======= MUC3A ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: MUC3A * **Official Name**: mucin 3A, cell surface associated * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=4584|4584]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q02505|Q02505]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=MUC3A&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20MUC3A|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/158371|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Major glycoprotein component of a variety of mucus gels. Thought to provide a protective, lubricating barrier against particles and infectious agents at mucosal surfaces. May be involved in ligand binding and intracellular signaling. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10405327}. |SEA| |extracellular matrix constituent, lubricant activity| |O-glycan processing| |Golgi lumen| |protein O-linked glycosylation| |stimulatory C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway| |innate immune response activating cell surface receptor signaling pathway| |extracellular matrix structural constituent| |innate immune response-activating signal transduction| |activation of innate immune response| |macromolecule glycosylation| |protein glycosylation| |glycosylation| |glycoprotein biosynthetic process| |positive regulation of innate immune response| |positive regulation of response to biotic stimulus| |glycoprotein metabolic process| |immune response-activating cell surface receptor signaling pathway| |regulation of innate immune response| |positive regulation of defense response| |immune response-regulating cell surface receptor signaling pathway| |positive regulation of multi-organism process| |regulation of response to biotic stimulus| |immune response-activating signal transduction| |immune response-regulating signaling pathway| |positive regulation of response to external stimulus| |carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process| |activation of immune response| |regulation of defense response| |regulation of multi-organism process| |positive regulation of immune response| |carbohydrate derivative metabolic process| |regulation of response to external stimulus| |regulation of immune response| |positive regulation of immune system process| |organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process| |regulation of response to stress| |regulation of immune system process| |cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process| |macromolecule biosynthetic process| |extracellular region| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: N/A ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 7485 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -4.79 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}