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Rab L3 (RAB-like protein 3) is a 236 amino acid protein that belongs to the small GTPase superfamily and the Rab family. A large family of small GTPases, Rab proteins play important roles in multiple processes relating to cellular transportation and modulation of the cytoskeleton. Rab L3 is considered a novel oncogene that regulates behavior or human cancer cells and may be a candidate for anti-tumor treatment. The Rab L3 gene is conserved in chimpanzee, dog, cow, mouse, rat, chicken, zebrafish, fruit fly, mosquito and C.elegans, and maps to human chromosome 3q13.33. Chromosome 3 is made up of about 214 million bases encoding over 1,100 genes. Marfan Syndrome, porphyria, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Brugada syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta and Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease are a few of the numerous genetic diseases associated with chromosome 3. |