Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

JAK3

Tyrosine-protein kinase JAK3

Also known as: JAK-3, JAK3_HUMAN, JAKL, L-JAK, LJAK

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P52333
Gene
JAK3
Ensembl
ENSG00000105639
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
1124 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Disease related genes, Enzymes, FDA approved drug targets, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Plasma membrane,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the Janus kinase (JAK) family of tyrosine kinases involved in cytokine receptor-mediated intracellular signal transduction. It is predominantly expressed in immune cells and transduces a signal in response to its activation via tyrosine phosphorylation by interleukin receptors. Mutations in this gene are associated with autosomal SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency disease). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1124 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P52333|JAK3
     1  MAPPSEETPL IPQRSCSLLS TEAGALHVLL PARGPGPPQR LSFSFGDHLA EDLCVQAAKA
    61  SGILPVYHSL FALATEDLSC WFPPSHIFSV EDASTQVLLY RIRFYFPNWF GLEKCHRFGL
   121  RKDLASAILD LPVLEHLFAQ HRSDLVSGRL PVGLSLKEQG ECLSLAVLDL ARMAREQAQR
   181  PGELLKTVSY KACLPPSLRD LIQGLSFVTR RRIRRTVRRA LRRVAACQAD RHSLMAKYIM
   241  DLERLDPAGA AETFHVGLPG ALGGHDGLGL LRVAGDGGIA WTQGEQEVLQ PFCDFPEIVD
   301  ISIKQAPRVG PAGEHRLVTV TRTDNQILEA EFPGLPEALS FVALVDGYFR LTTDSQHFFC
   361  KEVAPPRLLE EVAEQCHGPI TLDFAINKLK TGGSRPGSYV LRRSPQDFDS FLLTVCVQNP
   421  LGPDYKGCLI RRSPTGTFLL VGLSRPHSSL RELLATCWDG GLHVDGVAVT LTSCCIPRPK
   481  EKSNLIVVQR GHSPPTSSLV QPQSQYQLSQ MTFHKIPADS LEWHENLGHG SFTKIYRGCR
   541  HEVVDGEARK TEVLLKVMDA KHKNCMESFL EAASLMSQVS YRHLVLLHGV CMAGDSTMVQ
   601  EFVHLGAIDM YLRKRGHLVP ASWKLQVVKQ LAYALNYLED KGLPHGNVSA RKVLLAREGA
   661  DGSPPFIKLS DPGVSPAVLS LEMLTDRIPW VAPECLREAQ TLSLEADKWG FGATVWEVFS
   721  GVTMPISALD PAKKLQFYED RQQLPAPKWT ELALLIQQCM AYEPVQRPSF RAVIRDLNSL
   781  ISSDYELLSD PTPGALAPRD GLWNGAQLYA CQDPTIFEER HLKYISQLGK GNFGSVELCR
   841  YDPLGDNTGA LVAVKQLQHS GPDQQRDFQR EIQILKALHS DFIVKYRGVS YGPGRQSLRL
   901  VMEYLPSGCL RDFLQRHRAR LDASRLLLYS SQICKGMEYL GSRRCVHRDL AARNILVESE
   961  AHVKIADFGL AKLLPLDKDY YVVREPGQSP IFWYAPESLS DNIFSRQSDV WSFGVVLYEL
  1021  FTYCDKSCSP SAEFLRMMGC ERDVPALCRL LELLEEGQRL PAPPACPAEV HELMKLCWAP
  1081  SPQDRPSFSA LGPQLDMLWS GSRGCETHAF TAHPEGKHHS LSFS

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against JAK3 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)
0.26
Highest tissue expression
53 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • spleen: 53 nTPM
  • ovary: 15 nTPM
  • small intestine: 15 nTPM
  • lung: 13 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 6.5 nTPM
  • kidney: 5.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophils: 437 nCPM
  • neutrophil progenitors: 223 nCPM
  • megakaryocytes: 105 nCPM
  • hematopoietic stem cells: 76 nCPM
  • platelets: 70 nCPM
  • t-cells: 68 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 7.1 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 6.3 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 5.6 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 5.5 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 4.9 nTPM
  • T-reg: 4.8 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 5.8 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 5.4 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 4.2 nTPM
  • pons: 3.5 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 3.4 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 2.8 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about JAK3.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions JAK3 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

137 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 1,400 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on JAK3 was assayed in.

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)
0.53
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
2.81
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.1
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

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of JAK3 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 JAK3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against JAK3 could matter depends on whether native JAK3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

JAK3 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 JAK3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/JAK3. 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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