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GPR139

Probable G-protein coupled receptor 139

Also known as: GP139_HUMAN, PGR3

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q6DWJ6
Gene
GPR139
Ensembl
ENSG00000180269
Chromosome
16
Canonical length
353 aa
Protein class
G-protein coupled receptors, Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the rhodopsin family of G-protein-coupled receptors. The encoded protein is almost exclusively expressed in the central nervous system. L-tryptophan and L-phenylalanine may act as the physiologic ligands of the encoded protein. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

353 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q6DWJ6|GPR139
     1  MEHTHAHLAA NSSLSWWSPG SACGLGFVPV VYYSLLLCLG LPANILTVII LSQLVARRQK
    61  SSYNYLLALA AADILVLFFI VFVDFLLEDF ILNMQMPQVP DKIIEVLEFS SIHTSIWITV
   121  PLTIDRYIAV CHPLKYHTVS YPARTRKVIV SVYITCFLTS IPYYWWPNIW TEDYISTSVH
   181  HVLIWIHCFT VYLVPCSIFF ILNSIIVYKL RRKSNFRLRG YSTGKTTAIL FTITSIFATL
   241  WAPRIIMILY HLYGAPIQNR WLVHIMSDIA NMLALLNTAI NFFLYCFISK RFRTMAAATL
   301  KAFFKCQKQP VQFYTNHNFS ITSSPWISPA NSHCIKMLVY QYDKNGKPIK VSP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against GPR139 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
7
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.32
Highest tissue expression
2.2 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • basal ganglia: 2.2 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 0.8 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 0.4 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 0.2 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0.1 nTPM
  • endometrium: 0.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • lactotrophs: 67 nCPM
  • thyrotrophs: 11 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 9.5 nCPM
  • other brain neurons: 6.6 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 6.1 nCPM
  • brain excitatory neurons: 3.3 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • hypothalamus: 10 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 8.7 nTPM
  • midbrain: 7.4 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 6.8 nTPM
  • pons: 5.9 nTPM
  • thalamus: 3.5 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)
0.87
gnomAD pLI
0.04
gnomAD missense Z
0.91
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 1% 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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads GPR139 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against GPR139 could matter depends on whether native GPR139 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

GPR139 is annotated at the cell surface, where native GPR139 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 GPR139 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/GPR139. 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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