CD320
CD320 antigen
Also known as: 8D6, 8D6A, CD320_HUMAN, TCblR
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q9NPF0
- Gene
- CD320
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000167775
- Chromosome
- 19
- Canonical length
- 282 aa
- Protein class
- CD markers, Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted membrane proteins
- Subcellular location
- Vesicles
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes the transcobalamin receptor that is expressed at the cell surface. It mediates the cellular uptake of transcobalamin bound cobalamin (vitamin B12), and is involved in B-cell proliferation and immunoglobulin secretion. Mutations in this gene are associated with methylmalonic aciduria. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
282 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q9NPF0|CD320
1 MSGGWMAQVG AWRTGALGLA LLLLLGLGLG LEAAASPLST PTSAQAAGPS SGSCPPTKFQ
61 CRTSGLCVPL TWRCDRDLDC SDGSDEEECR IEPCTQKGQC PPPPGLPCPC TGVSDCSGGT
121 DKKLRNCSRL ACLAGELRCT LSDDCIPLTW RCDGHPDCPD SSDELGCGTN EILPEGDATT
181 MGPPVTLESV TSLRNATTMG PPVTLESVPS VGNATSSSAG DQSGSPTAYG VIAAAAVLSA
241 SLVTATLLLL SWLRAQERLR PLGLLVAMKE SLLLSEQKTS LPLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against CD320 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.
- Antibody reachability
- Cell surface
- Secreted
- No
- Transmembrane segments
- 1
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.58
- Highest tissue expression
- 65 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- choroid plexus: 65 nTPM
- epididymis: 60 nTPM
- adipose tissue: 58 nTPM
- breast: 55 nTPM
- spleen: 55 nTPM
- colon: 51 nTPM
Single-cell type
- epididymal principal cells: 582 nCPM
- late primary spermatocytes: 195 nCPM
- vascular endothelial cells: 188 nCPM
- colonocytes: 117 nCPM
- enteric transient amplifying cells: 100 nCPM
- late spermatids: 97 nCPM
Immune cell
- gdT-cell: 221 nTPM
- memory CD4 T-cell: 141 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 126 nTPM
- memory CD8 T-cell: 118 nTPM
- plasmacytoid DC: 114 nTPM
- naive CD8 T-cell: 108 nTPM
Brain region
- pons: 51 nTPM
- choroid plexus: 51 nTPM
- thalamus: 46 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 43 nTPM
- midbrain: 39 nTPM
- cerebellum: 39 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about CD320.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions CD320 is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Methylmalonic aciduria, transient, due to transcobalamin receptor defect (MATR) MIM:613646
ReferencesPubMed · IEDB
Publications for CD320 from three distinct lines of evidence, kept separate because they answer different questions: whether antibodies are directed at the protein, whether a B-cell epitope has been mapped on it, and whether a T-cell epitope has. Each is labelled with its source.
Reference: AutoantibodyPubMed
3 publications
- Coexistence of systemic sclerosis and cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome.
2024 · J Dermatol · RCR 0.4 · 2 citations - Unveiling the hidden syndrome: The enigma of anti-transcobalamin receptor autoantibodies.
2025 · Immunol Lett · 2 citations - Anti-CD320 Autoantibodies and Central Nervous System Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Idiopathic Myelopathy.
2026 · medRxiv
Sources: PubMed — antigen-level antibody evidence from a custom retrieval. Records matching a controlled set of autoantibody terms (the MeSH descriptors Autoantibodies and Autoantigens, with title and abstract term variants) were obtained through NCBI E-utilities, and their titles and abstracts parsed for constructions that direct an antibody at a named protein rather than for co-occurrence. Captured names were resolved against UniProt nomenclature and each antigen adjudicated individually against the source text. Bibliographic records from PubMed and MeSH, U.S. National Library of Medicine; citation metrics from NIH iCite (Hutchins et al., PLoS Biology 2016). Titles link to PubMed; abstracts are not reproduced here. The NLM does not endorse this analysis.
Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap
Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.
- gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
- 1.18
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.24
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.07
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- B cell costimulation
- cobalamin transport
- positive regulation of B cell proliferation
- regulation of vitamin metabolic process
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of CD320 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads CD320 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CD320 could matter depends on whether native CD320 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
CD320 is annotated at the cell surface, where native CD320 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label CD320 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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