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Facts about Low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A.
Receptor for the Fc region of IgG.
Binds complexed or aggregated IgG and also monomeric IgG.Mediates antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and other antibody-dependent responses, such as phagocytosis. .
| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | FCGR3A |
| Uniprot: | P08637 |
| Entrez: | 2214 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

CD16a antigen; CD16a; CD16FCRIIIA; Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIIa, receptor (CD16a); Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIIa, receptor for (CD16); Fc gamma receptor III-A; Fc gamma RIIIA; FCG3; Fc-gamma receptor III-2 (CD 16); Fc-gamma receptor IIIb (CD16); Fc-gamma RIII; Fc-gamma RIIIa; Fc-gamma RIII-alpha; FCGR3; FCGR3A; FCGRIII; FcgRIIIA; FcR-10; FCRIII; FcRIIIa; IGFR3FcgammaRIIIA; immunoglobulin G Fc receptor III; low affinity III, receptor for (CD16); low affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc region receptor III-A; neutrophil-specific antigen NA
Mass (kDA):
29.089 kDA

| Human | |
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| Location: | 1q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (161541759..161550737, complement) |
Expressed on natural killer cells, macrophages, subpopulation of T-cells, immature thymocytes and placental trophoblasts.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Secreted. Exists also as a soluble receptor.





PMID: 2526846 by Ravetch J.V., et al. Alternative membrane forms of Fc gamma RIII(CD16) on human natural killer cells and neutrophils. Cell type-specific expression of two genes that differ in single nucleotide substitutions.
PMID: 16951347 by Rogers K.A., et al. IgG Fc receptor III homologues in nonhuman primate species: genetic characterization and ligand interactions.
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