Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

CEBPB

CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta

Also known as: C/EBP-beta, CEBPB_HUMAN, CRP2, IL6DBP, LAP, NFIL6, TCF5

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P17676
Gene
CEBPB
Ensembl
ENSG00000172216
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
345 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

This intronless gene encodes a transcription factor that contains a basic leucine zipper (bZIP) domain. The encoded protein functions as a homodimer but can also form heterodimers with CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins alpha, delta, and gamma. Activity of this protein is important in the regulation of genes involved in immune and inflammatory responses, among other processes. The use of alternative in-frame AUG start codons results in multiple protein isoforms, each with distinct biological functions. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2013]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

345 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P17676|CEBPB
     1  MQRLVAWDPA CLPLPPPPPA FKSMEVANFY YEADCLAAAY GGKAAPAAPP AARPGPRPPA
    61  GELGSIGDHE RAIDFSPYLE PLGAPQAPAP ATATDTFEAA PPAPAPAPAS SGQHHDFLSD
   121  LFSDDYGGKN CKKPAEYGYV SLGRLGAAKG ALHPGCFAPL HPPPPPPPPP AELKAEPGFE
   181  PADCKRKEEA GAPGGGAGMA AGFPYALRAY LGYQAVPSGS SGSLSTSSSS SPPGTPSPAD
   241  AKAPPTACYA GAAPAPSQVK SKAKKTVDKH SDEYKIRRER NNIAVRKSRD KAKMRNLETQ
   301  HKVLELTAEN ERLQKKVEQL SRELSTLRNL FKQLPEPLLA SSGHC

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CEBPB 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
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.68
Highest tissue expression
228 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • liver: 228 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 206 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 161 nTPM
  • lung: 143 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 135 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 115 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophils: 2,592 nCPM
  • syncytiotrophoblasts: 1,823 nCPM
  • extravillous trophoblasts: 983 nCPM
  • monocytes: 936 nCPM
  • thymic myoid cells: 650 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 577 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 17 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 13 nTPM
  • basophil: 8.6 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 7.7 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 6.8 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 3.5 nTPM

Brain region

  • midbrain: 58 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 58 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 57 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 54 nTPM
  • thalamus: 53 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 50 nTPM

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)
1.02
gnomAD pLI
0.36
gnomAD missense Z
0.9
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.11
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% 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 CEBPB 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 CEBPB as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CEBPB could matter depends on whether native CEBPB is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CEBPB is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label CEBPB as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CEBPB. 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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