Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about SHANK3: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
| Gene Symbol | SHANK3 |
| Full Name | SH3 and Multiple Ankyrin Repeat Domains 3 |
| Aliases | Page for SHANK3, Page for SHANK3 Protein |
| Chromosome | 22q13.33. |
| Function | Postsynaptic density assembly: Recruits and organizes synaptic proteins |
| Molecular Weight | 180 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 620 aa |
| UniProt ID | [Q9BYB0](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9BYB0) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000132924 |
| GeneCards | SHANK3 |
| Human Protein Atlas | SHANK3 |
| Associated Diseases | Als |
| Interactions | SST, KMT2D, CACNA1G, KMT2A, SETD1A, KMT2B |
| KG Connections | 49 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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SHANK3["<b>SHANK3</b>"]
Als{"Als"}
SHANK3 -->|"associated with"| Als
Autism{"Autism"}
SHANK3 -->|"contributes to"| Autism
Ms{"Ms"}
SHANK3 -->|"contributes to"| Ms
SHANK3 -->|"interacts with"| Ms
SHANK3 -->|"inhibits"| Autism
Autophagy(["Autophagy"])
SHANK3 -->|"associated with"| Autophagy
Synaptic_Plasticity(["Synaptic Plasticity"])
SHANK3 -->|"interacts with"| Synaptic_Plasticity
Mtor(["Mtor"])
SHANK3 -->|"inhibits"| Mtor
AUTOPHAGY["AUTOPHAGY"]
SHANK3 -->|"associated with"| AUTOPHAGY
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
SHANK3 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
MTOR["MTOR"]
MTOR -->|"inhibits"| SHANK3
style SHANK3 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Autism | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Autism | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Schizophrenia | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Autism | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| KMT2D | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CACNA1G | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| KMT2A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SETD1A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| KMT2B | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GAIN | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| KCNH7 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SHANK1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Synaptic Plasticity | interacts_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mtor | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ANK3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURON | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ACC | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| Ras | inhibits | protein | 0.60 |
| Cortex | expressed_in | brain_region | 0.55 |
| Hippocampus | expressed_in | brain_region | 0.55 |
| Interneuron | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Neuron | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| SST | inhibits | gene | 0.50 |
| GENE EXPRESSION | inhibits | concept | 0.50 |
| Neuron | inhibits | cell_type | 0.50 |
| INTERNEURON | inhibits | concept | 0.50 |
| INTERNEURONS | inhibits | concept | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTOR | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SETD1A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GAIN | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| KMT2B | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| KMT2A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CACNA1G | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| KMT2D | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ANK3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| SHANK2 | regulates | gene | 0.55 |
| NEURON | regulates | gene | 0.50 |
| AUTISM | inhibits | disease | 0.50 |
| SCHIZOPHRENIA | inhibits | disease | 0.50 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity
| Experiment | Type | Disease | Score | Feasibility | Model | Status | Est. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No experiments found | |||||||
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||