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.