{"symbol":"THBS3","synonyms":["TSP3"],"name":"thrombospondin 3","description":"The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the thrombospondin family. Thrombospondin family members are adhesive glycoproteins that mediate cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interactions. This protein forms a pentameric molecule linked by a single disulfide bond. This gene shares a common promoter with metaxin 1. Alternate splicing results in coding and non-coding transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":7059,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7059","proteins":[{"symbol":"TSP3_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/TSP3_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}