Background of the antigen
PLEKHM3 (pleckstrin homology domain containing, family M, member 3), also known as DAPR or PLEKHM1L (pleckstrin homology domain containing, family M, member 1-like), is a 761 amino acid phosphoprotein that contains two pleckstrin homology (PH) domains and one phorbol-ester/DAG-type zinc finger. Conserved in chimpanzee, dog, cow, mouse, rat, chicken and zebrafish, PLEKHM3 exists as three alternatively spliced isoforms that participate in metal ion binding. The gene that encodes PLEKHM3 maps to human chromosome 2q33.3. As the second largest human chromosome, chromosome 2 makes up approximately 8% of the human genome and contains 237 million bases encoding over 1,400 genes. Chromosome 2 contains a probable vestigial second centromere, as well as vestigial telomeres, which gives credence to the hypothesis that human chromosome 2 formed as a result of an ancient fusion of two ancestral chromosomes, which are still present in modern day apes.
