Gene description for GPC3
Gene name glypican 3
Gene symbol GPC3
Other names/aliases DGSX
GTR2-2
MXR7
OCI-5
SDYS
SGB
SGBS
SGBS1
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - GPC3
ExoCarta ExoCarta_2719
Vesiclepedia VP_2719
Entrez Gene 2719
HGNC 4451
MIM 300037
UniProt P51654  
 GPC3 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Liver cancer cells 25265333    
 Gene ontology annotations for GPC3
Molecular Function
    peptidyl-dipeptidase inhibitor activity GO:0060422 IDA
    protein binding GO:0005515 IPI
    heparan sulfate proteoglycan binding GO:0043395 IEA
Biological Process
    mesonephric duct morphogenesis GO:0072180 IEA
    mesenchymal cell proliferation involved in ureteric bud development GO:0072138 ISS
    chondroitin sulfate metabolic process GO:0030204 TAS
    glycosaminoglycan catabolic process GO:0006027 TAS
    cell proliferation involved in metanephros development GO:0072203 IEA
    negative regulation of peptidase activity GO:0010466 IEA
    anterior/posterior axis specification GO:0009948 IEA
    body morphogenesis GO:0010171 IEA
    embryonic hindlimb morphogenesis GO:0035116 IEA
    lung development GO:0030324 IEA
    negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation GO:0050680 IEA
    positive regulation of Wnt signaling pathway, planar cell polarity pathway GO:2000096 IEA
    small molecule metabolic process GO:0044281 TAS
    retinoid metabolic process GO:0001523 TAS
    positive regulation of protein catabolic process GO:0045732 IEA
    positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway GO:0045880 IEA
    negative regulation of growth GO:0045926 IEA
    positive regulation of glucose import GO:0046326 IEA
    anatomical structure morphogenesis GO:0009653 TAS
    coronary vasculature development GO:0060976 IEA
    glycosaminoglycan biosynthetic process GO:0006024 TAS
    branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis GO:0001658 IEA
    glycosaminoglycan metabolic process GO:0030203 TAS
    negative regulation of smoothened signaling pathway GO:0045879 IEA
    bone mineralization GO:0030282 IEA
    osteoclast differentiation GO:0030316 IEA
    positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway GO:0030513 IEA
    negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway GO:0090090 IEA
    carbohydrate metabolic process GO:0005975 TAS
    positive regulation of endocytosis GO:0045807 IEA
    phototransduction, visible light GO:0007603 TAS
Subcellular Localization
    Golgi lumen GO:0005796 TAS
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 TAS
    lysosomal lumen GO:0043202 TAS
    anchored component of plasma membrane GO:0046658 IEA
    proteinaceous extracellular matrix GO:0005578 IEA
    integral component of plasma membrane GO:0005887 TAS
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IDA
    extracellular space GO:0005615 IEA
 Experiment description of studies that identified GPC3 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 267
MISEV standards
EV Biophysical techniques
TSG101|Alix
EV Enriched markers
CANX|HSP90B1
EV Negative markers
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 25265333    
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Exosome Protein Content Changes Induced by Hepatitis B Virus in Huh‑7 Cells Using SILAC Labeling and LC−MS/MS
Authors Zhao X, Wu Y, Duan J, Ma Y, Shen Z, Wei L, Cui X, Zhang J, Xie Y, Liu J
Journal name J Proteome Res
Publication year 2014
Sample Liver cancer cells
Sample name Huh-7 - Transfected with HBx plasmids
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Ultracentrifugation
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Western blotting
Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for GPC3
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.



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