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The tulp3 gene "plays an important role in neuronal development and function". Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7289
The "tulp3 gene is essential for trafficking of Arl13b into cilia in kidney cells". Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219300831
Tulp3 gene is importnat beacuse it is "a ciliary trafficking gene that regulates polycystic kidney disease". Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219300831

The tupl3 gene "encodes a member of the tubby gene family of bipartite transcription factors". The tupl3 protein "binds to phosphoinositides in the plasma membrane via its C-terminal region and probably functions as a membrane-bound transcription regulator that translocates to the nucleus in response to phosphoinositide hydrolysis, for instance, induced by G-protein-coupled-receptor signaling." Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7289