Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 4824
Gene name NK3 homeobox 1
Gene symbol NKX3-1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
BAPX2NKX3NKX3.1NKX3A
Chromosome 8
Chromosome location 8p21.2
Summary This gene encodes a homeobox-containing transcription factor. This transcription factor functions as a negative regulator of epithelial cell growth in prostate tissue. Aberrant expression of this gene is associated with prostate tumor progression. Alterna
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT020697 hsa-miR-155-5p Other 20584899
MIRT024883 hsa-miR-215-5p Microarray 19074876
MIRT026366 hsa-miR-192-5p Microarray 19074876
MIRT049849 hsa-miR-92a-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT731776 hsa-miR-378b Luciferase reporter assayMicroarrayqRT-PCRWestern blot 26313654
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
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Transcription factor Regulation Reference
AR Activation 16697957;17303007
AR Unknown 11238180
ETS1 Activation 20842667
MSX2 Activation 22848398
PITX1 Repression 21425961
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA 19597465
GO:0000122 Process Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IEA
GO:0000785 Component Chromatin ISA
GO:0000976 Function Transcription cis-regulatory region binding IDA 19263243, 20855495
GO:0000978 Function RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IBA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
602041 7838 ENSG00000167034
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q99801
Protein name Homeobox protein Nkx-3.1 (Homeobox protein NK-3 homolog A)
Protein function Transcription factor, which binds preferentially the consensus sequence 5'-TAAGT[AG]-3' and can behave as a transcriptional repressor. Plays an important role in normal prostate development, regulating proliferation of glandular epithelium and i
PDB 2L9R
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00046 Homeodomain 125 181 Homeodomain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in the prostate and, at a lower level, in the testis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9226374, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9537602}.
Sequence
MLRVPEPRPGEAKAEGAAPPTPSKPLTSFLIQDILRDGAQRQGGRTSSQRQRDPEPEPEP
EPEGGRSRAGAQNDQLSTGPRAAPEEAETLAETEPERHLGSYLLDSENTSGALPRLPQTP
KQPQKRSRAAFSHTQVIELERKFSHQKYLSAPERAHLAKNLKLTETQVKIWFQNRRYKTK
R
KQLSSELGDLEKHSSLPALKEEAFSRASLVSVYNSYPYYPYLYCVGSWSPAFW
Sequence length 234
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG 
  Pathways in cancer
Prostate cancer
 
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
OLIGODENDROGLIOMA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
PROSTATE CANCER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
PROSTATE CARCINOMA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Acute lymphocytic leukemia Lymphocytic Leukemia BEFREE 22848398
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Carcinoma Breast Carcinoma BEFREE 18794125
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Liver carcinoma Liver carcinoma BEFREE 28972178
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Lymphoid leukemia Lymphoid leukemia BEFREE 22848398
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Malignant neoplasm of breast Breast Cancer BEFREE 18794125
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Malignant neoplasm of prostate Prostate cancer CTD_human_DG 16817226, 17173048, 17202838, 22610119
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Malignant neoplasm of prostate Prostate cancer BEFREE 22083957, 22344708, 23836514, 25700553, 29530947
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma BEFREE 21456068
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Neoplasms Neoplasms BEFREE 21456068, 22344708, 23836514, 25631336, 26195723, 26501111, 28972178, 30013107, 31305891
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasm LHGDN 14633588, 15691383
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only