The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Apolipoprotein C-III across different species:

apolipoprotein C-III (APOC3), apolipoprotein C-III (Apoc3), apolipoprotein C-III (ApoC3)

Other aliases include:

APOCIII, MGC150353, Apoc, apo-CIII, APOC3, ApoC3, MGC137023, Apoc3

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Apolipoprotein C-III:

apolipoprotein C-III – apolipoprotein C-3 – apolipoprotein CIII

Apolipoprotein C-III fulfills a number of functions:

cholesterol binding – enzyme regulator activity – high-density lipoprotein receptor binding – lipase inhibitor activity – phospholipid binding – lipid binding – lipid transporter activity

Apolipoprotein C-III is relevant to the following processes:

Cdc42 protein signal transduction – G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – cholesterol efflux – cholesterol homeostasis – chylomicron remnant clearance – high-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – lipid transport – lipoprotein metabolic process – negative regulation of cholesterol import – negative regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process – negative regulation of high-density lipoprotein particle clearance – negative regulation of lipoprotein lipase activity – negative regulation of low-density lipoprotein particle clearance – negative regulation of receptor-mediated endocytosis – negative regulation of triglyceride catabolic process – negative regulation of very-low-density lipoprotein particle clearance – negative regulation of very-low-density lipoprotein particle remodeling – phospholipid efflux – reverse cholesterol transport – triglyceride homeostasis – very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly – cholesterol metabolic process – lipid catabolic process – transport – triglyceride catabolic process – triglyceride metabolic process – triglyceride mobilization – inflammatory response – lipoprotein transport – response to drug – response to nutrient – response to peptide hormone stimulus

Locations for Apolipoprotein C-III:

chylomicron – extracellular region – extracellular space – intermediate-density lipoprotein particle – spherical high-density lipoprotein particle – very-low-density lipoprotein particle

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology