ID HIS3_HUMAN Reviewed; 51 AA. AC P15516; Q16243; Q502Z1; DT 01-APR-1990, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-FEB-1991, sequence version 2. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 188. DE RecName: Full=Histatin-3; DE AltName: Full=Basic histidine-rich protein; DE Short=Hst; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 3 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=Hst 3 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:18650243}; DE AltName: Full=Histidine-rich protein 3; DE AltName: Full=PB; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=Histatin-3; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(20-44)-peptide; DE Short=His3 20/44; DE AltName: Full=His3-(1-25)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 1/25 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 6 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 1/25; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-6; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(20-43)-peptide; DE Short=His3 20/43; DE AltName: Full=His3-(1-24)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 1/24 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 5 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=Hst 5 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:18650243}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 1/24; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-5 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:8945538}; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(20-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 20/32; DE AltName: Full=His3-(1-13)-peptide; DE Short=His3 1/13; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 1/13; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(20-31)-peptide; DE Short=His3 20/31; DE AltName: Full=His3-(1-12)-peptide; DE Short=His3 1/12; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 1/12; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(20-30)-peptide; DE Short=His3 20/30; DE AltName: Full=His3-(1-11)-peptide; DE Short=His3 1/11; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 1/11; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(24-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 24/32; DE AltName: Full=His3-(5-13)-peptide; DE Short=His3 5/13; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 5/13; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(24-31)-peptide; DE Short=His3 24/31; DE AltName: Full=His3-(5-12)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 5/12 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 11 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-11; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 5/12; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(24-30)-peptide; DE Short=His3 24/30; DE AltName: Full=His3-(5-11)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 5/11 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 12 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-12; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 5/11; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(25-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 25/32; DE AltName: Full=His3-(6-13)-peptide; DE Short=His3 6/13; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 6/13; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(25-30)-peptide; DE Short=His3 25/30; DE AltName: Full=His3-(6-11)-peptide; DE Short=His3 6/11; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 6/11; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(26-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 26/32; DE AltName: Full=His3-(7-13)-peptide; DE Short=His3 7/13; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 7/13; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(26-31)-peptide; DE Short=His3 26/31; DE AltName: Full=His3-(7-12)-peptide; DE Short=His3 7/12; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 7/12; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(26-30)-peptide; DE Short=His3 26/30; DE AltName: Full=His3-(7-11)-peptide; DE Short=His3 7/11; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 7/11; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(31-51)-peptide; DE Short=His3 31/51; DE AltName: Full=His3-(12-32)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 12/32 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 4 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 12/32; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-4; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(31-44)-peptide; DE Short=His3 31/44; DE AltName: Full=His3-(12-25)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 12/25 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 9 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 12/25; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-9; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(31-43)-peptide; DE Short=His3 31/43; DE AltName: Full=His3-(12-24)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 12/24 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 7 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 12/24; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-7; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(32-44)-peptide; DE Short=His3 32/44; DE AltName: Full=His3-(13-25)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 13/25 