NCBI Accession #
NP_001326778.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001338141.1
NCBI Official Full Name
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 3
NCBI Official Symbol
PPC3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATPPC3; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 3
NCBI Protein Information
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 3
NCBI Summary
Encodes a cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) that has activity when expressed in E.coli. Its mRNA is most abundantly expressed in roots and siliques. PPC3 belongs to the plant-type PEPC family. It can form an enzymatically active complex with a castor bean ortholog of PPC4, which encodes a bacterial-type PEPC.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
PEPC; PPC; AtPPC3; PEPC 3; PEPCase 3
UniProt Protein Name
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase 3
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q84VW9
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O81357; Q0WTJ7
UniProt Related Accession #
Q84VW9
UniProt Comments
Through the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) it forms oxaloacetate, a four-carbon dicarboxylic acid source for the tricarboxylic acid cycle.