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Facts about Dynein heavy chain 3, axonemal.
Dynein has ATPase activity; the force-producing power stroke is thought to occur on release of ADP. Involved in sperm motility; implicated in sperm flagellar assembly (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DNAH3 |
| Uniprot: | Q8TD57 |
| Entrez: | 55567 |

| Belongs to: |
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| dynein heavy chain family |

Dynein heavy chain 3, axonemal
Mass (kDA):
470.771 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p12.3 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (20933111..21159537, complement) |
Expressed primarily in trachea and testis, 2 tissues containing axonemal structures. Also expressed in lung.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cilium axoneme.


PMID: 9373155 by Neesen J., et al. Identification of dynein heavy chain genes expressed in human and mouse testis: chromosomal localization of an axonemal dynein gene.
PMID: 9256245 by Chapelin C., et al. Isolation of several human axonemal dynein heavy chain genes: genomic structure of the catalytic site, phylogenetic analysis and chromosomal assignment.