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 10 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-10; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 13/25; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(32-43)-peptide; DE Short=His3 32-43; DE AltName: Full=His3-(13-24)-peptide {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE Short=His3 13/24 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin 8 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:20973643}; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 13/24; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-8; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(33-44)-peptide; DE Short=His3 33/44; DE AltName: Full=His3-(14-25)-peptide; DE Short=His3 14/25; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 14/25; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(33-43)-peptide; DE Short=His3 33/43; DE AltName: Full=His3-(14-24)-peptide; DE Short=His3 14/24; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 14/24; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(34-44)-peptide; DE Short=His3 34/44; DE AltName: Full=His3-(15-25)-peptide; DE Short=His3 15/25; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 15/25; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(34-43)-peptide; DE Short=His3 34/43; DE AltName: Full=His3-(15-24)-peptide; DE Short=His3 15/24; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 15/24; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(45-51)-peptide; DE Short=His3 45/51; DE AltName: Full=His3-(26-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 26/32; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 26/32; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(47-51)-peptide; DE Short=His3 47/51; DE AltName: Full=His3-(28-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 28/32; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 28/32; DE Contains: DE RecName: Full=His3-(48-51)-peptide; DE Short=His3 48/51; DE AltName: Full=His3-(29-32)-peptide; DE Short=His3 29/32; DE AltName: Full=Histatin-3 29/32; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=HTN3 {ECO:0000312|HGNC:HGNC:5284}; Synonyms=HIS2; OS Homo sapiens (Human). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; OC Homo. OX NCBI_TaxID=9606; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RX PubMed=2719677; DOI=10.1016/0006-291x(89)92460-1; RA Sabatini L.M., Azen E.A.; RT "Histatins, a family of salivary histidine-rich proteins, are encoded by at RT least two loci (HIS1 and HIS2)."; RL Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 160:495-502(1989). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RX PubMed=3426601; DOI=10.1016/0006-291x(87)90436-0; RA Dickinson D.P., Ridall A.L., Levine M.J.; RT "Human submandibular gland statherin and basic histidine-rich peptide are RT encoded by highly abundant mRNA's derived from a common ancestral RT sequence."; RL Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 149:784-790(1987). RN [3] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RX PubMed=2344289; DOI=10.1016/0003-9969(90)90175-a; RA Vanderspek J.C., Offner G.D., Troxler R.F., Oppenheim F.G.; RT "Molecular cloning of human submandibular histatins."; RL Arch. Oral Biol. 35:137-143(1990). RN [4] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA]. RX PubMed=8336540; DOI=10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040022; RA Chen Z.W.; RT "Nucleotide sequence analysis of the human salivary protein genes HIS1 and RT HIS2, and evolution of the STATH/HIS gene family."; RL Mol. Biol. Evol. 10:497-511(1993). RN [5] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Skeletal muscle, and Thyroid; RX PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504; RG The MGC Project Team; RT "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: RT the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."; RL Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004). RN [6] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 20-51, VARIANTS HISTATIN-3-2 GLN-41 RP AND 47-TYR--ASN-51 DEL, AND POLYMORPHISM. RC TISSUE=Saliva; RX PubMed=7951254; DOI=10.1002/humu.1380040103; RA Sabatini L.M., Azen E.A.; RT "Two coding change mutations in the HIS2(2) allele characterize the RT salivary histatin 3-2 protein variant."; RL Hum. Mutat. 4:12-19(1994). RN [7] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 20-51, AND FUNCTION. RC TISSUE=Parotid gland; RX PubMed=3286634; DOI=10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68522-9; RA Oppenheim F.G., Xu T., McMillian F.M., Levitz S.M., Diamond R.D., RA Offner G.D., Troxler R.F.; RT "Histatins, a novel family of histidine-rich proteins in human parotid RT secretion. Isolation, characterization, primary structure, and fungistatic RT effects on Candida albicans."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 263:7472-7477(1988). RN [8] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 20-42. RC TISSUE=Saliva; RX PubMed=2372245; DOI=10.1016/0003-9969(90)90202-l; RA Sugiyama K., Ogino T., Ogata K.; RT "Rapid purification and characterization of histatins (histidine-rich RT polypeptides) from human whole saliva."; RL Arch. Oral Biol. 35:415-419(1990). RN [9] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 20-32, AND IDENTIFICATION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY OF 24 RP PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS. RC TISSUE=Saliva; RX PubMed=15272024; DOI=10.1074/jbc.m404322200; RA Castagnola M., Inzitari R., Rossetti D.V., Olmi C., Cabras T., Piras V., RA Nicolussi P., Sanna M.T., Pellegrini M., Giardina B., Messana I.; RT "A cascade of 24 histatins (histatin 3 fragments) in human saliva. RT Suggestions for a pre-secretory sequential cleavage pathway."