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MBD3L4

Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 3-like 4

Also known as: MB3L4_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
A6NDZ8
Gene
MBD3L4
Ensembl
ENSG00000205718
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
208 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of a family of proteins that are related to methyl-CpG-binding proteins but lack the methyl-CpG binding domain. There is no definitive support for transcription of this locus, and the transcript structure is inferred from other family members. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

208 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>A6NDZ8|MBD3L4
     1  MGEPAFTSFP SPPVLGKLKR NMMPWALQKK REIHMAKAHR RRAARSALPM RLTSCIFRRP
    61  VTRIRSHPDN QVRRRKGDEH LEKPQQLCAY RRLQALQPCS SQGEGSSPLH LESVLSILAP
   121  GTAGESLDRA GAERVRIPLE PTPGRFPAVA GGPTPGMGCQ LPPPLSGQLV TPADIRRQAR
   181  RVKKARERLA KALQADRLAR QAEMLTCR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MBD3L4 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
0 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • pancreatic acinar cells: 0.1 nCPM
  • adipocytes: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal medulla cells: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 2: 0 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

  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0 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)
1.89
gnomAD pLI
0.29
gnomAD missense Z
-0.02

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads MBD3L4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MBD3L4 could matter depends on whether native MBD3L4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MBD3L4 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 MBD3L4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MBD3L4. 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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