Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

MS4A6E

Membrane-spanning 4-domains subfamily A member 6E

Also known as: M4A6E_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q96DS6
Gene
MS4A6E
Ensembl
ENSG00000166926
Chromosome
11
Canonical length
147 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the membrane-spanning 4A gene family. Members of this nascent protein family are characterized by common structural features and similar intron/exon splice boundaries and display unique expression patterns among hematopoietic cells and nonlymphoid tissues. The gene encoding this protein is localized to 11q12.3, among a cluster of family members. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

147 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q96DS6|MS4A6E
     1  MTSQPISNET IIMLPSNVIN FSQAEKPEPT NQGQDSLKKR LQAKVKVIGV HSSLAGSILS
    61  ALSALVGFIL LSVNPAALNP ASLQCKLDEK DIPTRLLLSY DYHSPYTMDC HRAKASLAGT
   121  LSLMLVSTVL EFCLAVLTAV LQWKQTV

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MS4A6E 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
2
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.52
Highest tissue expression
19 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 19 nTPM
  • appendix: 0.6 nTPM
  • spleen: 0.3 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0.2 nTPM
  • liver: 0.1 nTPM
  • lung: 0.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • early spermatids: 1,754 nCPM
  • late primary spermatocytes: 450 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 196 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 26 nCPM
  • macrophages: 18 nCPM
  • monocytes: 13 nCPM

Immune cell

  • intermediate monocyte: 0.1 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • pons: 0.8 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.2 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 0.2 nTPM
  • thalamus: 0.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 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)
1.31
gnomAD pLI
0.03
gnomAD missense Z
-0.5
DepMap mean gene effect
0.05
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 1% 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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads MS4A6E as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MS4A6E could matter depends on whether native MS4A6E is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MS4A6E is annotated at the cell surface, where native MS4A6E 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 MS4A6E as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MS4A6E. 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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