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 279:41436-41443(2004). RN [10] RP FUNCTION, AND MUTAGENESIS OF ARG-31; LYS-32; LYS-36; HIS-38; HIS-40 AND RP ARG-41. RX PubMed=8945538; DOI=10.1128/iai.64.12.5000-5007.1996; RA Tsai H., Raj P.A., Bobek L.A.; RT "Candidacidal activity of recombinant human salivary histatin-5 and RT variants."; RL Infect. Immun. 64:5000-5007(1996). RN [11] RP DOMAIN. RX PubMed=10423240; DOI=10.1021/bi990212c; RA Melino S., Rufini S., Sette M., Morero R., Grottesi A., Paci M., RA Petruzzelli R.; RT "Zn(2+) ions selectively induce antimicrobial salivary peptide histatin-5 RT to fuse negatively charged vesicles. Identification and characterization of RT a zinc-binding motif present in the functional domain."; RL Biochemistry 38:9626-9633(1999). RN [12] RP FUNCTION, AND SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. RX PubMed=10066791; DOI=10.1074/jbc.274.11.7286; RA Helmerhorst E.J., Breeuwer P., van't Hof W., Walgreen-Weterings E., RA Oomen L.C., Veerman E.C., Amerongen A.V., Abee T.; RT "The cellular target of histatin 5 on Candida albicans is the energized RT mitochondrion."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 274:7286-7291(1999). RN [13] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=11083804; DOI=10.1128/iai.68.12.6848-6856.2000; RA Koshlukova S.E., Araujo M.W., Baev D., Edgerton M.; RT "Released ATP is an extracellular cytotoxic mediator in salivary histatin RT 5-induced killing of Candida albicans."; RL Infect. Immun. 68:6848-6856(2000). RN [14] RP ZINC-BINDING SITE; HISTATIN 5, AND DOMAIN. RX PubMed=11226423; DOI=10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02157-3; RA Grogan J., McKnight C.J., Troxler R.F., Oppenheim F.G.; RT "Zinc and copper bind to unique sites of histatin 5."; RL FEBS Lett. 491:76-80(2001). RN [15] RP FUNCTION; HISTATIN 5. RX PubMed=11179305; DOI=10.1128/iai.69.3.1402-1408.2001; RA Gusman H., Travis J., Helmerhorst E.J., Potempa J., Troxler R.F., RA Oppenheim F.G.; RT "Salivary histatin 5 is an inhibitor of both host and bacterial enzymes RT implicated in periodontal disease."; RL Infect. Immun. 69:1402-1408(2001). RN [16] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=11717389; DOI=10.1073/pnas.141366998; RA Helmerhorst E.J., Troxler R.F., Oppenheim F.G.; RT "The human salivary peptide histatin 5 exerts its antifungal activity RT through the formation of reactive oxygen species."; RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98:14637-14642(2001). RN [17] RP INTERACTION WITH SSA1 AND SSA2; HISTATIN 3 AND HISTATIN 5, AND FUNCTION. RX PubMed=12761219; DOI=10.1074/jbc.m300680200; RA Li X.S., Reddy M.S., Baev D., Edgerton M.; RT "Candida albicans Ssa1/2p is the cell envelope binding protein for human RT salivary histatin 5."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 278:28553-28561(2003). RN [18] RP FUNCTION, AND ACTIVITY REGULATION. RX PubMed=12939362; DOI=10.1177/154405910308200917; RA Dong J., Vylkova S., Li X.S., Edgerton M.; RT "Calcium blocks fungicidal activity of human salivary histatin 5 through RT disruption of binding with Candida albicans."; RL J. Dent. Res. 82:748-752(2003). RN [19] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=15485849; DOI=10.1074/jbc.m411031200; RA Baev D., Rivetta A., Vylkova S., Sun J.N., Zeng G.F., Slayman C.L., RA Edgerton M.; RT "The TRK1 potassium transporter is the critical effector for killing of RT Candida albicans by the cationic protein, Histatin 5."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 279:55060-55072(2004). RN [20] RP SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. RX PubMed=14966203; DOI=10.1177/002215540405200307; RA Ahmad M., Piludu M., Oppenheim F.G., Helmerhorst E.J., Hand A.R.; RT "Immunocytochemical localization of histatins in human salivary glands."; RL J. Histochem. Cytochem. 52:361-370(2004). RN [21] RP LACK OF SULFATION AT TYR-43; TYR-47 AND TYR-49, AND IDENTIFICATION BY MASS RP SPECTROMETRY. RX PubMed=17503797; DOI=10.1021/pr0700706; RA Cabras T., Fanali C., Monteiro J.A., Amado F., Inzitari R., Desiderio C., RA Scarano E., Giardina B., Castagnola M., Messana I.; RT "Tyrosine polysulfation of human salivary histatin 1. A post-translational RT modification specific of the submandibular gland."; RL J. Proteome Res. 6:2472-2480(2007). RN [22] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=18650243; DOI=10.1096/fj.08-112003; RA Oudhoff M.J., Bolscher J.G., Nazmi K., Kalay H., van 't Hof W., RA Amerongen A.V., Veerman E.C.; RT "Histatins are the major wound-closure stimulating factors in human saliva RT as identified in a cell culture assay."; RL FASEB J. 22:3805-3812(2008). RN [23] RP FUNCTION, AND SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. RX PubMed=18974864; DOI=10.1371/journal.ppat.1000190; RA Mochon A.B., Liu H.; RT "The antimicrobial peptide histatin-5 causes a spatially restricted RT disruption on the Candida albicans surface, allowing rapid entry of the RT peptide into the cytoplasm."; RL PLoS Pathog. 