Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

MAFB

Transcription factor MafB

Also known as: KRML, MAFB_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9Y5Q3
Gene
MAFB
Ensembl
ENSG00000204103
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
323 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli,Golgi apparatus,Cytosol
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor that plays an important role in the regulation of lineage-specific hematopoiesis. The encoded nuclear protein represses ETS1-mediated transcription of erythroid-specific genes in myeloid cells. This gene contains no introns. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

323 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9Y5Q3|MAFB
     1  MAAELSMGPE LPTSPLAMEY VNDFDLLKFD VKKEPLGRAE RPGRPCTRLQ PAGSVSSTPL
    61  STPCSSVPSS PSFSPTEQKT HLEDLYWMAS NYQQMNPEAL NLTPEDAVEA LIGSHPVPQP
   121  LQSFDSFRGA HHHHHHHHPH PHHAYPGAGV AHDELGPHAH PHHHHHHQAS PPPSSAASPA
   181  QQLPTSHPGP GPHATASATA AGGNGSVEDR FSDDQLVSMS VRELNRHLRG FTKDEVIRLK
   241  QKRRTLKNRG YAQSCRYKRV QQKHHLENEK TQLIQQVEQL KQEVSRLARE RDAYKVKCEK
   301  LANSGFREAG STSDSPSSPE FFL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MAFB 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)
0.62
Highest tissue expression
257 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • parathyroid gland: 257 nTPM
  • spleen: 91 nTPM
  • skin: 81 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 56 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 47 nTPM
  • appendix: 35 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • kupffer cells: 1,002 nCPM
  • monocytes: 652 nCPM
  • hofbauer cells: 568 nCPM
  • macrophages: 478 nCPM
  • breast lactating cells: 312 nCPM
  • breast myoepithelial cells: 285 nCPM

Immune cell

  • non-classical monocyte: 122 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 88 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 24 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 11 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 7.9 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 2.1 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 32 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 29 nTPM
  • thalamus: 26 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 19 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 18 nTPM
  • pons: 15 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about MAFB.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions MAFB is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

26 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 235 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)
0.4
gnomAD pLI
0.9
gnomAD missense Z
2.17
DepMap mean gene effect
0.09
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

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

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

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