CLN3

Battenin is a is_associated_with::protein that in humans is encoded by the CLN3 is_associated_with::gene located on is_associated_with::chromosome 16.

Function
Battenin is involved in lysosomal function. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene.

Clinical significance
Mutations in this gene, as well as other neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (CLN) genes, cause neurodegenerative diseases commonly known as is_associated_with::Batten disease, also known as Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or Juvenile Batten disease.