4:e1000190-e1000190(2008). RN [24] RP FUNCTION, AND ACTIVITY REGULATION. RX PubMed=19846304; DOI=10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.09.119; RA Tay W.M., Hanafy A.I., Angerhofer A., Ming L.J.; RT "A plausible role of salivary copper in antimicrobial activity of histatin- RT 5--metal binding and oxidative activity of its copper complex."; RL Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 19:6709-6712(2009). RN [25] RP PEPTIDE NOMENCLATURE. RX PubMed=20973643; DOI=10.1586/epr.10.48; RA Amado F., Lobo M.J., Domingues P., Duarte J.A., Vitorino R.; RT "Salivary peptidomics."; RL Expert Rev. Proteomics 7:709-721(2010). RN [26] RP FUNCTION, AND CAUTION. RX PubMed=20487276; DOI=10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07210.x; RA Jang W.S., Bajwa J.S., Sun J.N., Edgerton M.; RT "Salivary histatin 5 internalization by translocation, but not endocytosis, RT is required for fungicidal activity in Candida albicans."; RL Mol. Microbiol. 77:354-370(2010). RN [27] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=22033918; DOI=10.1074/jbc.m111.311175; RA Kumar R., Chadha S., Saraswat D., Bajwa J.S., Li R.A., Conti H.R., RA Edgerton M.; RT "Histatin 5 uptake by Candida albicans utilizes polyamine transporters Dur3 RT and Dur31 proteins."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 286:43748-43758(2011). RN [28] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=23613860; DOI=10.1371/journal.pone.0061480; RA Tati S., Jang W.S., Li R., Kumar R., Puri S., Edgerton M.; RT "Histatin 5 resistance of Candida glabrata can be reversed by insertion of RT Candida albicans polyamine transporter-encoding genes DUR3 and DUR31."; RL PLoS ONE 8:e61480-e61480(2013). RN [29] RP FUNCTION. RX PubMed=26379655; DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2015.00885; RA Moffa E.B., Mussi M.C., Xiao Y., Garrido S.S., Machado M.A., RA Giampaolo E.T., Siqueira W.L.; RT "Histatin 5 inhibits adhesion of C. albicans to Reconstructed Human Oral RT Epithelium."; RL Front. Microbiol. 6:885-885(2015). RN [30] RP MISCELLANEOUS. RX PubMed=27390786; DOI=10.18388/abp.2016_1318; RA Bochenska O., Rapala-Kozik M., Wolak N., Aoki W., Ueda M., Kozik A.; RT "The action of ten secreted aspartic proteases of pathogenic yeast Candida RT albicans on major human salivary antimicrobial peptide, histatin 5."; RL Acta Biochim. Pol. 63:403-410(2016). RN [31] RP FUNCTION, AND INTERACTION WITH HSPA8. RX PubMed=26775844; DOI=10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.01.072; RA Imamura Y., Wang P.L., Masuno K., Sogawa N.; RT "Salivary protein histatin 3 regulates cell proliferation by enhancing RT p27(Kip1) and heat shock cognate protein 70 ubiquitination."; RL Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 470:269-274(2016). RN [32] RP FUNCTION, AND ACTIVITY REGULATION. RX PubMed=28261570; DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2017.00041; RA Du H., Puri S., McCall A., Norris H.L., Russo T., Edgerton M.; RT "Human Salivary Protein Histatin 5 Has Potent Bactericidal Activity against RT ESKAPE Pathogens."; RL Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 7:41-41(2017). RN [33] RP FUNCTION, ACTIVITY REGULATION, DOMAIN, AND MUTAGENESIS OF HIS-22; RP 26-HIS-HIS-27 AND 37-HIS-HIS-38. RX PubMed=28763199; DOI=10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00348; RA Conklin S.E., Bridgman E.C., Su Q., Riggs-Gelasco P., Haas K.L., RA Franz K.J.; RT "Specific Histidine Residues Confer Histatin Peptides with Copper-Dependent RT Activity against Candida albicans."; RL Biochemistry 56:4244-4255(2017). RN [34] RP FUNCTION, AND SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. RX PubMed=32225006; DOI=10.3390/cells9040795; RA Ma D., Sun W., Nazmi K., Veerman E.C.I., Bikker F.J., Jaspers R.T., RA Bolscher J.G.M., Wu G.; RT "Salivary Histatin 1 and 2 Are Targeted to Mitochondria and Endoplasmic RT Reticulum in Human Cells."; RL Cells 9:0-0(2020). RN [35] RP FUNCTION, SUBUNIT, ACTIVITY REGULATION, AND DOMAIN. RX PubMed=32751915; DOI=10.3390/jof6030124; RA Norris H.L., Kumar R., Ong C.Y., Xu D., Edgerton M.; RT "Zinc Binding by Histatin 5 Promotes Fungicidal Membrane Disruption in C. RT albicans and C. glabrata."; RL J. Fungi 6:0-0(2020). RN [36] RP MISCELLANEOUS, AND MUTAGENESIS OF LYS-30; LYS-32; GLU-35 AND LYS-36. RX PubMed=31675138; DOI=10.1002/pro.3767; RA Ikonomova S.P., Moghaddam-Taaheri P., Wang Y., Doolin M.T., Stroka K.M., RA Hube B., Karlsson A.J.; RT "Effects of histatin 5 modifications on antifungal activity and kinetics of RT proteolysis."; RL Protein Sci. 29:480-493(2020). CC -!- FUNCTION: Histatins are cationic and histidine-rich peptides mainly CC found in the saliva of higher primates (PubMed:3286634). They are CC considered to be major precursors of the protective proteinaceous CC structure on tooth surfaces (enamel pellicle). Hsts can be divided into CC two major groups according to their biological functions: antimicrobial CC Hsts (e.g. Hst 5/HTN3) and cell-activating Hsts (e.g. Hst 1/HTN1, Hst CC 2/HTN1 and Hst 3/HTN3) (PubMed:32225006). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32225006, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:3286634}. CC -!