Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

MED9

Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 9

Also known as: FLJ10193, MED25, MED9_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9NWA0
Gene
MED9
Ensembl
ENSG00000141026
Chromosome
17
Canonical length
146 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Midbody

OverviewNCBI Gene

The multiprotein Mediator complex is a coactivator required for activation of RNA polymerase II transcription by DNA bound transcription factors. The protein encoded by this gene is thought to be a subunit of the Mediator complex. This gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

146 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9NWA0|MED9
     1  MASAGVAAGR QAEDVLPPTS DQPLPDTKPL PPPQPPPVPA PQPQQSPAPR PQSPARAREE
    61  ENYSFLPLVH NIIKCMDKDS PEVHQDLNAL KSKFQEMRKL ISTMPGIHLS PEQQQQQLQS
   121  LREQVRTKNE LLQKYKSLCM FEIPKE

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MED9 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)
0.56
Highest tissue expression
39 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • tongue: 39 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 31 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 26 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 26 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 26 nTPM
  • liver: 23 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • myonuclei: 48 nCPM
  • renal connecting tubule cells: 42 nCPM
  • epididymal principal cells: 37 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct intercalated cells: 36 nCPM
  • differentiating spermatogonia: 36 nCPM
  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 31 nCPM

Immune cell

  • non-classical monocyte: 13 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 13 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 12 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 12 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 12 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 11 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 25 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 22 nTPM
  • thalamus: 21 nTPM
  • midbrain: 21 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 20 nTPM
  • amygdala: 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)
0.93
gnomAD pLI
0.41
gnomAD missense Z
0.79
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.69
DepMap dependency class
common

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% 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

  • Mediator complex, subunit Med7/Med21-like
  • Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 9
  • Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 9, metazoan
  • RNA polymerase II transcription mediator complex subunit 9

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of MED9 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 MED9 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MED9 could matter depends on whether native MED9 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MED9 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 MED9 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MED9. 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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