HGNC Family | Histocompatibility complex (HLA), Immunoglobulin superfamily domain containing |
Name | major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 3 |
Description | HLA-DRB3 belongs to the HLA class II beta chain paralogues. This class II molecule is a heterodimer consisting of an alpha (DRA) and a beta (DRB) chain, both anchored in the membrane. It plays a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins. Class II molecules are expressed in antigen presenting cells. The beta chain is approximately 26-28 kDa and its gene contains 6 exons. Exon one encodes the leader peptide, exons 2 and 3 encode the two extracellular domains, exon 4 encodes the transmembrane domain and exon 5 encodes the cytoplasmic tail. Within the DR molecule the beta chain contains all the polymorphisms specifying the peptide binding specificities. Typing for these polymorphisms is routinely done for bone marrow and kidney transplantation. There are multiple pseudogenes of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2020] |
Summary |
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Synonyms | HLA-DR3B, HLA-DPB1 |
Proteins | DRB3_HUMAN |
NCBI Gene ID | 3125 |
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HLA-DRB3 has 1,759 functional associations with biological entities spanning 8 categories (organism, functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, structural feature, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 54 datasets.
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If available, associations are ranked by standardized value
Dataset | Summary | |
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Achilles Cell Line Gene Essentiality Profiles | cell lines with fitness changed by HLA-DRB3 gene knockdown relative to other cell lines from the Achilles Cell Line Gene Essentiality Profiles dataset. | |
Allen Brain Atlas Adult Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles | tissues with high or low expression of HLA-DRB3 gene relative to other tissues from the Allen Brain Atlas Adult Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset. | |
Allen Brain Atlas Prenatal Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles | tissues with high or low expression of HLA-DRB3 gene relative to other tissues from the Allen Brain Atlas Prenatal Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset. | |
CCLE Cell Line Proteomics | Cell lines associated with HLA-DRB3 protein from the CCLE Cell Line Proteomics dataset. | |
COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores | cellular components containing HLA-DRB3 protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores dataset. | |
COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 | cellular components containing HLA-DRB3 protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores | cellular components co-occuring with HLA-DRB3 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores dataset. | |
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 | cellular components co-occuring with HLA-DRB3 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Association Evidence Scores | diseases co-occuring with HLA-DRB3 gene in abstracts of biomedical publications from the DISEASES Text-mining Gene-Disease Assocation Evidence Scores dataset. | |
DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations | diseases associated with HLA-DRB3 gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations dataset. | |
DisGeNET Gene-Phenotype Associations | phenotypes associated with HLA-DRB3 gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Phenoptype Associations dataset. | |
GAD Gene-Disease Associations | diseases associated with HLA-DRB3 gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the GAD Gene-Disease Associations dataset. | |
GAD High Level Gene-Disease Associations | diseases associated with HLA-DRB3 gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the GAD High Level Gene-Disease Associations dataset. | |
GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations | biological terms co-occuring with HLA-DRB3 gene in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset. | |
GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures | PubMedIDs of publications reporting gene signatures containing HLA-DRB3 from the GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures dataset. | |
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases | disease perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases dataset. | |
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations | gene perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset. | |
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Kinase Perturbations | kinase perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Kinase Perturbations dataset. | |
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules | small molecule perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules dataset. | |
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations | transcription factor perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset. | |
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Viral Infections | virus perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Viral Infections dataset. | |
GlyGen Glycosylated Proteins | ligands (chemical) binding HLA-DRB3 protein from the GlyGen Glycosylated Proteins dataset. | |
GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 | biological processes involving HLA-DRB3 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 dataset. | |
GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 | biological processes involving HLA-DRB3 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset. | |
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 | biological processes involving HLA-DRB3 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset. | |
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2015 | cellular components containing HLA-DRB3 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2015 dataset. | |
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2023 | cellular components containing HLA-DRB3 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2023 dataset. | |
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 | cellular components containing HLA-DRB3 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 dataset. | |
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2015 | molecular functions performed by HLA-DRB3 gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2015 dataset. | |
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 | molecular functions performed by HLA-DRB3 gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2023 dataset. | |
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 | molecular functions performed by HLA-DRB3 gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 dataset. | |
GTEx eQTL 2025 | SNPs regulating expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset. | |
HuGE Navigator Gene-Phenotype Associations | phenotypes associated with HLA-DRB3 gene by text-mining GWAS publications from the HuGE Navigator Gene-Phenotype Associations dataset. | |
InterPro Predicted Protein Domain Annotations | protein domains predicted for HLA-DRB3 protein from the InterPro Predicted Protein Domain Annotations dataset. | |
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets | transcription factors regulating expression of HLA-DRB3 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset. | |
KEGG Pathways | pathways involving HLA-DRB3 protein from the KEGG Pathways dataset. | |
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles | cell lines with high or low copy number of HLA-DRB3 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset. | |
LOCATE Curated Protein Localization Annotations | cellular components containing HLA-DRB3 protein in low- or high-throughput protein localization assays from the LOCATE Curated Protein Localization Annotations dataset. | |
LOCATE Predicted Protein Localization Annotations | cellular components predicted to contain HLA-DRB3 protein from the LOCATE Predicted Protein Localization Annotations dataset. | |
Pathway Commons Protein-Protein Interactions | interacting proteins for HLA-DRB3 from the Pathway Commons Protein-Protein Interactions dataset. | |
PFOCR Pathway Figure Associations 2024 | pathways involving HLA-DRB3 protein from the Wikipathways PFOCR 2024 dataset. | |
Reactome Pathways 2014 | pathways involving HLA-DRB3 protein from the Reactome Pathways dataset. | |
Reactome Pathways 2024 | pathways involving HLA-DRB3 protein from the Reactome Pathways 2024 dataset. | |
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures | drug perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset. | |
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures | gene perturbations changing expression of HLA-DRB3 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset. | |
Sanger Dependency Map Cancer Cell Line Proteomics | cell lines associated with HLA-DRB3 protein from the Sanger Dependency Map Cancer Cell Line Proteomics dataset. | |
TargetScan Predicted Conserved microRNA Targets | microRNAs regulating expression of HLA-DRB3 gene predicted using conserved miRNA seed sequences from the TargetScan Predicted Conserved microRNA Targets dataset. | |
TargetScan Predicted Nonconserved microRNA Targets | microRNAs regulating expression of HLA-DRB3 gene predicted using nonconserved miRNA seed sequences from the TargetScan Predicted Nonconserved microRNA Targets dataset. | |
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores | tissues with high expression of HLA-DRB3 protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores dataset. | |
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 | tissues with high expression of HLA-DRB3 protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 | tissues with high expression of HLA-DRB3 protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores | tissues co-occuring with HLA-DRB3 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores dataset. | |
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 | tissues co-occuring with HLA-DRB3 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset. | |
WikiPathways Pathways 2014 | pathways involving HLA-DRB3 protein from the Wikipathways Pathways 2014 dataset. | |