Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

OIT3

Oncoprotein-induced transcript 3 protein

Also known as: FLJ39116, LZP, OIT3_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q8WWZ8
Gene
OIT3
Ensembl
ENSG00000138315
Chromosome
10
Canonical length
545 aa
Protein class
Plasma proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted to blood

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene was identified due to its downregulation in hepatocarcinomas. The encoded protein may be involved in liver development and function. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2016]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

545 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q8WWZ8|OIT3
     1  MPPFLLLTCL FITGTSVSPV ALDPCSAYIS LNEPWRNTDH QLDESQGPPL CDNHVNGEWY
    61  HFTGMAGDAM PTFCIPENHC GTHAPVWLNG SHPLEGDGIV QRQACASFNG NCCLWNTTVE
   121  VKACPGGYYV YRLTKPSVCF HVYCGHFYDI CDEDCHGSCS DTSECTCAPG TVLGPDRQTC
   181  FDENECEQNN GGCSEICVNL KNSYRCECGV GRVLRSDGKT CEDVEGCHNN NGGCSHSCLG
   241  SEKGYQCECP RGLVLSEDNH TCQVPVLCKS NAIEVNIPRE LVGGLELFLT NTSCRGVSNG
   301  THVNILFSLK TCGTVVDVVN DKIVASNLVT GLPKQTPGSS GDFIIRTSKL LIPVTCEFPR
   361  LYTISEGYVP NLRNSPLEIM SRNHGIFPFT LEIFKDNEFE EPYREALPTL KLRDSLYFGI
   421  EPVVHVSGLE SLVESCFATP TSKIDEVLKY YLIRDGCVSD DSVKQYTSRD HLAKHFQVPV
   481  FKFVGKDHKE VFLHCRVLVC GVLDERSRCA QGCHRRMRRG AGGEDSAGLQ GQTLTGGPIR
   541  IDWED

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against OIT3 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)
0.32
Highest tissue expression
104 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • liver: 104 nTPM
  • spleen: 8.5 nTPM
  • small intestine: 5.8 nTPM
  • duodenum: 4.9 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 2.9 nTPM
  • kidney: 1.4 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • vascular endothelial cells: 24 nCPM
  • epididymal clear cells: 14 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 14 nCPM
  • hepatic stellate cells: 6.5 nCPM
  • neutrophil progenitors: 6.3 nCPM
  • lymphatic endothelial cells: 5.6 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: 2.9 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1.1 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0.5 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0.4 nTPM
  • pons: 0.4 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.3 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
gnomAD missense Z
0.96
DepMap mean gene effect
0
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 OIT3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against OIT3 could matter depends on whether native OIT3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

OIT3 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 OIT3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/OIT3. 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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