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LHFPL3

LHFPL tetraspan subfamily member 3 protein

Also known as: LHFPL4, LHPL3_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q86UP9
Gene
LHFPL3
Ensembl
ENSG00000187416
Chromosome
7
Canonical length
236 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is a member of the lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP) gene family, which is a subset of the superfamily of tetraspan transmembrane protein encoding genes. Mutations in one LHFP-like gene result in deafness in humans and mice, and a second LHFP-like gene is fused to a high-mobility group gene in a translocation-associated lipoma. A partial gene fragment named LHFPL4 corresponds to a portion of the first exon of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

236 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q86UP9|LHFPL3
     1  MPGAAAAAAA AAAAMLPAQE AAKLYHTNYV RNSRAIGVLW AIFTICFAIV NVVCFIQPYW
    61  IGDGVDTPQA GYFGLFHYCI GNGFSRELTC RGSFTDFSTL PSGAFKAASF FIGLSMMLII
   121  ACIICFTLFF FCNTATVYKI CAWMQLTSAA CLVLGCMIFP DGWDSDEVKR MCGEKTDKYT
   181  LGACSVRWAY ILAIIGILDA LILSFLAFVL GNRQDSLMAE ELKAENKVLL SQYSLE

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against LHFPL3 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
4
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.31
Highest tissue expression
14 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebral cortex: 14 nTPM
  • retina: 13 nTPM
  • amygdala: 9.1 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 7.2 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 7.2 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 6.7 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 4,455 nCPM
  • rod photoreceptor cells: 2,735 nCPM
  • cone photoreceptor cells: 1,598 nCPM
  • endometrial stromal cells: 673 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 598 nCPM
  • decidual stromal cells: 531 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

  • thalamus: 47 nTPM
  • amygdala: 35 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 29 nTPM
  • midbrain: 26 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 26 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 22 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)
0.35
gnomAD pLI
0.93
gnomAD missense Z
1.06
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.01
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads LHFPL3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against LHFPL3 could matter depends on whether native LHFPL3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

LHFPL3 is annotated at the cell surface, where native LHFPL3 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 LHFPL3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/LHFPL3. 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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