GTF3C6
General transcription factor 3C polypeptide 6
Also known as: bA397G5.3, C6orf51, TF3C6_HUMAN, TFIIIC35
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q969F1
- Gene
- GTF3C6
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000155115
- Chromosome
- 6
- Canonical length
- 213 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Nuclear bodies
OverviewNCBI Gene
RNA polymerases are unable to initiate RNA synthesis in the absence of additional proteins called general transcription factors (GTFs). GTFs assemble in a complex on the DNA promoter and recruit the RNA polymerase. GTF3C family proteins (e.g., GTF3C1, MIM 603246) are essential for RNA polymerase III to make a number of small nuclear and cytoplasmic RNAs, including 5S RNA (MIM 180420), tRNA, and adenovirus-associated (VA) RNA of both cellular and viral origin.[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
213 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q969F1|GTF3C6
1 MAAAADERSP EDGEDEEEEE QLVLVELSGI IDSDFLSKCE NKCKVLGIDT ERPILQVDSC
61 VFAGEYEDTL GTCVIFEENV EHADTEGNNK TVLKYKCHTM KKLSMTRTLL TEKKEGEENI
121 GGVEWLQIKD NDFSYRPNMI CNFLHENEDE EVVASAPDKS LELEEEEIQM NDSSNLSCEQ
181 EKPMHLEIED SGPLIDIPSE TEGSVFMETQ MLPLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against GTF3C6 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)
- 0.54
- Highest tissue expression
- 217 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- skeletal muscle: 217 nTPM
- tongue: 157 nTPM
- heart muscle: 122 nTPM
- choroid plexus: 98 nTPM
- kidney: 96 nTPM
- midbrain: 91 nTPM
Single-cell type
- platelets: 489 nCPM
- hofbauer cells: 412 nCPM
- esophageal suprabasal cells: 380 nCPM
- late spermatids: 370 nCPM
- esophageal apical cells: 352 nCPM
- extravillous trophoblasts: 314 nCPM
Immune cell
- T-reg: 293 nTPM
- plasmacytoid DC: 174 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 171 nTPM
- total PBMC: 168 nTPM
- memory B-cell: 165 nTPM
- myeloid DC: 159 nTPM
Brain region
- hypothalamus: 43 nTPM
- white matter: 38 nTPM
- cerebellum: 37 nTPM
- choroid plexus: 36 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 36 nTPM
- midbrain: 35 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)
- 1.18
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.43
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.11
- 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
- 5S class rRNA transcription by RNA polymerase III
- transcription by RNA polymerase III
- tRNA transcription by RNA polymerase III
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Transcription factor TFIIIC, triple barrel domain
- TFIIIC subunit GTF3C6-like
- TFIIIC subunit triple barrel domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of GTF3C6 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 GTF3C6 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against GTF3C6 could matter depends on whether native GTF3C6 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
GTF3C6 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 GTF3C6 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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