Thrombospondin-3 Proteins and Enzymes

THBS3 is a gene that codes for an adhesive glycoprotein that mediates cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interactions and has two isoforms, with lengths of 956 and 836 amino acids and weights of approximately 104 and 91 kDa respectively. Current research is being done on diseases and disorders related to this gene including osteosarcoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, retinitis, malaria, neuronitis, and echinococcosis. THBS3 has also been shown to have interactions with THBS2, THBS1, THBS4, FURIN, and PDGFB in pathways such as the focal adhesion, inflammatory response, signal transduction, signaling by PDGF, phagosome, ECM-receptor interaction, and malaria pathways.