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MPP4

MAGUK p55 subfamily member 4

Also known as: DLG6, MPP4_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q96JB8
Gene
MPP4
Ensembl
ENSG00000082126
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
637 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Actin filaments,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) protein family, with an N-terminal PDZ domain, a central src homology 3 region (SH3), and a C-terminal guanylate kinase-like (GUK) domain. The protein is localized to the outer limiting membrane in the retina, and is thought to function in photoreceptor polarity and the organization of specialized intercellular junctions. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described, but their biological validity has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

637 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q96JB8|MPP4
     1  MIQSDKGADP PDKKDMKLST ATNPQNGLSQ ILRLVLQELS LFYGRDVNGV CLLYDLLHSP
    61  WLQALLKIYD CLQEFKEKKL VPATPHAQVL SYEVVELLRE TPTSPEIQEL RQMLQAPHFK
   121  ALLSAHDTIA QKDFEPLLPP LPDNIPESEE AMRIVCLVKN QQPLGATIKR HEMTGDILVA
   181  RIIHGGLAER SGLLYAGDKL VEVNGVSVEG LDPEQVIHIL AMSRGTIMFK VVPVSDPPVN
   241  SQQMVYVRAM TEYWPQEDPD IPCMDAGLPF QKGDILQIVD QNDALWWQAR KISDPATCAG
   301  LVPSNHLLKR KQREFWWSQP YQPHTCLKST LSISMEEEDD MKIDEKCVEA DEETFESEEL
   361  SEDKEEFVGY GQKFFIAGFR RSMRLCRRKS HLSPLHASVC CTGSCYSAVG APYEEVVRYQ
   421  RRPSDKYRLI VLMGPSGVGV NELRRQLIEF NPSHFQSAVP HTTRTKKSYE MNGREYHYVS
   481  KETFENLIYS HRMLEYGEYK GHLYGTSVDA VQTVLVEGKI CVMDLEPQDI QGVRTHELKP
   541  YVIFIKPSNM RCMKQSRKNA KVITDYYVDM KFKDEDLQEM ENLAQRMETQ FGQFFDHVIV
   601  NDSLHDACAQ LLSAIQKAQE EPQWVPATWI SSDTESQ

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MPP4 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)
0.38
Highest tissue expression
265 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • retina: 265 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 1.5 nTPM
  • spleen: 1.4 nTPM
  • skin: 0.8 nTPM
  • cervix: 0.5 nTPM
  • vagina: 0.5 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • cone photoreceptor cells: 1,344 nCPM
  • rod photoreceptor cells: 930 nCPM
  • retinal horizontal cells: 30 nCPM
  • retinal ganglion cells: 19 nCPM
  • melanocytes: 18 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 17 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

  • cerebellum: 2.7 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 1.2 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.8 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0.6 nTPM
  • white matter: 0.6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0.5 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about MPP4.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 111 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on MPP4 was assayed in.

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)
1.06
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.45
DepMap mean gene effect
0.11
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% 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 MPP4 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 MPP4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MPP4 could matter depends on whether native MPP4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MPP4 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 MPP4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MPP4. 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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