- FUNCTION: [Histatin-3]: Histatin 3 (Hst 3) is mostly involved in cell CC migration and wound healing in the oral cavity (PubMed:18650243). Also CC stimulates cell proliferation after binding to heat shock protein CC HSC70, which enhances HSC70-CDKN1B complex formation and subsequent CC ubiquitination during G1/S transition (PubMed:26775844). Also displays CC antifungal activity against pathogenic yeast Candida albicans, however CC with less effectiveness than Hst 5 (PubMed:3286634, PubMed:11083804). CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11083804, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18650243, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:26775844, ECO:0000269|PubMed:3286634}. CC -!- FUNCTION: [His3-(20-43)-peptide]: Histatin 5 (Hst 5), a fragment of Hst CC 3, is the major histatin exhibiting antifungal and antibacterial CC activities (PubMed:2372245, PubMed:8945538, PubMed:10066791, CC PubMed:11083804, PubMed:11179305, PubMed:11717389, PubMed:12939362, CC PubMed:15485849). It is effective against pathogenic yeast C. albicans, CC C. neoformans, C. glabrata and S. cerevisiae as well as ESKAPE CC bacterial pathogens (PubMed:2372245, PubMed:8945538, PubMed:18974864, CC PubMed:23613860, PubMed:28261570). Secreted Hst 5 mediates a multi-step CC intracellular mechanism of action against the pathogen. Depending on CC peptide concentration and pathogen, uptake across the membrane can CC occur through transporters, direct interaction with plasma membrane CC and/or receptor-mediated endocytosis (PubMed:18974864, PubMed:20487276, CC PubMed:28261570). Binds C. albicans cell wall proteins SSA1 and SSA2 CC and glycans in an energy-independent manner, then is taken up by the CC cells through fungal polyamine transporters DUR3 and DUR31 in an CC energy-dependent manner (PubMed:12761219, PubMed:20487276, CC PubMed:22033918, PubMed:23613860). Internalized Hst5 is then targeted CC to the energized mitochondrion to induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) CC formation and subsequent release of intracellular non-lytic ATP which CC ultimately leads to fungal cell death (PubMed:10066791, CC PubMed:11717389, PubMed:11083804). In addition, inhibits C. albicans CC TRK1 potassium-transporter which causes exudation of intracellular CC K(+), generating an osmotic imbalance leading to delayed membrane lysis CC and cell death (PubMed:15485849). Also acts as a potent inhibitor of CC bacterial proteases such as Lys-gingipain and Arg-gingipain (rgpB) from CC P. gingivalis as well as human metalloproteases MMP2 and MMP9 CC (PubMed:11179305). The binding of metals such as zinc, copper or nickel CC with Hst 5 results in the protection of the enamel and antimicrobial CC activities such as the inhibition of microbial growth by decreasing the CC metal concentration, the formation of ROS commonly associated with CC redox-active metals, the induction of membrane disruption mediated by CC zinc binding (PubMed:19846304, PubMed:28261570, PubMed:28763199, CC PubMed:32751915). Also involved in coating oral surfaces in the form of CC a salivary film which reduces colonization by C. albicans on epithelial CC cell surfaces (PubMed:26379655). Secreted Hst 5 can also internalize CC mammalian epithelial cells and target the mitochondria although it does CC not exert cytotoxic effects in these cells (PubMed:32225006). In CC contrast with Hst 3, not able to promote wound healing in mammalian CC host cells (PubMed:18650243). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10066791, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:11083804, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11179305, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:11717389, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12761219, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:12939362, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15485849, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:18650243, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18974864, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:19846304, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20487276, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:22033918, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23613860, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:2372245, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26379655, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:28261570, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:32225006, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32751915, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538}. CC -!- ACTIVITY REGULATION: [His3-(20-43)-peptide]: Metal binding such as zinc CC and copper increases antimicrobial activity (PubMed:32751915, CC PubMed:19846304, PubMed:28763199). Conjugation with spermidine CC increases bactericidal efficiency against ESKAPE pathogens CC (PubMed:28261570). Calcium inhibits antifungal activity against C. CC albicans at physiological concentrations by disrupting Hst 5 binding CC with C. albicans (PubMed:12939362). Antifungal activity is also reduced CC by some salivary ions as Mg(2+), Cl(-) and CO(3-) (PubMed:12939362). CC Fe(3+) also decreases antifungal activity (PubMed:28763199). Antifungal CC activity is also decreased at pH above 8 and below 4 (PubMed:12939362). CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12939362, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19846304, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:28261570, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:32751915}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: [Histatin-3]: Homodimer (PubMed:12761219). Interacts with CC HSPA8; the interaction increases binding affinity of HSPA8 to CDKN1B CC (PubMed:26775844). