RANBP6
Ran-binding protein 6
Also known as: RNBP6_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- O60518
- Gene
- RANBP6
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000137040
- Chromosome
- 9
- Canonical length
- 1105 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Vesicles
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to enable nuclear import signal receptor activity and nuclear localization sequence binding activity. Predicted to be involved in protein import into nucleus. Located in mitochondrion. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
1105 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>O60518|RANBP6
1 MAATASAGVP ATVSEKQEFY QLLKNLINPS CMVRRQAEEI YENIPGLCKT TFLLDAVRNR
61 RAGYEVRQMA AALLRRLLSS GFEEVYPNLP ADVQRDVKIE LILAVKLETH ASMRKKLCDI
121 FAVLARNLID EDGTNHWPEG LKFLIDSIYS KNVVLWEVAL HVFWHFPGIF GTQERHDLDI
181 IKRLLDQCIQ DQEHPAIRTL SARAAAAFVL ANENNIALFK DFADLLPGIL QAVNDSCYQD
241 DDSVLESLVE IADTVPKYLG PYLEDTLQLS LKLCGDSRLS NLQRQLALEV IVTLSETATP
301 MLKKHTNIIA QAVPHILAMM VDLQDDEDWV NADEMEEDDF DSNAVAAESA LDRLACGLGG
361 KVVLPMTKEH IMQMLQSPDW KYRHAGLMAL SAIGEGCHQQ MESILDETVN SVLLFLQDPH
421 PRVRAAACTT LGQMATDFAP NFQKKFHETV IAALLRTMEN QGNQRVQSHA ASALIIFIED
481 CPKSLLVLYV DSMVKNLHSV LVIKLQELIR NGTKLALEQL VTTIASVADT IEEKFVPYYD
541 IFMPSLKHIV ELAVQKELKL LRGKTIECIS HIGLAVGKEK FMQDASNVMQ LLLKTQSDLN
601 NMEDDDPQTS YMVSAWARMC KILGKDFQQY LPLVIEPLIK TASAKPDVAL LDTQDVENMS
661 DDDGWQFVNL GDQQSFGIKT SGLEAKATAC QMLVYYAKEL REGFVEYTEQ VVKLMVPLLK
721 FYFHDNVRVA AAESMPFLLE CARIRGPEYL AQMWQFICDP LIKAIGTEPD TDVLSEIMNS
781 FAKSIEVMGD GCLNDEHLEE LGGILKAKLE GHFKNQELRQ VKRQEENYDQ QVEMSLQDED
841 ECDVYILTKV SDILHSLFST YKEKILPWFE QLLPLIVNLI CSSRPWPDRQ WGLCIFDDII
901 EHCSPTSFKY VEYFRWPMLL NMRDNNPEVR QAAAYGLGVM AQFGGDDYRS LCSEAVPLLV
961 KVIKCANSKT KKNVIATENC ISAIGKILKF KPNCVNVDEV LPHWLSWLPL HEDKEEAIQT
1021 LSFLCDLIES NHPVVIGPNN SNLPKIISII AEGKINETIN YEDPCAKRLA NVVRQVQTSE
1081 DLWLECVSQL DDEQQEALQE LLNFALocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against RANBP6 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)
- 0.23
- Highest tissue expression
- 29 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- bone marrow: 29 nTPM
- retina: 20 nTPM
- thymus: 18 nTPM
- lymph node: 16 nTPM
- skeletal muscle: 15 nTPM
- tonsil: 15 nTPM
Single-cell type
- alveolar cells type 1: 38 nCPM
- corticotrophs: 30 nCPM
- choroid plexus epithelial cells: 28 nCPM
- megakaryocytes: 25 nCPM
- pancreatic islet cells: 24 nCPM
- neutrophil progenitors: 24 nCPM
Immune cell
- intermediate monocyte: 6.3 nTPM
- non-classical monocyte: 5.3 nTPM
- T-reg: 5.2 nTPM
- basophil: 5.1 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 4.5 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 4.4 nTPM
Brain region
- choroid plexus: 40 nTPM
- pons: 25 nTPM
- cerebellum: 25 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 24 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 23 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 23 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)
- 0.6
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- -0.33
- 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
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- HEAT repeat
- Armadillo-like helical
- Armadillo-type fold
- Importin beta family
- Importin repeat 6
- Importin repeat 4
- IPO4/5-like, TPR repeats domain
- Importin subunit beta-1/Transportin-1-like, TPR repeats
- HEAT repeat
- HEAT-like repeat
- Importin repeat
- Importin repeat 6
- Importin subunit beta-1-like, TPR repeats
- IPO5-like, TPR repeats
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of RANBP6 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 RANBP6 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against RANBP6 could matter depends on whether native RANBP6 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
RANBP6 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 RANBP6 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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