PTCRA
Pre T-cell antigen receptor alpha
Also known as: PT-ALPHA, PTA, PTCRA_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q6ISU1
- Gene
- PTCRA
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000171611
- Chromosome
- 6
- Canonical length
- 281 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted membrane proteins
OverviewNCBI Gene
The protein encoded by this gene is a single-pass type I membrane protein that is found in immmature but not mature T-cells. Along with TCRB and CD3 complex, the encoded protein forms the pre-T-cell receptor complex, which regulates early T-cell development. Four transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Jul 2011]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
281 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q6ISU1|PTCRA
1 MAGTWLLLLL ALGCPALPTG VGGTPFPSLA PPIMLLVDGK QQMVVVCLVL DVAPPGLDSP
61 IWFSAGNGSA LDAFTYGPSP ATDGTWTNLA HLSLPSEELA SWEPLVCHTG PGAEGHSRST
121 QPMHLSGEAS TARTCPQEPL RGTPGGALWL GVLRLLLFKL LLFDLLLTCS CLCDPAGPLP
181 SPATTTRLRA LGSHRLHPAT ETGGREATSS PRPQPRDRRW GDTPPGRKPG SPVWGEGSYL
241 SSYPTCPAQA WCSRSALRAP SSSLGAFFAG DLPPPLQAGA ALocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against PTCRA 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)
- 0.54
- Highest tissue expression
- 120 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- thymus: 120 nTPM
- spleen: 4.9 nTPM
- lymph node: 2.7 nTPM
- lung: 2.6 nTPM
- tonsil: 2.1 nTPM
- bone marrow: 1.6 nTPM
Single-cell type
- platelets: 3,217 nCPM
- pdcs: 179 nCPM
- megakaryocytes: 56 nCPM
- kupffer cells: 32 nCPM
- thymocytes: 20 nCPM
- hofbauer cells: 19 nCPM
Immune cell
- plasmacytoid DC: 412 nTPM
- total PBMC: 33 nTPM
- neutrophil: 8.9 nTPM
- basophil: 8.7 nTPM
- eosinophil: 1.8 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 1.1 nTPM
Brain region
- thalamus: 6.1 nTPM
- white matter: 3.6 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 3.4 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 2.3 nTPM
- pons: 1.9 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 1.6 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about PTCRA.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions PTCRA is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Immunodeficiency 126 (IMD126) MIM:620931
Disease | GeneticClinVar
1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 51 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Immunodeficiency 126, susceptibility to
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)
- 1.08
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.14
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.1
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.06
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
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
- Immunoglobulin-like fold
- Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily
- Pre-T-cell antigen receptor
- Pre-T-cell antigen receptor
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of PTCRA 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 PTCRA as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PTCRA could matter depends on whether native PTCRA is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
PTCRA is annotated at the cell surface, where native PTCRA 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 PTCRA as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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