LRRC4B
Leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 4B
Also known as: DKFZp761A179, HSM, LRC4B_HUMAN, LRIG4
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q9NT99
- Gene
- LRRC4B
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000131409
- Chromosome
- 19
- Canonical length
- 713 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to enable signaling receptor binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of synapse assembly and synaptic membrane adhesion. Predicted to be located in cerebellar mossy fiber and presynaptic membrane. Predicted to be active in glutamatergic synapse and postsynaptic density membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
713 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q9NT99|LRRC4B
1 MARARGSPCP PLPPGRMSWP HGALLFLWLF SPPLGAGGGG VAVTSAAGGG SPPATSCPVA
61 CSCSNQASRV ICTRRDLAEV PASIPVNTRY LNLQENGIQV IRTDTFKHLR HLEILQLSKN
121 LVRKIEVGAF NGLPSLNTLE LFDNRLTTVP TQAFEYLSKL RELWLRNNPI ESIPSYAFNR
181 VPSLRRLDLG ELKRLEYISE AAFEGLVNLR YLNLGMCNLK DIPNLTALVR LEELELSGNR
241 LDLIRPGSFQ GLTSLRKLWL MHAQVATIER NAFDDLKSLE ELNLSHNNLM SLPHDLFTPL
301 HRLERVHLNH NPWHCNCDVL WLSWWLKETV PSNTTCCARC HAPAGLKGRY IGELDQSHFT
361 CYAPVIVEPP TDLNVTEGMA AELKCRTGTS MTSVNWLTPN GTLMTHGSYR VRISVLHDGT
421 LNFTNVTVQD TGQYTCMVTN SAGNTTASAT LNVSAVDPVA AGGTGSGGGG PGGSGGVGGG
481 SGGYTYFTTV TVETLETQPG EEALQPRGTE KEPPGPTTDG VWGGGRPGDA AGPASSSTTA
541 PAPRSSRPTE KAFTVPITDV TENALKDLDD VMKTTKIIIG CFVAITFMAA VMLVAFYKLR
601 KQHQLHKHHG PTRTVEIINV EDELPAASAV SVAAAAAVAS GGGVGGDSHL ALPALERDHL
661 NHHHYVAAAF KAHYSSNPSG GGCGGKGPPG LNSIHEPLLF KSGSKENVQE TQILocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against LRRC4B 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
- 1
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.44
- Highest tissue expression
- 100 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- cerebral cortex: 100 nTPM
- amygdala: 89 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 89 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 85 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 80 nTPM
- cerebellum: 77 nTPM
Single-cell type
- oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 77 nCPM
- brain inhibitory neurons: 76 nCPM
- ependymal cells: 69 nCPM
- oligodendrocytes: 69 nCPM
- other brain neurons: 64 nCPM
- brain excitatory neurons: 63 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
- cerebral cortex: 205 nTPM
- amygdala: 194 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 188 nTPM
- midbrain: 186 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 163 nTPM
- thalamus: 161 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)
- 0.4
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.88
- gnomAD missense Z
- 4.36
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.1
- 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
- positive regulation of synapse assembly
- regulation of postsynaptic density assembly
- regulation of presynapse assembly
- synaptic membrane adhesion
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Leucine-rich repeat N-terminal domain
- Cysteine-rich flanking region, C-terminal
- Leucine-rich repeat
- Leucine-rich repeat, typical subtype
- Immunoglobulin subtype 2
- Immunoglobulin domain subtype
- Immunoglobulin-like domain
- Immunoglobulin I-set
- Immunoglobulin-like fold
- Leucine-rich repeat domain superfamily
- Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily
- Leucine-rich repeat and transmembrane domain-containing protein
- Leucine Rich Repeat
- Immunoglobulin I-set domain
- Leucine rich repeat
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of LRRC4B 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 LRRC4B as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against LRRC4B could matter depends on whether native LRRC4B is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
LRRC4B is annotated at the cell surface, where native LRRC4B 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 LRRC4B as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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