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LRRC37A

Leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 37A

Also known as: KIAA0563, L37A1_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
A6NMS7
Gene
LRRC37A
Ensembl
ENSG00000176681
Chromosome
17
Canonical length
1700 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles

OverviewNCBI Gene

Predicted to be located in membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1700 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>A6NMS7|LRRC37A
     1  MSSAQCPALV CVMSRLRFWG PWPLLMWQLL WLLVKEAQPL EWVKDPLQLT SNPLGPPESW
    61  SSHSSHFPRE SPHAPTLPAD PWDFDHLGPS ASSEMPAPPQ ESTENLVPFL DTWDSAGEQP
   121  LEPEQFLASQ QDLKDKLSPQ ERLPVSPKKL KKDPAQRWSL AEIIGITRQL STPQSQKQTL
   181  QNEYSSTDTP YPGSLPPELR VKSDEPPGPS EQVGPSQFHL EPETQNPETL EDIQSSSLQQ
   241  EAPAQLPQLL EEEPSSMQQE APALPPESSM ESLTLPNHEV SVQPPGEDQA YYHLPNITVK
   301  PADVEVTITS EPTNETESSQ AQQETPIQFP EEVEPSATQQ EAPIEPPVPP MEHELSISEQ
   361  QQPVQPSESP REVESSPTQQ ETPGQPPEHH EVTVSPPGHH QTHHLASPSV SVKPPDVQLT
   421  IAAEPSAEVG TSLVHQEATT RLSGSGNDVE PPAIQHGGPP LLPESSEEAG PLAVQQETSF
   481  QSPEPINNEN PSPTQQEAAA EHPQTAEEGE SSLTHQEAPA QTPEFPNVVV AQPPEHSHLT
   541  QATVQPLDLG FTITPESKTE VELSPTMKET PTQPPKKVVP QLRVYQGVTN PTPGQDQAQH
   601  PVSPSVTVQL LDLGLTITPE PTTEVGHSTP PKRTIVSPKH PEVTLPHPDQ VQTQHSHLTR
   661  ATVQPLDLGF TITPKSMTEV EPSTALMTTA PPPGHPEVTL PPSDKGQAQH SHLTQATVQP
   721  LDLELTITTK PTTEVKPSPT TEETSTQPPD LGLAIIPEPT TETGHSTALE KTTAPRPDRV
   781  QTLHRSLTEV TGPPTELEPA QDSLVQSESY TQNKALTAPE EHKASTSTNI CELCTCGDEM
   841  LSCIDLNPEQ RLRQVPVPEP NTHNGTFTIL NFQGNYISYI DGNVWKAYSW TEKLILRENN
   901  LTELHKDSFE GLLSLQYLDL SCNKIQSIER HTFEPLPFLK FINLSCNVIT ELSFGTFQAW
   961  HGMQFLHKLI LNHNPLTTVE DPYLFKLPAL KYLDMGTTLV PLTTLKNILM MTVELEKLIL
  1021  PSHMACCLCQ FKNSIEAVCK TVKLHCNSAC LTNTTHCPEE ASVGNPEGAF MKVLQARKNY
  1081  TSTELIVEPE EPSDSSGINL SGFGSEQLDT NDESDFISTL SYILPYFSAV NLDVKSLLLP
  1141  FIKLPTTGNS LAKIQTVGQN RQRVKRVLMG PRSIQKRHFK EVGRQSIRRE QGAQASVENA
  1201  AEEKRLTSPA PREVEQPHTQ QGPEKLAGNA VYTKPSFTQE HKAAVSVLKP FSKGTPSTSS
  1261  PAKALPQVRD RSKDLTHAIS ILESAKARVT NTKTSKPIVH ARKKYRFHKT RSHVTHRTTK
  1321  VKKSPKVRKK SYLSRLMLAN RLPFSAAKSL INSPSQGAFS SLGDLSPQEN PFLEVSALSE
  1381  HFIEKNNTKH TTARNAFEEN DFMENTNMPE GTISENTNYN HPPEADSAGT AFNLGPTVKQ
  1441  TETKWEYNNV GTDLSPEPKS FNYPLLSSPG DQFEIQLTQQ LQSLIPNNNV RRLIAHVIRT
  1501  LKMDCSGAHV QVTCAKLISR TGHLMKLLSG QQEVKASKIE WDTDQWKIEN YINESTEAQS
  1561  EQKEKSLELK KEVPGYGYTD KLILALIVTG ILTILIILFC LIVICCHRRS LQEDEEGFSR
  1621  GIFRFLPWRG CSSRRESQDG LSSFGQPLWF KDLYKPLSAT RINNHAWKLH KKSSNEDKIL
  1681  NRDPGDSEAP TEEEESEALP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against LRRC37A 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
Unknown
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.58
Highest tissue expression
12 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 12 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 3.8 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 3.7 nTPM
  • skin: 3.7 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 3.3 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 3.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • epicardial cells: 41 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 33 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 28 nCPM
  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 12 nCPM
  • adrenal medulla cells: 11 nCPM
  • choroid plexus epithelial cells: 10 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0.3 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.2 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 0.2 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0.1 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0.1 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.1 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 1.2 nTPM
  • white matter: 1.2 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1.1 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 1 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 1 nTPM
  • pons: 1 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)
1.04
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
1.21

OntologyGO

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads LRRC37A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against LRRC37A could matter depends on whether native LRRC37A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

LRRC37A 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 LRRC37A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/LRRC37A. 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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