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12761219, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:26775844}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: [His3-(20-43)-peptide]: Homodimer (PubMed:12761219, CC PubMed:32751915). Interacts with Candida albicans SSA1 and SSA2 CC proteins (PubMed:12761219). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12761219, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:32751915}. CC -!- INTERACTION: CC P15516; Q9UBS4: DNAJB11; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-738783, EBI-713113; CC P15516; P95493: rgpB; Xeno; NbExp=7; IntAct=EBI-738783, EBI-8505881; CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14966203}. CC Note=Secreted by serous acinar and demilune cells. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14966203}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [His3-(20-43)-peptide]: Secreted CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14966203}. Mitochondrion CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32225006}. Note=Targeted to mitochondria in CC pathogen cells after internalization (PubMed:10066791). Also localized CC in the vacuole in pathogen cells (PubMed:18974864). Also co-localized CC with mitochondria after internalization in host mammalian cells CC (PubMed:32225006). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10066791, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:18974864, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32225006}. CC -!- DOMAIN: [His3-(20-43)-peptide]: The ATCUN motif mediates Cu(2+) binding CC and the Bis-His motif mediates Cu(1+) binding and are necessary for CC antifungal activity (PubMed:11226423, PubMed:28763199). The HExxH motif CC mediates binding to Zin(2+) which is important for the stabilization of CC a helical conformation in an hydrophobic environment, Hst5 dimerization CC and antifungal activity (PubMed:10423240, PubMed:11226423, CC PubMed:32751915). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10423240, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:11226423, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:32751915}. CC -!- PTM: 24 proteolytic products are found in saliva. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15272024}. CC -!- POLYMORPHISM: There are two alleles of HTN3, HIS2(1) (shown here) and CC HIS2(2) that codes for the variant histatin-3-2 found primarily and in CC high frequencies in black populations. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7951254}. CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: The recommended nomenclature of salivary peptides CC follows published guidelines (PubMed:20973643). In agreement with the CC authors, it has been decided to indicate the boundaries of the peptides CC according to the positions within the precursor, and not in the mature CC protein, as has formerly been proposed. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:20973643}. CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: [His3-(20-43)-peptide]: Proteolytically cleaved by C. CC albicans SAP proteases with the decreased cleavage rate order of CC SAP2>SAP9>SAP3>SAP7>SAP4>SAP1>SAP8, leading to Hst 5 degradation and CC antifungal activity inactivation (PubMed:31675138, PubMed:27390786). CC Histatin 1, histatin 3 and histatin 5 constitute more than 80% of the CC total histatin concentration (Probable). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27390786, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138, ECO:0000305|PubMed:3286634}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the histatin/statherin family. {ECO:0000305}. CC -!- CAUTION: Hst 5 uptake into the pathogen cell by direct transfer across CC the membrane causing cell death has been questioned (PubMed:20487276). CC Moreover, endocytic vacuolar uptake was showed to be insignificant in CC terms of Hst 5 toxicity (PubMed:20487276). CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20487276}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; M26665; AAA58646.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; M18372; AAA51830.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; L05514; AAA02746.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; L05513; AAA02746.1; JOINED; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; BC009791; AAH09791.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; BC095438; AAH95438.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; S74382; AAB32411.