RIN2
Ras and Rab interactor 2
Also known as: RASSF4, RIN2_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q8WYP3
- Gene
- RIN2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000132669
- Chromosome
- 20
- Canonical length
- 895 aa
- Protein class
- Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoli,Golgi apparatus,Cytosol
- Quaternary structure
- Homotetramer
OverviewNCBI Gene
The RAB5 protein is a small GTPase involved in membrane trafficking in the early endocytic pathway. The protein encoded by this gene binds the GTP-bound form of the RAB5 protein preferentially over the GDP-bound form, and functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for RAB5. The encoded protein is found primarily as a tetramer in the cytoplasm and does not bind other members of the RAB family. Mutations in this gene cause macrocephaly alopecia cutis laxa and scoliosis (MACS) syndrome, an elastic tissue disorder, as well as the related connective tissue disorder, RIN2 syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
895 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q8WYP3|RIN2
1 MTAWTMGARG LDKRGSFFKL IDTIASEIGE LKQEMVRTDV NLENGLEPAE THSMVRHKDG
61 GYSEEEDVKT CARDSGYDSL SNRLSILDRL LHTHPIWLQL SLSEEEAAEV LQAQPPGIFL
121 VHKSTKMQKK VLSLRLPCEF GAPLKEFAIK ESTYTFSLEG SGISFADLFR LIAFYCISRD
181 VLPFTLKLPY AISTAKSEAQ LEELAQMGLN FWSSPADSKP PNLPPPHRPL SSDGVCPASL
241 RQLCLINGVH SIKTRTPSEL ECSQTNGALC FINPLFLKVH SQDLSGGLKR PSTRTPNANG
301 TERTRSPPPR PPPPAINSLH TSPRLARTET QTSMPETVNH NKHGNVALPG TKPTPIPPPR
361 LKKQASFLEA EGGAKTLSGG RPGAGPELEL GTAGSPGGAP PEAAPGDCTR APPPSSESRP
421 PCHGGRQRLS DMSISTSSSD SLEFDRSMPL FGYEADTNSS LEDYEGESDQ ETMAPPIKSK
481 KKRSSSFVLP KLVKSQLQKV SGVFSSFMTP EKRMVRRIAE LSRDKCTYFG CLVQDYVSFL
541 QENKECHVSS TDMLQTIRQF MTQVKNYLSQ SSELDPPIES LIPEDQIDVV LEKAMHKCIL
601 KPLKGHVEAM LKDFHMADGS WKQLKENLQL VRQRNPQELG VFAPTPDFVD VEKIKVKFMT
661 MQKMYSPEKK VMLLLRVCKL IYTVMENNSG RMYGADDFLP VLTYVIAQCD MLELDTEIEY
721 MMELLDPSLL HGEGGYYLTS AYGALSLIKN FQEEQAARLL SSETRDTLRQ WHKRRTTNRT
781 IPSVDDFQNY LRVAFQEVNS GCTGKTLLVR PYITTEDVCQ ICAEKFKVGD PEEYSLFLFV
841 DETWQQLAED TYPQKIKAEL HSRPQPHIFH FVYKRIKNDP YGIIFQNGEE DLTTSLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against RIN2 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)
- 0.45
- Highest tissue expression
- 19 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- placenta: 19 nTPM
- heart muscle: 18 nTPM
- lung: 17 nTPM
- gallbladder: 17 nTPM
- spleen: 16 nTPM
- smooth muscle: 15 nTPM
Single-cell type
- oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 518 nCPM
- fibro-adipogenic progenitors: 448 nCPM
- choroid plexus epithelial cells: 414 nCPM
- vascular endothelial cells: 411 nCPM
- monocytes: 402 nCPM
- microglia: 400 nCPM
Immune cell
- classical monocyte: 1.6 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 1 nTPM
- non-classical monocyte: 1 nTPM
- myeloid DC: 0.8 nTPM
- neutrophil: 0.5 nTPM
- total PBMC: 0.4 nTPM
Brain region
- medulla oblongata: 45 nTPM
- choroid plexus: 44 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 42 nTPM
- white matter: 42 nTPM
- midbrain: 41 nTPM
- thalamus: 40 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about RIN2.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions RIN2 is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- MACS syndrome (MACS) MIM:613075
Disease | GeneticClinVar
18 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 697 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- RIN2 syndrome
- RIN2-related disorder
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)
- 0.55
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.72
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- endocytosis
- positive regulation of endothelial cell migration
- positive regulation of endothelial cell-matrix adhesion via fibronectin
- positive regulation of vasculogenesis
- small GTPase-mediated signal transduction
Molecular functions
- GTPase activator activity
- GTPase regulator activity
- guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity
- small GTPase binding
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of RIN2 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 RIN2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against RIN2 could matter depends on whether native RIN2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
RIN2 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 RIN2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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