 Mb Chr 7: 108.63 – 108.68 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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RIC-3 also known as resistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase 3 is a chaperone protein that in humans is encoded by the RIC3 gene. The RIC3 gene was first discovered in C. elegans.^[5] RIC-3 protein is conserved in most animals and influences the maturation of various ligand gated ion channels including the serotonin 5-HT₃ receptor and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors,^[6][7] particularly the homomeric α₇ nicotinic receptor. RIC-3 enhances currents generated by these receptors by expediting receptor transport to the cell surface and by increasing receptor number.^[8]