Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

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 TSTGL

LocalizationUniProt · 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

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

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.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/RPS6KA6. 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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