Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

FRK

Tyrosine-protein kinase FRK

Also known as: FRK_HUMAN, GTK, PTK5, RAK

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P42685
Gene
FRK
Ensembl
ENSG00000111816
Chromosome
6
Canonical length
505 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, FDA approved drug targets, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the TYR family of protein kinases. This tyrosine kinase is a nuclear protein and may function during G1 and S phase of the cell cycle and suppress growth. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

505 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P42685|FRK
     1  MSNICQRLWE YLEPYLPCLS TEADKSTVIE NPGALCSPQS QRHGHYFVAL FDYQARTAED
    61  LSFRAGDKLQ VLDTLHEGWW FARHLEKRRD GSSQQLQGYI PSNYVAEDRS LQAEPWFFGA
   121  IGRSDAEKQL LYSENKTGSF LIRESESQKG EFSLSVLDGA VVKHYRIKRL DEGGFFLTRR
   181  RIFSTLNEFV SHYTKTSDGL CVKLGKPCLK IQVPAPFDLS YKTVDQWEID RNSIQLLKRL
   241  GSGQFGEVWE GLWNNTTPVA VKTLKPGSMD PNDFLREAQI MKNLRHPKLI QLYAVCTLED
   301  PIYIITELMR HGSLQEYLQN DTGSKIHLTQ QVDMAAQVAS GMAYLESRNY IHRDLAARNV
   361  LVGEHNIYKV ADFGLARVFK VDNEDIYESR HEIKLPVKWT APEAIRSNKF SIKSDVWSFG
   421  ILLYEIITYG KMPYSGMTGA QVIQMLAQNY RLPQPSNCPQ QFYNIMLECW NAEPKERPTF
   481  ETLRWKLEDY FETDSSYSDA NNFIR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against FRK 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)
0.29
Highest tissue expression
8.4 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • kidney: 8.4 nTPM
  • liver: 6.2 nTPM
  • small intestine: 5.9 nTPM
  • duodenum: 5.8 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 4.8 nTPM
  • stomach: 4.6 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • choroid plexus epithelial cells: 498 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct intercalated cells: 266 nCPM
  • renal connecting tubule cells: 178 nCPM
  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 173 nCPM
  • proximal tubule cells: 139 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct principal cells: 137 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0.9 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.7 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.5 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 0.3 nTPM

Brain region

  • choroid plexus: 60 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 40 nTPM
  • white matter: 39 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 39 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 32 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 31 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)
1.08
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.69
DepMap mean gene effect
0
DepMap dependency class
none

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

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

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