Glucose-6-Phosphatase, Catalytic 3 (G6PC3)

G6PC3 encodes the catalytic subunit of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase). G6Pase is located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and catalyzes the hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate to glucose and phosphate in the last step of the gluconeogenic and glycogenolytic pathways. Mutations in this gene result in autosomal recessive severe congenital neutropenia. Multiple transcript variants have been found for this gene, only one of which is expected to express a protein.
Ubiquitously expressed. Highly expressed in skeletal muscle, at intermediate levels in heart, brain, placenta, kidney, colon, thymus, spleen and pancreas. Also detected in testis, prostate, ovary, liver, lung, small intestine and peripheral blood lymphocytes.