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RGS21

Regulator of G-protein signaling 21

Also known as: RGS21_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q2M5E4
Gene
RGS21
Ensembl
ENSG00000253148
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
152 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are regulatory and structural components of G protein-coupled receptor complexes. RGS proteins are GTPase-activating proteins for Gi (see GNAI1; MIM 139310) and Gq (see GNAQ; MIM 600998) class G-alpha proteins. They accelerate transit through the cycle of GTP binding and hydrolysis and thereby accelerate signaling kinetics and termination.[supplied by OMIM, Nov 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

152 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q2M5E4|RGS21
     1  MPVKCCFYRS PTAETMTWSE NMDTLLANQA GLDAFRIFLK SEFSEENVEF WLACEDFKKT
    61  KNADKIASKA KMIYSEFIEA DAPKEINIDF GTRDLISKNI AEPTLKCFDE AQKLIYCLMA
   121  KDSFPRFLKS EIYKKLVNSQ QVPNHKKWLP FL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against RGS21 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)
0.37
Highest tissue expression
0 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • müller glia: 17 nCPM
  • retinal ganglion cells: 7.7 nCPM
  • respiratory ciliated cells: 7.2 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 5.6 nCPM
  • mast cells: 4.4 nCPM
  • thymic myoid cells: 4.1 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: 0.3 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 0.3 nTPM
  • white matter: 0.3 nTPM
  • midbrain: 0.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.1 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.1 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)
1.65
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.36
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% 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

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads RGS21 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against RGS21 could matter depends on whether native RGS21 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

RGS21 is annotated at the cell surface, where native RGS21 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 RGS21 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/RGS21. 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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