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MAB21L2

Protein mab-21-like 2

Also known as: MB212_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9Y586
Gene
MAB21L2
Ensembl
ENSG00000181541
Chromosome
4
Canonical length
359 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is similar to the C. elegans MAB-21 cell fate-determining gene, a downstream target of transforming growth factor-beta signaling. It is thought that this gene may be involved in neural development. The protein encoded by this gene is primarily nuclear, although some cytoplasmic localization has been observed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

359 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9Y586|MAB21L2
     1  MIAAQAKLVY QLNKYYTERC QARKAAIAKT IREVCKVVSD VLKEVEVQEP RFISSLSEID
    61  ARYEGLEVIS PTEFEVVLYL NQMGVFNFVD DGSLPGCAVL KLSDGRKRSM SLWVEFITAS
   121  GYLSARKIRS RFQTLVAQAV DKCSYRDVVK MIADTSEVKL RIRERYVVQI TPAFKCTGIW
   181  PRSAAQWPMP HIPWPGPNRV AEVKAEGFNL LSKECYSLTG KQSSAESDAW VLQFGEAENR
   241  LLMGGCRNKC LSVLKTLRDR HLELPGQPLN NYHMKTLLLY ECEKHPRETD WDESCLGDRL
   301  NGILLQLISC LQCRRCPHYF LPNLDLFQGK PHSALESAAK QTWRLAREIL TNPKSLDKL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MAB21L2 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)
0.25
Highest tissue expression
170 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • colon: 170 nTPM
  • small intestine: 39 nTPM
  • smooth muscle: 19 nTPM
  • rectum: 9.6 nTPM
  • duodenum: 8.4 nTPM
  • appendix: 8.2 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • adrenal medulla cells: 21 nCPM
  • cholangiocytes: 21 nCPM
  • retinal horizontal cells: 18 nCPM
  • retinal pigment epithelial cells: 13 nCPM
  • retinal amacrine cells: 10 nCPM
  • epicardial cells: 9.1 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

  • pons: 38 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 37 nTPM
  • midbrain: 24 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 18 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 14 nTPM
  • white matter: 8.8 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about MAB21L2.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions MAB21L2 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

8 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 62 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

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)
0.55
gnomAD pLI
0.44
gnomAD missense Z
2.96
DepMap mean gene effect
0.13
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of MAB21L2 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 MAB21L2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MAB21L2 could matter depends on whether native MAB21L2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MAB21L2 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 MAB21L2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MAB21L2. 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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