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CMC4

Cx9C motif-containing protein 4

Also known as: CMC4_HUMAN, MTCP1, MTCP1NB, p8, P8MTCP1

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P56277
Gene
CMC4
Ensembl
ENSG00000182712
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
68 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Mitochondria

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene was identified by involvement in some t(X;14) translocations associated with mature T-cell proliferations. This region has a complex gene structure, with a common promoter and 5' exon spliced to two different sets of 3' exons that encode two different proteins. This gene represents the downstream 8 kDa protein that localizes to mitochondria.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

68 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P56277|CMC4
     1  MPQKDPCQKQ ACEIQKCLQA NSYMESKCQA VIQELRKCCA QYPKGRSVVC SGFEKEEEEN
    61  LTRKSASK

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CMC4 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)
0.42
Highest tissue expression
49 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • heart muscle: 49 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 34 nTPM
  • pancreas: 31 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 30 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 26 nTPM
  • midbrain: 26 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • parietal cells: 19 nCPM
  • oocytes: 18 nCPM
  • gastric chief cells: 13 nCPM
  • hepatocytes: 8 nCPM
  • schwann cells: 7.5 nCPM
  • oligodendrocytes: 6.3 nCPM

Immune cell

  • NK-cell: 23 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 22 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 20 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 19 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 19 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 15 nTPM

Brain region

  • medulla oblongata: 20 nTPM
  • white matter: 19 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 18 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 17 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 17 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 17 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)
1.7
gnomAD pLI
0.16
gnomAD missense Z
0.17
DepMap mean gene effect
0.06
DepMap dependency class
none

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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads CMC4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CMC4 could matter depends on whether native CMC4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CMC4 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 CMC4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CMC4. 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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