PPP3R1
Calcineurin subunit B type 1
Also known as: CALNB1, CANB1_HUMAN, CNB, CNB1
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- P63098
- Gene
- PPP3R1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000221823
- Chromosome
- 2
- Canonical length
- 170 aa
- Protein class
- FDA approved drug targets, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Plasma membrane,Primary cilium,Cytosol
OverviewNCBI Gene
Enables phosphatase binding activity and protein domain specific binding activity. Involved in calcineurin-NFAT signaling cascade and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Part of calcineurin complex. Implicated in Alzheimer's disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
170 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>P63098|PPP3R1
1 MGNEASYPLE MCSHFDADEI KRLGKRFKKL DLDNSGSLSV EEFMSLPELQ QNPLVQRVID
61 IFDTDGNGEV DFKEFIEGVS QFSVKGDKEQ KLRFAFRIYD MDKDGYISNG ELFQVLKMMV
121 GNNLKDTQLQ QIVDKTIINA DKDGDGRISF EEFCAVVGGL DIHKKMVVDVLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against PPP3R1 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)
- 0.32
- Highest tissue expression
- 176 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- retina: 176 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 154 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 128 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 111 nTPM
- cerebellum: 96 nTPM
- skeletal muscle: 83 nTPM
Single-cell type
- megakaryocytes: 25 nCPM
- platelets: 18 nCPM
- early spermatids: 12 nCPM
- megakaryocyte progenitors: 8.7 nCPM
- rod photoreceptor cells: 8.1 nCPM
- late primary spermatocytes: 7.2 nCPM
Immune cell
- neutrophil: 2.7 nTPM
- basophil: 1.5 nTPM
- eosinophil: 1.3 nTPM
- plasmacytoid DC: 0.7 nTPM
- non-classical monocyte: 0.6 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0.5 nTPM
Brain region
- cerebral cortex: 345 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 292 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 279 nTPM
- white matter: 214 nTPM
- amygdala: 166 nTPM
- cerebellum: 164 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)
- 0.66
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.41
- gnomAD missense Z
- 2.89
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.05
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis
- calcineurin-NFAT signaling cascade
- epithelial to mesenchymal transition
- heart development
- lung epithelial cell differentiation
- myelination in peripheral nervous system
- negative regulation of calcium ion import across plasma membrane
- positive regulation of calcineurin-NFAT signaling cascade
- positive regulation of calcium ion import across plasma membrane
- positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- postsynaptic modulation of chemical synaptic transmission
- protein import into nucleus
- regulation of postsynaptic neurotransmitter receptor internalization
- regulation of synaptic vesicle cycle
Molecular functions
- calcium ion binding
- calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity
- calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine phosphatase regulator activity
- calmodulin binding
- phosphatase binding
- protein domain specific binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of PPP3R1 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 PPP3R1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PPP3R1 could matter depends on whether native PPP3R1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
PPP3R1 is annotated at the cell surface, where native PPP3R1 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 PPP3R1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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