The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen SMC Protein 3 across different species:

structural maintenance of chromosomes 3 (SMC3), structural maintenace of chromosomes 3 (Smc3), structural maintenance of chromosomes 3 (Smc3)

Other aliases include:

BAM, BMH, HCAP, CDLS3, CSPG6, SMC3L1, SmcD, Cspg6, Mmip1, SMC-3, Bamacan, bamacan

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen SMC Protein 3:

structural maintenance of chromosomes 3 – chromosome-associated polypeptide – chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 6 (bamacan) – basement membrane-associated chondroitin proteoglycan – structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 3 – SMC protein 3 – OTTMUSP00000029555 – mad member-interacting protein 1 – chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 6 – chromosome segregation protein SmcD – structural maintenace of chromosomes 3 – basement membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan – bamacan

SMC Protein 3 fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – dynein binding – microtubule motor activity – nucleotide binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein binding – extracellular matrix structural constituent

SMC Protein 3 is relevant to the following processes:

DNA mediated transformation – DNA repair – cell cycle – cell division – meiosis – mitosis – mitotic spindle organization – response to DNA damage stimulus – signal transduction – sister chromatid cohesion – chromosome organization – negative regulation of DNA endoreduplication

Locations for SMC Protein 3:

basement membrane – chromatin – chromosome – cohesin complex – cytoplasm – lateral element – nuclear matrix – nucleus – spindle pole – chromosome, centromeric region

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology