RPS6KA6
Ribosomal protein S6 kinase alpha-6
Also known as: KS6A6_HUMAN, RSK4
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q9UK32
- Gene
- RPS6KA6
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000072133
- Chromosome
- X
- Canonical length
- 745 aa
- Protein class
- Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli,Mitochondria
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes a member of ribosomal S6 kinase family, serine-threonine protein kinases which are regulated by growth factors. The encoded protein may be distinct from other members of this family, however, as studies suggest it is not growth factor dependent and may not participate in the same signaling pathways. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
745 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q9UK32|RPS6KA6
1 MLPFAPQDEP WDREMEVFSG GGASSGEVNG LKMVDEPMEE GEADSCHDEG VVKEIPITHH
61 VKEGYEKADP AQFELLKVLG QGSFGKVFLV RKKTGPDAGQ LYAMKVLKKA SLKVRDRVRT
121 KMERDILVEV NHPFIVKLHY AFQTEGKLYL ILDFLRGGDV FTRLSKEVLF TEEDVKFYLA
181 ELALALDHLH QLGIVYRDLK PENILLDEIG HIKLTDFGLS KESVDQEKKA YSFCGTVEYM
241 APEVVNRRGH SQSADWWSYG VLMFEMLTGT LPFQGKDRNE TMNMILKAKL GMPQFLSAEA
301 QSLLRMLFKR NPANRLGSEG VEEIKRHLFF ANIDWDKLYK REVQPPFKPA SGKPDDTFCF
361 DPEFTAKTPK DSPGLPASAN AHQLFKGFSF VATSIAEEYK ITPITSANVL PIVQINGNAA
421 QFGEVYELKE DIGVGSYSVC KRCIHATTNM EFAVKIIDKS KRDPSEEIEI LMRYGQHPNI
481 ITLKDVFDDG RYVYLVTDLM KGGELLDRIL KQKCFSEREA SDILYVISKT VDYLHCQGVV
541 HRDLKPSNIL YMDESASADS IRICDFGFAK QLRGENGLLL TPCYTANFVA PEVLMQQGYD
601 AACDIWSLGV LFYTMLAGYT PFANGPNDTP EEILLRIGNG KFSLSGGNWD NISDGAKDLL
661 SHMLHMDPHQ RYTAEQILKH SWITHRDQLP NDQPKRNDVS HVVKGAMVAT YSALTHKTFQ
721 PVLEPVAASS LAQRRSMKKR TSTGLLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against RPS6KA6 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)
- 0.3
- Highest tissue expression
- 7.6 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- thyroid gland: 7.6 nTPM
- parathyroid gland: 6.6 nTPM
- retina: 6.5 nTPM
- kidney: 5.3 nTPM
- pituitary gland: 4.7 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 3.2 nTPM
Single-cell type
- gonadotrophs: 249 nCPM
- thyrotrophs: 180 nCPM
- corticotrophs: 140 nCPM
- lactotrophs: 136 nCPM
- renal connecting tubule cells: 124 nCPM
- somatotrophs: 118 nCPM
Immune cell
- basophil: 0.6 nTPM
- T-reg: 0.6 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0.1 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0.1 nTPM
- memory B-cell: 0.1 nTPM
- memory CD8 T-cell: 0.1 nTPM
Brain region
- hypothalamus: 7.7 nTPM
- cerebellum: 7.3 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 7 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 6.5 nTPM
- choroid plexus: 6.2 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 6.2 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)
- 0.3
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.99
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.87
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.07
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- central nervous system development
- DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator
- negative regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade
- negative regulation of mesoderm development
- signal transduction
- TORC1 signaling
- negative regulation of embryonic development
Molecular functions
- ATP binding
- magnesium ion binding
- protein kinase activity
- protein serine kinase activity
- ribosomal protein S6 kinase activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Protein kinase domain
- AGC-kinase, C-terminal
- Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site
- Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
- Ribosomal protein S6 kinase II
- Protein kinase, ATP binding site
- Protein kinase, C-terminal
- Ribosomal S6 kinase, N-terminal catalytic domain
- Protein kinase domain
- Protein kinase C terminal domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of RPS6KA6 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 RPS6KA6 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against RPS6KA6 could matter depends on whether native RPS6KA6 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
RPS6KA6 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 RPS6KA6 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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