KOC, CT98, IMP3, KOC1, IMP-3, VICKZ3, Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 3, IGF2 mRNA-binding protein 3, IGF-II mRNA-binding protein 3, KH domain-containing protein overexpressed in cancer, hKOC, VICKZ family member 3, IGF2BP3
RNA-binding factor that may recruits target transcripts to cytoplasmic protein-RNA complexes (mRNPs). This transcript caging into mRNPs allows mRNA transport and transient storage. It also modulates the rate and location at which target transcripts encounter the translational apparatus and shields them from endonuclease attacks or microRNA-mediated degradation. Binds to the 3-UTR of CD44 mRNA and stabilizes it, hence promotes cell adhesion and invadopodia formation in cancer cells. Binds to beta-actin/ACTB and MYC transcripts. Binds to the 5-UTR of the insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) mRNAs.
