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 LSFSLocalizationUniProt · 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.
- Severe combined immunodeficiency autosomal recessive T-cell-negative/B-cell-positive/NK-cell-negative (T(-)B(+)NK(-) SCID) MIM:600802
Disease | GeneticClinVar
137 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 1,400 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to JAK3 deficiency
- Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
- Thyroid cancer, nonmedullary, 1
- JAK3-related disorder
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Disease | ImmuneIEDB
Conditions an epitope on JAK3 was assayed in.
- ankylosing spondylitis T cell
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
- adaptive immune response
- B cell differentiation
- cell differentiation
- cell surface receptor signaling pathway via JAK-STAT
- cytokine-mediated signaling pathway
- enzyme-linked receptor protein signaling pathway
- growth hormone receptor signaling pathway via JAK-STAT
- innate immune response
- interleukin-15-mediated signaling pathway
- interleukin-2-mediated signaling pathway
- interleukin-4-mediated signaling pathway
- interleukin-7-mediated signaling pathway
- interleukin-9-mediated signaling pathway
- intracellular signal transduction
- negative regulation of glycoprotein biosynthetic process
- negative regulation of interleukin-10 production
- negative regulation of interleukin-12 production
- negative regulation of T cell activation
- negative regulation of T-helper 1 cell differentiation
- negative regulation of T-helper 17 cell lineage commitment
- negative regulation of thymocyte apoptotic process
- regulation of apoptotic process
- regulation of receptor signaling pathway via JAK-STAT
- regulation of T cell apoptotic process
- response to interleukin-15
- response to interleukin-2
- response to interleukin-4
- response to interleukin-9
- T cell homeostasis
- tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein
- negative regulation of dendritic cell cytokine production
Molecular functions
- ATP binding
- growth hormone receptor binding
- non-membrane spanning protein tyrosine kinase activity
- protein phosphatase binding
- protein tyrosine kinase activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- FERM domain
- Protein kinase domain
- SH2 domain
- Serine-threonine/tyrosine-protein kinase, catalytic domain
- Tyrosine-protein kinase, active site
- Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
- PH-like domain superfamily
- Tyrosine-protein kinase, non-receptor Jak/Tyk2
- Protein kinase, ATP binding site
- Band 4.1 domain
- Tyrosine-protein kinase, catalytic domain
- SH2 domain superfamily
- JAK, FERM F2 lobe domain
- FERM F1 lobe ubiquitin-like domain
- JAK1-3/TYK2, pleckstrin homology-like domain
- Janus Kinase (JAK)
- Protein tyrosine and serine/threonine kinase
- Jak1 pleckstrin homology-like domain
- FERM F2 acyl-CoA binding protein-like domain
- FERM F1 ubiquitin-like domain
- SH2 domain
- Tyrosine-protein kinase, non-receptor Jak3
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.
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