LEM domain-containing protein 3 (LEMD3), also known as MAN1, is an integral protein in the inner nuclear membrane (INM) of the nuclear envelope. It is encoded by the LEMD3 gene[5] and was first identified after it was isolated from the serum of a patient with a collagen vascular disease.[6]
The protein is 82.3 kDa and has a 40 amino acid long LEMdomain located at its amino-terminal region. In its carboxyl end it has a RNA recognition motif (RRM). The LEM domain is also common to two other integral proteins of the INM: lamina-associated polypeptide 2 (LAP2) and emerin.[7]
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^Mumm S, Wenkert D, Zhang X, McAlister WH, Mier RJ, Whyte MP (February 2007). "Deactivating germline mutations in LEMD3 cause osteopoikilosis and Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome, but not sporadic melorheostosis". Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 22 (2): 243–50. doi:10.1359/jbmr.061102. PMID17087626. S2CID28338454.