Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

PCGF3

Polycomb group RING finger protein 3

Also known as: DONG1, FLJ36550, MGC40413, PCGF3_HUMAN, RNF3, RNF3A

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q3KNV8
Gene
PCGF3
Ensembl
ENSG00000185619
Chromosome
4
Canonical length
242 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene contains a C3HC4 type RING finger, which is a motif known to be involved in protein-protein interactions. The specific function of this protein has not yet been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

242 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q3KNV8|PCGF3
     1  MLTRKIKLWD INAHITCRLC SGYLIDATTV TECLHTFCRS CLVKYLEENN TCPTCRIVIH
    61  QSHPLQYIGH DRTMQDIVYK LVPGLQEAEM RKQREFYHKL GMEVPGDIKG ETCSAKQHLD
   121  SHRNGETKAD DSSNKEAAEE KPEEDNDYHR SDEQVSICLE CNSSKLRGLK RKWIRCSAQA
   181  TVLHLKKFIA KKLNLSSFNE LDILCNEEIL GKDHTLKFVV VTRWRFKKAP LLLHYRPKMD
   241  LL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PCGF3 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)
0.41
Highest tissue expression
55 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebellum: 55 nTPM
  • skin: 52 nTPM
  • ovary: 49 nTPM
  • spleen: 49 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 44 nTPM
  • cervix: 39 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • epicardial cells: 189 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 148 nCPM
  • oocytes: 134 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 109 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 103 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 102 nCPM

Immune cell

  • classical monocyte: 7.3 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 5.2 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 5.2 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 5.1 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 4.9 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 4.7 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 65 nTPM
  • white matter: 49 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 42 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 39 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 39 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 38 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)
0.34
gnomAD pLI
0.95
gnomAD missense Z
2.1
DepMap mean gene effect
0.04
DepMap dependency class
selective

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 PCGF3 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 PCGF3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PCGF3 could matter depends on whether native PCGF3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PCGF3 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 PCGF3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PCGF3. 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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