PRDM6
Putative histone-lysine N-methyltransferase PRDM6
Also known as: KMT8C, PRDM6_HUMAN, PRISM
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q9NQX0
- Gene
- PRDM6
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000061455
- Chromosome
- 5
- Canonical length
- 595 aa
- Protein class
- Disease related genes, Enzymes, Human disease related genes, Potential drug targets, Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm
OverviewNCBI Gene
The protein encoded by this gene is a transcriptional repressor and a member of the PRDM family. Family members contain a PR domain and multiple zinc-finger domains. The encoded protein is involved in regulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) contractile proteins. Mutations in this gene result in patent ductus arteriosus 3 (PDA3). [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2017]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
595 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q9NQX0|PRDM6
1 MLKPGDPGGS AFLKVDPAYL QHWQQLFPHG GAGPLKGSGA AGLLSAPQPL QPPPPPPPPE
61 RAEPPPDSLR PRPASLSSAS STPASSSTSA SSASSCAAAA AAAALAGLSA LPVSQLPVFA
121 PLAAAAVAAE PLPPKELCLG ATSGPGPVKC GGGGGGGGEG RGAPRFRCSA EELDYYLYGQ
181 QRMEIIPLNQ HTSDPNNRCD MCADNRNGEC PMHGPLHSLR RLVGTSSAAA AAPPPELPEW
241 LRDLPREVCL CTSTVPGLAY GICAAQRIQQ GTWIGPFQGV LLPPEKVQAG AVRNTQHLWE
301 IYDQDGTLQH FIDGGEPSKS SWMRYIRCAR HCGEQNLTVV QYRSNIFYRA CIDIPRGTEL
361 LVWYNDSYTS FFGIPLQCIA QDENLNVPST VMEAMCRQDA LQPFNKSSKL APTTQQRSVV
421 FPQTPCSRNF SLLDKSGPIE SGFNQINVKN QRVLASPTST SQLHSEFSDW HLWKCGQCFK
481 TFTQRILLQM HVCTQNPDRP YQCGHCSQSF SQPSELRNHV VTHSSDRPFK CGYCGRAFAG
541 ATTLNNHIRT HTGEKPFKCE RCERSFTQAT QLSRHQRMPN ECKPITESPE SIEVDLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against PRDM6 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)
- 0.49
- Highest tissue expression
- 15 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- blood vessel: 15 nTPM
- urinary bladder: 8.8 nTPM
- colon: 4.7 nTPM
- placenta: 3.9 nTPM
- gallbladder: 3.1 nTPM
- lung: 2.8 nTPM
Single-cell type
- smooth muscle cells: 79 nCPM
- fibro-adipogenic progenitors: 50 nCPM
- fibroblasts: 45 nCPM
- mesothelial cells: 43 nCPM
- undifferentiated spermatogonia: 39 nCPM
- endometrial stromal cells: 39 nCPM
Immune cell
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- choroid plexus: 1.3 nTPM
- pons: 1 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 0.8 nTPM
- white matter: 0.7 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 0.6 nTPM
- midbrain: 0.6 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about PRDM6.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions PRDM6 is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Patent ductus arteriosus 3 (PDA3) MIM:617039
Disease | GeneticClinVar
3 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 149 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Patent ductus arteriosus 3
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)
- 0.42
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.61
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.13
- 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
- methylation
- negative regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation
- negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- neurogenesis
- regulation of gene expression
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of PRDM6 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 PRDM6 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PRDM6 could matter depends on whether native PRDM6 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
PRDM6 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 PRDM6 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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