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MLNR

Motilin receptor

Also known as: GPR38, MTLR_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O43193
Gene
MLNR
Ensembl
ENSG00000102539
Chromosome
13
Canonical length
412 aa
Protein class
G-protein coupled receptors, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Plasma membrane,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

Motilin is a 22 amino acid peptide hormone expressed throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The protein encoded by this gene is a motilin receptor which is a member of the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family. This member is a multi-pass transmembrane protein, and is an important therapeutic target for the treatment of hypomotility disorders. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

412 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O43193|MLNR
     1  MGSPWNGSDG PEGAREPPWP ALPPCDERRC SPFPLGALVP VTAVCLCLFV VGVSGNVVTV
    61  MLIGRYRDMR TTTNLYLGSM AVSDLLILLG LPFDLYRLWR SRPWVFGPLL CRLSLYVGEG
   121  CTYATLLHMT ALSVERYLAI CRPLRARVLV TRRRVRALIA VLWAVALLSA GPFLFLVGVE
   181  QDPGISVVPG LNGTARIASS PLASSPPLWL SRAPPPSPPS GPETAEAAAL FSRECRPSPA
   241  QLGALRVMLW VTTAYFFLPF LCLSILYGLI GRELWSSRRP LRGPAASGRE RGHRQTVRVL
   301  LVVVLAFIIC WLPFHVGRII YINTEDSRMM YFSQYFNIVA LQLFYLSASI NPILYNLISK
   361  KYRAAAFKLL LARKSRPRGF HRSRDTAGEV AGDTGGDTVG YTETSANVKT MG

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MLNR 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
7
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.38
Highest tissue expression
1.6 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • thyroid gland: 1.6 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 1.2 nTPM
  • stomach: 0.4 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 0.1 nTPM
  • kidney: 0.1 nTPM
  • retina: 0.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophil progenitors: 1.8 nCPM
  • hematopoietic stem cells: 0.5 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 0.3 nCPM
  • müller glia: 0.2 nCPM
  • papillary tip epithelial cells: 0.2 nCPM
  • differentiating spermatogonia: 0.1 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

  • midbrain: 2 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 1.8 nTPM
  • thalamus: 1.7 nTPM
  • pons: 1.6 nTPM
  • white matter: 1.6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 1.5 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)
1.16
gnomAD pLI
0.01
gnomAD missense Z
0.62
DepMap mean gene effect
0.06
DepMap dependency class
none

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

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

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

MLNR is annotated at the cell surface, where native MLNR 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 MLNR as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

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