Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

PBK

Lymphokine-activated killer T-cell-originated protein kinase

Also known as: CT84, FLJ14385, Nori-3, SPK, TOPK, TOPK_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q96KB5
Gene
PBK
Ensembl
ENSG00000168078
Chromosome
8
Canonical length
322 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a serine/threonine protein kinase related to the dual specific mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) family. Evidence suggests that mitotic phosphorylation is required for its catalytic activity. The encoded protein may be involved in the activation of lymphoid cells and support testicular functions, with a suggested role in the process of spermatogenesis. Overexpression of this gene has been implicated in tumorigenesis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

322 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q96KB5|PBK
     1  MEGISNFKTP SKLSEKKKSV LCSTPTINIP ASPFMQKLGF GTGVNVYLMK RSPRGLSHSP
    61  WAVKKINPIC NDHYRSVYQK RLMDEAKILK SLHHPNIVGY RAFTEANDGS LCLAMEYGGE
   121  KSLNDLIEER YKASQDPFPA AIILKVALNM ARGLKYLHQE KKLLHGDIKS SNVVIKGDFE
   181  TIKICDVGVS LPLDENMTVT DPEACYIGTE PWKPKEAVEE NGVITDKADI FAFGLTLWEM
   241  MTLSIPHINL SNDDDDEDKT FDESDFDDEA YYAALGTRPP INMEELDESY QKVIELFSVC
   301  TNEDPKDRPS AAHIVEALET DV

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PBK 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
66 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 66 nTPM
  • thymus: 21 nTPM
  • lymph node: 12 nTPM
  • tonsil: 12 nTPM
  • rectum: 9.5 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 8.6 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late primary spermatocytes: 988 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 308 nCPM
  • early primary spermatocytes: 108 nCPM
  • erythrocyte progenitors: 76 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 71 nCPM
  • enteric transient amplifying cells: 56 nCPM

Immune cell

  • NK-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • T-reg: 0.3 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.2 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 0.1 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • thalamus: 0.7 nTPM
  • pons: 0.6 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 0.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.1 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0.1 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.1 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about PBK.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on PBK 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)
1.21
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.66
DepMap mean gene effect
0.05
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% 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 PBK 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 PBK as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PBK could matter depends on whether native PBK is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

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

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