PLEKHM3
Pleckstrin homology domain-containing family M member 3
Also known as: DAPR, PKHM3_HUMAN, PLEKHM1L
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q6ZWE6
- Gene
- PLEKHM3
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000178385
- Chromosome
- 2
- Canonical length
- 761 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Vesicles,Cytosol
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to enable zinc ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in myoblast differentiation. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
761 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q6ZWE6|PLEKHM3
1 MEALEVDDIS PALEVTEEFF STLDSNLEKA VQQAEVYGIQ EVPELVGHEV LSNITDNGAM
61 RNVTSLGKGG MIWDHCKSRL LETKAQNVFP AKEQFMVQRG TTPDNLSWME QKEASTFNFF
121 NICQRRRDRP RSVNDLLDET STFKPGHARS RSDITQVDWR VVLKTTPLQQ QQQQQPLLQG
181 PHVTRPSFLL PSPNKIEDAQ GNTEHKQTFP NILKKGYLEI RKDHDSYWQS CYAELSPYNL
241 YFYSLDSSGN QNLYATYQLS HFQSISVLGN LEARMVDTVL YDNTQLQLKA ESPWEALDWG
301 QKLWEVVHAA VPGYMGRQNE LTISPGLGHH DDYTQNHSFQ KKTSGLLPPS PVLDSSKQYQ
361 NILKSGTLYR LTVQNNWKAF TFVLSRAYLM AFQPGKLDED PLLSYNVDVC LAVQMDNLDG
421 CDSCFQVIFP QDVLRLRAET RQRAQEWMEA LKIAANVARS SEQNLQVTLR NKPKDQMGGH
481 ELRKNKRQSV TTSFLSILTT LSLERGLTAQ SFKCAGCQRS IGLSNGKAKV CNYSGWYYCS
541 SCHVDDSFLI PARIVHNWDT SKYKVSKQAK EFLEYVYEEP LIDIQQENAM LYHHAEPLAA
601 VLRLRQRLKS LRAYLFSCRA AVAEDLRRRI FPREYLLQQI HLYSLADLQQ VIEGKLAPFL
661 GKVIKFATSH VYSCSLCSQK GFICEICNNG EILYPFEDIS TSRCESCGAV FHSECKEKSV
721 PCPRCVRREL QKKQKSFWQR LNMDESLEEA CTMFELSYQN TLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against PLEKHM3 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
- Cell surface
- Secreted
- No
- Transmembrane segments
- 0
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.45
- Highest tissue expression
- 7.7 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- retina: 7.7 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 4.9 nTPM
- cerebellum: 4.4 nTPM
- bone marrow: 4 nTPM
- adrenal gland: 3.8 nTPM
- parathyroid gland: 3.8 nTPM
Single-cell type
- neutrophils: 243 nCPM
- adrenal cortex cells: 182 nCPM
- rod photoreceptor cells: 161 nCPM
- cone photoreceptor cells: 153 nCPM
- cdc: 129 nCPM
- corticotrophs: 127 nCPM
Immune cell
- neutrophil: 2.6 nTPM
- basophil: 1.2 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 1 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0.9 nTPM
- memory B-cell: 0.9 nTPM
- NK-cell: 0.9 nTPM
Brain region
- midbrain: 22 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 22 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 21 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 21 nTPM
- pons: 20 nTPM
- white matter: 20 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)
- 0.57
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.45
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.06
- 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 PLEKHM3 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 PLEKHM3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PLEKHM3 could matter depends on whether native PLEKHM3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
PLEKHM3 is annotated at the cell surface, where native PLEKHM3 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label PLEKHM3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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