Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

PLXNB3

Plexin-B3

Also known as: PLEXB3, PLEXR, PLXB3_HUMAN, PLXN6

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9ULL4
Gene
PLXNB3
Ensembl
ENSG00000198753
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
1909 aa
Protein class
Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the plexin family. It functions as a receptor for semaphorin 5A, and plays a role in axon guidance, invasive growth and cell migration. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1909 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9ULL4|PLXNB3
     1  MCHAAQETPL LHHFMAPVMA RWPPFGLCLL LLLLSPPPLP LTGAHRFSAP NTTLNHLALA
    61  PGRGTLYVGA VNRLFQLSPE LQLEAVAVTG PVIDSPDCVP FRDPAECPQA QLTDNANQLL
   121  LVSSRAQELV ACGQVRQGVC ETRRLGDVAE VLYQAEDPGD GQFVAANTPG VATVGLVVPL
   181  PGRDLLLVAR GLAGKLSAGV PPLAIRQLAG SQPFSSEGLG RLVVGDFSDY NNSYVGAFAD
   241  ARSAYFVFRR RGARAQAEYR SYVARVCLGD TNLYSYVEVP LACQGQGLIQ AAFLAPGTLL
   301  GVFAAGPRGT QAALCAFPMV ELGASMEQAR RLCYTAGGRG PSGAEEATVE YGVTSRCVTL
   361  PLDSPESYPC GDEHTPSPIA GRQPLEVQPL LKLGQPVSAV AALQADGHMI AFLGDTQGQL
   421  YKVFLHGSQG QVYHSQQVGP PGSAISPDLL LDSSGSHLYV LTAHQVDRIP VAACPQFPDC
   481  ASCLQAQDPL CGWCVLQGRC TRKGQCGRAG QLNQWLWSYE EDSHCLHIQS LLPGHHPRQE
   541  QGQVTLSVPR LPILDADEYF HCAFGDYDSL AHVEGPHVAC VTPPQDQVPL NPPGTDHVTV
   601  PLALMFEDVT VAATNFSFYD CSAVQALEAA APCRACVGSI WRCHWCPQSS HCVYGEHCPE
   661  GERTIYSAQE VDIQVRGPGA CPQVEGLAGP HLVPVGWESH LALRVRNLQH FRGLPASFHC
   721  WLELPGELRG LPATLEETAG DSGLIHCQAH QFYPSMSQRE LPVPIYVTQG EAQRLDNTHA
   781  LYVILYDCAM GHPDCSHCQA ANRSLGCLWC ADGQPACRYG PLCPPGAVEL LCPAPSIDAV
   841  EPLTGPPEGG LALTILGSNL GRAFADVQYA VSVASRPCNP EPSLYRTSAR IVCVTSPAPN
   901  GTTGPVRVAI KSQPPGISSQ HFTYQDPVLL SLSPRWGPQA GGTQLTIRGQ HLQTGGNTSA
   961  FVGGQPCPIL EPVCPEAIVC RTRPQAAPGE AAVLVVFGHA QRTLLASPFR YTANPQLVAA
  1021  EPSASFRGGG RLIRVRGTGL DVVQRPLLSV WLEADAEVQA SRAQPQDPQP RRSCGAPAAD
  1081  PQACIQLGGG LLQCSTVCSV NSSSLLLCRS PAVPDRAHPQ RVFFTLDNVQ VDFASASGGQ
  1141  GFLYQPNPRL APLSREGPAR PYRLKPGHVL DVEGEGLNLG ISKEEVRVHI GRGECLVKTL
  1201  TRTHLYCEPP AHAPQPANGS GLPQFVVQMG NVQLALGPVQ YEAEPPLSAF PVEAQAGVGM
  1261  GAAVLIAAVL LLTLMYRHKS KQALRDYQKV LVQLESLETG VGDQCRKEFT DLMTEMTDLS
  1321  SDLEGSGIPF LDYRTYAERA FFPGHGGCPL QPKPEGPGED GHCATVRQGL TQLSNLLNSK
  1381  LFLLTLIHTL EEQPSFSQRD RCHVASLLSL ALHGKLEYLT DIMRTLLGDL AAHYVHRNPK
  1441  LMLRRTETMV EKLLTNWLSI CLYAFLREVA GEPLYMLFRA IQYQVDKGPV DAVTGKAKRT
  1501  LNDSRLLRED VEFQPLTLMV LVGPGAGGAA GSSEMQRVPA RVLDTDTITQ VKEKVLDQVY
  1561  KGTPFSQRPS VHALDLEWRS GLAGHLTLSD EDLTSVTQNH WKRLNTLQHY KVPDGATVGL
  1621  VPQLHRGSTI SQSLAQRCPL GENIPTLEDG EEGGVCLWHL VKATEEPEGA KVRCSSLRER
  1681  EPARAKAIPE IYLTRLLSMK GTLQKFVDDT FQAILSVNRP IPIAVKYLFD LLDELAEKHG
  1741  IEDPGTLHIW KTNSLLLRFW VNALKNPQLI FDVRVSDNVD AILAVIAQTF IDSCTTSEHK
  1801  VGRDSPVNKL LYAREIPRYK QMVERYYADI RQSSPASYQE MNSALAELSG NYTSAPHCLE
  1861  ALQELYNHIH RYYDQIISAL EEDPVGQKLQ LACRLQQVAA LVENKVTDL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PLXNB3 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
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.3
Highest tissue expression
85 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • spinal cord: 85 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 64 nTPM
  • midbrain: 60 nTPM
  • colon: 57 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 46 nTPM
  • amygdala: 44 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • oligodendrocytes: 71 nCPM
  • astrocytes: 57 nCPM
  • bergmann glia: 26 nCPM
  • oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 25 nCPM
  • ependymal cells: 14 nCPM
  • megakaryocytes: 6.2 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.5 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 0.1 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 0.1 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 378 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 218 nTPM
  • thalamus: 211 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 206 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 174 nTPM
  • midbrain: 167 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)
0.37
gnomAD pLI
0.23
gnomAD missense Z
0.23
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.03
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% 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 PLXNB3 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 PLXNB3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PLXNB3 could matter depends on whether native PLXNB3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PLXNB3 is annotated at the cell surface, where native PLXNB3 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 PLXNB3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PLXNB3. 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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