Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

CD3D

T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 delta chain

Also known as: CD3-DELTA, CD3D_HUMAN, CD3DELTA, T3D

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P04234
Gene
CD3D
Ensembl
ENSG00000167286
Chromosome
11
Canonical length
171 aa
Protein class
CD markers, Disease related genes, FDA approved drug targets, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Endoplasmic reticulum,Vesicles
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is part of the T-cell receptor/CD3 complex (TCR/CD3 complex) and is involved in T-cell development and signal transduction. The encoded membrane protein represents the delta subunit of the CD3 complex, and along with four other CD3 subunits, binds either TCR alpha/beta or TCR gamma/delta to form the TCR/CD3 complex on the surface of T-cells. Defects in this gene are a cause of severe combined immunodeficiency autosomal recessive T-cell-negative/B-cell-positive/NK-cell-positive (SCIDBNK). Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. Other variants may also exist, but the full-length natures of their transcripts has yet to be defined. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

171 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P04234|CD3D
     1  MEHSTFLSGL VLATLLSQVS PFKIPIEELE DRVFVNCNTS ITWVEGTVGT LLSDITRLDL
    61  GKRILDPRGI YRCNGTDIYK DKESTVQVHY RMCQSCVELD PATVAGIIVT DVIATLLLAL
   121  GVFCFAGHET GRLSGAADTQ ALLRNDQVYQ PLRDRDDAQY SHLGGNWARN K

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CD3D 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)
0.48
Highest tissue expression
809 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • thymus: 809 nTPM
  • lymph node: 185 nTPM
  • tonsil: 140 nTPM
  • appendix: 64 nTPM
  • spleen: 51 nTPM
  • small intestine: 34 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • t-cells: 567 nCPM
  • nk-cells: 57 nCPM
  • thymocytes: 51 nCPM
  • platelets: 14 nCPM
  • gastric chief cells: 11 nCPM
  • plasma cells: 9.4 nCPM

Immune cell

  • T-reg: 1,630 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 1,435 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 1,339 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 1,320 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 1,185 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 1,119 nTPM

Brain region

  • medulla oblongata: 1 nTPM
  • white matter: 1 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0.7 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 0.6 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 0.6 nTPM
  • pons: 0.4 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about CD3D.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions CD3D is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

17 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 229 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

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)
1.46
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.01
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.13
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of CD3D 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 CD3D as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CD3D could matter depends on whether native CD3D is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CD3D is annotated at the cell surface, where native CD3D 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 CD3D as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CD3D. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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