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR CCDS; CCDS33999.1; -. DR PIR; B32541; B32541. DR RefSeq; NP_000191.1; NM_000200.2. DR AlphaFoldDB; P15516; -. DR SASBDB; P15516; -. DR BioGRID; 109579; 32. DR IntAct; P15516; 4. DR MINT; P15516; -. DR STRING; 9606.ENSP00000432561; -. DR TCDB; 1.C.79.1.1; the channel-forming histatin antimicrobial peptide (histatin) family. DR BioMuta; HTN3; -. DR MassIVE; P15516; -. DR PaxDb; 9606-ENSP00000432561; -. DR PeptideAtlas; P15516; -. DR ProteomicsDB; 53166; -. DR Antibodypedia; 24280; 20 antibodies from 10 providers. DR DNASU; 3347; -. DR Ensembl; ENST00000530128.5; ENSP00000432561.1; ENSG00000205649.9. DR Ensembl; ENST00000635585.1; ENSP00000489520.1; ENSG00000282967.4. DR Ensembl; ENST00000672568.1; ENSP00000500810.1; ENSG00000282967.4. DR Ensembl; ENST00000673563.1; ENSP00000500623.1; ENSG00000205649.9. DR Ensembl; ENST00000677679.1; ENSP00000504141.1; ENSG00000282967.4. DR GeneID; 3347; -. DR KEGG; hsa:3347; -. DR MANE-Select; ENST00000673563.1; ENSP00000500623.1; NM_000200.3; NP_000191.1. DR UCSC; uc003hew.2; human. DR AGR; HGNC:5284; -. DR CTD; 3347; -. DR DisGeNET; 3347; -. DR GeneCards; HTN3; -. DR HGNC; HGNC:5284; HTN3. DR HPA; ENSG00000205649; Tissue enriched (salivary). DR MIM; 142702; gene. DR neXtProt; NX_P15516; -. DR OpenTargets; ENSG00000205649; -. DR PharmGKB; PA29547; -. DR VEuPathDB; HostDB:ENSG00000205649; -. DR eggNOG; ENOG502TEIC; Eukaryota. DR GeneTree; ENSGT00940000164572; -. DR InParanoid; P15516; -. DR OMA; HEKHHSY; -. DR OrthoDB; 4682135at2759; -. DR PhylomeDB; P15516; -. DR TreeFam; TF341637; -. DR PathwayCommons; P15516; -. DR Reactome; R-HSA-6803157; Antimicrobial peptides. DR SignaLink; P15516; -. DR BioGRID-ORCS; 3347; 6 hits in 569 CRISPR screens. DR ChiTaRS; HTN3; human. DR GeneWiki; HTN3; -. DR GenomeRNAi; 3347; -. DR Pharos; P15516; Tbio. DR PRO; PR:P15516; -. DR Proteomes; UP000005640; Chromosome 4. DR RNAct; P15516; Protein. DR Bgee; ENSG00000205649; Expressed in male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis and 47 other cell types or tissues. DR ExpressionAtlas; P15516; baseline and differential. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; TAS:Reactome. DR GO; GO:0005739; C:mitochondrion; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0046872; F:metal ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0060090; F:molecular adaptor activity; IMP:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0031214; P:biomineral tissue development; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0042742; P:defense response to bacterium; NAS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0050832; P:defense response to fungus; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0045087; P:innate immune response; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0031640; P:killing of cells of another organism; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0048146; P:positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation; IMP:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0090303; P:positive regulation of wound healing; IDA:UniProtKB. DR DisProt; DP02206; -. DR InterPro; IPR030773; Histatin/statherin. DR PANTHER; PTHR15057:SF0; HISTATIN-3; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR15057; STATHERIN; 1. DR Genevisible; P15516; HS. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Biomineralization; KW Cleavage on pair of basic residues; Direct protein sequencing; Fungicide; KW Immunity; Innate immunity; Metal-binding; Mitochondrion; KW Reference proteome; Secreted; Signal; Zinc. FT SIGNAL 1..19 FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:15272024, FT ECO:0000269|PubMed:2372245, ECO:0000269|PubMed:3286634" FT CHAIN 20..51 FT /note="Histatin-3" FT /id="PRO_0000021418" FT PEPTIDE 20..44 FT /note="His3-(20-44)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021419" FT PEPTIDE 20..43 FT /note="His3-(20-43)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021420" FT PEPTIDE 20..32 FT /note="His3-(20-32)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021421" FT PEPTIDE 20..31 FT /note="His3-(20-31)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021422" FT PEPTIDE 20..30 FT /note="His3-(20-30)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021423" FT PEPTIDE 24..32 FT /note="His3-(24-32)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021424" FT PEPTIDE 24..31 FT /note="His3-(24-31)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021425" FT PEPTIDE 24..30 FT /note="His3-(24-30)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021426" FT PEPTIDE 25..32 FT /note="His3-(25-32)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021427" FT PEPTIDE 25..30 FT /note="His3-(25-30)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021428" FT PEPTIDE 26..32 FT /note="His3-(26-32)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021429" FT PEPTIDE 26..31 FT /note="His3-(26-31)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021430" FT PEPTIDE 26..30 FT /note="His3-(26-30)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021431" FT PEPTIDE 31..51 FT /note="His3-(31-51)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021432" FT PEPTIDE 31..44 FT /note="His3-(31-44)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021433" FT PEPTIDE 31..43 FT /note="His3-(31-43)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021434" FT PEPTIDE 32..44 FT /note="His3-(32-44)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021435" FT PEPTIDE 32..43 FT /note="His3-(32-43)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021436" FT PEPTIDE 33..44 FT /note="His3-(33-44)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021437" FT PEPTIDE 33..43 FT /note="His3-(33-43)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021438" FT PEPTIDE 34..44 FT /note="His3-(34-44)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021439" FT PEPTIDE 34..43 FT /note="His3-(34-43)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021440" FT PEPTIDE 45..51 FT /note="His3-(45-51)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021441" FT PEPTIDE 47..51 FT /note="His3-(47-51)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021442" FT PEPTIDE 48..51 FT /note="His3-(48-51)-peptide" FT /id="PRO_0000021443" FT REGION 24..27 FT /note="Implicated in the interaction with HSPA8" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:26775844" FT REGION 27..51 FT /note="Disordered" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" FT MOTIF 20..22 FT /note="ATCUN motif" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:11226423, FT ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199" FT MOTIF 26..27 FT /note="Bis-His motif" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199" FT MOTIF 34..38 FT /note="HExxH motif" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:10423240, FT ECO:0000269|PubMed:11226423" FT COMPBIAS 27..41 FT /note="Basic residues" FT /evidence="ECO:0000256|SAM:MobiDB-lite" FT BINDING 34 FT /ligand="Zn(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29105" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:11226423" FT SITE 32 FT /note="Important for candidacidal activity" FT SITE 41 FT /note="Important for candidacidal activity" FT SITE 43 FT /note="Not sulfated" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:17503797" FT SITE 47 FT /note="Not sulfated" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:17503797" FT SITE 49 FT /note="Not sulfated" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:17503797" FT VARIANT 41 FT /note="R -> Q (in histatin-3-2; loss of the proteolytic FT cleavage site; dbSNP:rs1136511)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:7951254" FT /id="VAR_005288" FT VARIANT 47..51 FT /note="Missing (in histatin-3-2; dbSNP:rs17147990)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:7951254" FT /id="VAR_005289" FT MUTAGEN 22 FT /note="H->A: Decreased antifugal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide against C. albicans in the presense of FT copper." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199" FT MUTAGEN 26..27 FT /note="HH->AA: Loss of antifugal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide against C. albicans in the presense of FT copper." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199" FT MUTAGEN 30 FT /note="K->R: Decreased proteolysis of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT by C. albicans SAP2 and SAP9; when associated with R-36. FT Increased antifugal activity of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT against C. albicans; when associated with R-36." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138" FT MUTAGEN 31 FT /note="R->I: No effect on candidacidal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" FT MUTAGEN 32 FT /note="K->E: Increased proteolysis of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT by C. albicans SAP9. No susceptibility to C. albicans SAP2. FT Decreased antifugal activity of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT against C. albicans." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138, FT ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" FT MUTAGEN 32 FT /note="K->H: Increased proteolysis of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT by C. albicans SAP9. No susceptibility to C. albicans SAP2. FT No change in antifugal activity of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT against C. albicans." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138" FT MUTAGEN 32 FT /note="K->T: 3-fold reduction in candidacidal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" FT MUTAGEN 35 FT /note="E->L: Increased proteolysis of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT by C. albicans SAP2 and SAP9. Increased antifugal activity FT of His3-(20-43)-peptide against C. albicans." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138" FT MUTAGEN 35 FT /note="E->R: Decreased proteolysis of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT by C. albicans SAP2; increased proteolysis by C. albicans FT SAP9. Increased antifugal activity of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT against C. albicans." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138" FT MUTAGEN 36 FT /note="K->N: No effect on candidacidal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" FT MUTAGEN 36 FT /note="K->R: Decreased proteolysis of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT by C. albicans SAP2 and SAP9; when associated with R-30. FT Increased antifugal activity of His3-(20-43)-peptide FT against C. albicans; when associated with R-30." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31675138" FT MUTAGEN 37..38 FT /note="HH->AA: No change in antifugal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide against C. albicans in the presense of FT copper." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:28763199" FT MUTAGEN 38 FT /note="H->P: No effect on candidacidal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" FT MUTAGEN 40 FT /note="H->L,R: No effect on candidacidal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" FT MUTAGEN 41 FT /note="R->G: 10-fold reduction in candidacidal activity of FT His3-(20-43)-peptide; when associated with E-32." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8945538" SQ SEQUENCE 51 AA; 6149 MW; AFCCB4B32083FD65 CRC64; MKFFVFALIL ALMLSMTGAD SHAKRHHGYK RKFHEKHHSH RGYRSNYLYD N //