LRRTM3
Leucine-rich repeat transmembrane neuronal protein 3
Also known as: LRRT3_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q86VH5
- Gene
- LRRTM3
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000198739
- Chromosome
- 10
- Canonical length
- 581 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted membrane proteins
OverviewNCBI Gene
Involved in regulation of presynapse assembly. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of amyloid-beta formation. Is active in glutamatergic synapse. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
581 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q86VH5|LRRTM3
1 MGFNVIRLLS GSAVALVIAP TVLLTMLSSA ERGCPKGCRC EGKMVYCESQ KLQEIPSSIS
61 AGCLGLSLRY NSLQKLKYNQ FKGLNQLTWL YLDHNHISNI DENAFNGIRR LKELILSSNR
121 ISYFLNNTFR PVTNLRNLDL SYNQLHSLGS EQFRGLRKLL SLHLRSNSLR TIPVRIFQDC
181 RNLELLDLGY NRIRSLARNV FAGMIRLKEL HLEHNQFSKL NLALFPRLVS LQNLYLQWNK
241 ISVIGQTMSW TWSSLQRLDL SGNEIEAFSG PSVFQCVPNL QRLNLDSNKL TFIGQEILDS
301 WISLNDISLA GNIWECSRNI CSLVNWLKSF KGLRENTIIC ASPKELQGVN VIDAVKNYSI
361 CGKSTTERFD LARALPKPTF KPKLPRPKHE SKPPLPPTVG ATEPGPETDA DAEHISFHKI
421 IAGSVALFLS VLVILLVIYV SWKRYPASMK QLQQRSLMRR HRKKKRQSLK QMTPSTQEFY
481 VDYKPTNTET SEMLLNGTGP CTYNKSGSRE CEIPLSMNVS TFLAYDQPTI SYCGVHHELL
541 SHKSFETNAQ EDTMETHLET ELDLSTITTA GRISDHKQQL ALocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against LRRTM3 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)
- 0.41
- Highest tissue expression
- 10 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- cerebral cortex: 10 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 5.1 nTPM
- cerebellum: 3.4 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 3.3 nTPM
- amygdala: 3 nTPM
- pituitary gland: 2.7 nTPM
Single-cell type
- cardiomyocytes: 7,363 nCPM
- myonuclei: 1,375 nCPM
- oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 839 nCPM
- epicardial cells: 764 nCPM
- brain inhibitory neurons: 599 nCPM
- adrenal medulla cells: 521 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: 30 nTPM
- white matter: 26 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 25 nTPM
- amygdala: 20 nTPM
- cerebellum: 19 nTPM
- midbrain: 19 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)
- 0.31
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.98
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.88
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.03
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- positive regulation of amyloid-beta formation
- positive regulation of synapse assembly
- regulation of presynapse assembly
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of LRRTM3 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 LRRTM3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against LRRTM3 could matter depends on whether native LRRTM3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
LRRTM3 is annotated at the cell surface, where native LRRTM3 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 LRRTM3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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