Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

OTUD4

OTU domain-containing protein 4

Also known as: DUBA6, HSHIN1, KIAA1046, OTUD4_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q01804
Gene
OTUD4
Ensembl
ENSG00000164164
Chromosome
4
Canonical length
1114 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. The smaller protein isoform encoded by the shorter transcript variant is found only in HIV-1 infected cells. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1114 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q01804|OTUD4
     1  MEAAVGVPDG GDQGGAGPRE DATPMDAYLR KLGLYRKLVA KDGSCLFRAV AEQVLHSQSR
    61  HVEVRMACIH YLRENREKFE AFIEGSFEEY LKRLENPQEW VGQVEISALS LMYRKDFIIY
   121  REPNVSPSQV TENNFPEKVL LCFSNGNHYD IVYPIKYKES SAMCQSLLYE LLYEKVFKTD
   181  VSKIVMELDT LEVADEDNSE ISDSEDDSCK SKTAAAAADV NGFKPLSGNE QLKNNGNSTS
   241  LPLSRKVLKS LNPAVYRNVE YEIWLKSKQA QQKRDYSIAA GLQYEVGDKC QVRLDHNGKF
   301  LNADVQGIHS ENGPVLVEEL GKKHTSKNLK APPPESWNTV SGKKMKKPST SGQNFHSDVD
   361  YRGPKNPSKP IKAPSALPPR LQHPSGVRQH AFSSHSSGSQ SQKFSSEHKN LSRTPSQIIR
   421  KPDRERVEDF DHTSRESNYF GLSPEERREK QAIEESRLLY EIQNRDEQAF PALSSSSVNQ
   481  SASQSSNPCV QRKSSHVGDR KGSRRRMDTE ERKDKDSIHG HSQLDKRPEP STLENITDDK
   541  YATVSSPSKS KKLECPSPAE QKPAEHVSLS NPAPLLVSPE VHLTPAVPSL PATVPAWPSE
   601  PTTFGPTGVP APIPVLSVTQ TLTTGPDSAV SQAHLTPSPV PVSIQAVNQP LMPLPQTLSL
   661  YQDPLYPGFP CNEKGDRAIV PPYSLCQTGE DLPKDKNILR FFFNLGVKAY SCPMWAPHSY
   721  LYPLHQAYLA ACRMYPKVPV PVYPHNPWFQ EAPAAQNESD CTCTDAHFPM QTEASVNGQM
   781  PQPEIGPPTF SSPLVIPPSQ VSESHGQLSY QADLESETPG QLLHADYEES LSGKNMFPQP
   841  SFGPNPFLGP VPIAPPFFPH VWYGYPFQGF IENPVMRQNI VLPSDEKGEL DLSLENLDLS
   901  KDCGSVSTVD EFPEARGEHV HSLPEASVSS KPDEGRTEQS SQTRKADTAL ASIPPVAEGK
   961  AHPPTQILNR ERETVPVELE PKRTIQSLKE KTEKVKDPKT AADVVSPGAN SVDSRVQRPK
  1021  EESSEDENEV SNILRSGRSK QFYNQTYGSR KYKSDWGYSG RGGYQHVRSE ESWKGQPSRS
  1081  RDEGYQYHRN VRGRPFRGDR RRSGMGDGHR GQHT

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against OTUD4 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)
0.58
Highest tissue expression
38 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 38 nTPM
  • tongue: 38 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 30 nTPM
  • testis: 30 nTPM
  • liver: 19 nTPM
  • urinary bladder: 17 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • early spermatids: 241 nCPM
  • epicardial cells: 173 nCPM
  • myonuclei: 159 nCPM
  • endometrial ciliated cells: 119 nCPM
  • epididymal basal cells: 113 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 111 nCPM

Immune cell

  • gdT-cell: 0.9 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0.8 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 0.8 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 0.8 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.7 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.7 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 39 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 36 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 34 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 32 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 30 nTPM
  • thalamus: 29 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about OTUD4.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on OTUD4 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)
0.21
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
1.56
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.04
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of OTUD4 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 OTUD4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against OTUD4 could matter depends on whether native OTUD4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

OTUD4 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 OTUD4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/OTUD4. 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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