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NIPSNAP3A

Protein NipSnap homolog 3A

Also known as: DKFZp564D177, FLJ13953, HSPC299, MGC14553, NIPSNAP4, NPS3A_HUMAN, TassC

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UFN0
Gene
NIPSNAP3A
Ensembl
ENSG00000136783
Chromosome
9
Canonical length
247 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

NIPSNAP3A belongs to a family of proteins with putative roles in vesicular transport (Buechler et al., 2004 [PubMed 15177564]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

247 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UFN0|NIPSNAP3A
     1  MLVLRSALTR ALASRTLAPQ MCSSFATGPR QYDGIFYEFR SYYLKPSKMN EFLENFEKNA
    61  HLRTAHSELV GYWSVEFGGR MNTVFHIWKY DNFAHRTEVR KALAKDKEWQ EQFLIPNLAL
   121  IDKQESEITY LVPWCKLEKP PKEGVYELAT FQMKPGGPAL WGDAFKRAVH AHVNLGYTKL
   181  VGVFHTEYGA LNRVHVLWWN ESADSRAAGR HKSHEDPRVV AAVRESVNYL VSQQNMLLIP
   241  TSFSPLK

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against NIPSNAP3A 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)
0.31
Highest tissue expression
48 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • liver: 48 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 41 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 38 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 37 nTPM
  • rectum: 37 nTPM
  • colon: 36 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • megakaryocytes: 136 nCPM
  • hofbauer cells: 134 nCPM
  • parietal cells: 126 nCPM
  • oocytes: 120 nCPM
  • esophageal suprabasal cells: 69 nCPM
  • hepatocytes: 55 nCPM

Immune cell

  • myeloid DC: 89 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 64 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 57 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 52 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 45 nTPM
  • basophil: 43 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 36 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 31 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 26 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 25 nTPM
  • midbrain: 24 nTPM
  • pons: 24 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)
1.81
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.29
DepMap mean gene effect
0.05
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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of NIPSNAP3A 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 NIPSNAP3A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against NIPSNAP3A could matter depends on whether native NIPSNAP3A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

NIPSNAP3A 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 NIPSNAP3A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/NIPSNAP3A. 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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