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PRR4

Proline-rich protein 4

Also known as: LPRP, PROL4, PROL4_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q16378
Gene
PRR4
Ensembl
ENSG00000111215
Chromosome
12
Canonical length
134 aa
Protein class
Plasma proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted to digestive system

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the proline-rich protein family that lacks a conserved repetitive domain. This protein may play a role in protective functions in the eye. Alternative splicing result in multiple transcript variants. Read-through transcription also exists between this gene and the upstream PRH1 (proline-rich protein HaeIII subfamily 1) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

134 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q16378|PRR4
     1  MLLVLLSVVL LALSSAQSTD NDVNYEDFTF TIPDVEDSSQ RPDQGPQRPP PEGLLPRPPG
    61  DSGNQDDGPQ QRPPKPGGHH RHPPPPPFQN QQRPPRRGHR QLSLPRFPSV SLQEASSFFQ
   121  RDRPARHPQE QPLW

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PRR4 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.69
Highest tissue expression
6,405 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • salivary gland: 6,405 nTPM
  • esophagus: 135 nTPM
  • skin: 75 nTPM
  • lung: 70 nTPM
  • stomach: 62 nTPM
  • breast: 9 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • lacrimal acinar cells: 1,970 nCPM
  • salivary acinar cells: 408 nCPM
  • submucosal glandular cells: 327 nCPM
  • salivary myoepithelial cells: 129 nCPM
  • mucous neck cells: 39 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 27 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

  • medulla oblongata: 0.5 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.3 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.1 nTPM
  • pons: 0.1 nTPM
  • thalamus: 0.1 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 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)
1.72
gnomAD pLI
0.04
gnomAD missense Z
-0.14
DepMap mean gene effect
0.05
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads PRR4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PRR4 could matter depends on whether native PRR4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PRR4 is annotated as secreted, so native PRR4 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label PRR4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PRR4. 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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