SLIT3
Slit homolog 3 protein
Also known as: MEGF5, SLIL2, Slit-3, SLIT1, slit2, SLIT3_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- O75094
- Gene
- SLIT3
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000184347
- Chromosome
- 5
- Canonical length
- 1523 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
- Subcellular location
- Cell Junctions
- Secretome location
- Secreted in other tissues
OverviewNCBI Gene
The protein encoded by this gene is secreted, likely interacting with roundabout homolog receptors to effect cell migration. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2012]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
1523 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>O75094|SLIT3
1 MAPGWAGVGA AVRARLALAL ALASVLSGPP AVACPTKCTC SAASVDCHGL GLRAVPRGIP
61 RNAERLDLDR NNITRITKMD FAGLKNLRVL HLEDNQVSVI ERGAFQDLKQ LERLRLNKNK
121 LQVLPELLFQ STPKLTRLDL SENQIQGIPR KAFRGITDVK NLQLDNNHIS CIEDGAFRAL
181 RDLEILTLNN NNISRILVTS FNHMPKIRTL RLHSNHLYCD CHLAWLSDWL RQRRTVGQFT
241 LCMAPVHLRG FNVADVQKKE YVCPAPHSEP PSCNANSISC PSPCTCSNNI VDCRGKGLME
301 IPANLPEGIV EIRLEQNSIK AIPAGAFTQY KKLKRIDISK NQISDIAPDA FQGLKSLTSL
361 VLYGNKITEI VKGLFDGLVS LQLLLLNANK INCLRVNTFQ DLQNLNLLSL YDNKLQTISK
421 GLFAPLQSIQ TLHLAQNPFV CDCHLKWLAD YLQDNPIETS GARCSSPRRL ANKRISQIKS
481 KKFRCSGSED YRSRFSSECF MDLVCPEKCR CEGTIVDCSN QKLVRIPSHL PEYVTDLRLN
541 DNEVSVLEAT GIFKKLPNLR KINLSNNKIK EVREGAFDGA ASVQELMLTG NQLETVHGRV
601 FRGLSGLKTL MLRSNLIGCV SNDTFAGLSS VRLLSLYDNR ITTITPGAFT TLVSLSTINL
661 LSNPFNCNCH LAWLGKWLRK RRIVSGNPRC QKPFFLKEIP IQDVAIQDFT CDGNEESSCQ
721 LSPRCPEQCT CMETVVRCSN KGLRALPRGM PKDVTELYLE GNHLTAVPRE LSALRHLTLI
781 DLSNNSISML TNYTFSNMSH LSTLILSYNR LRCIPVHAFN GLRSLRVLTL HGNDISSVPE
841 GSFNDLTSLS HLALGTNPLH CDCSLRWLSE WVKAGYKEPG IARCSSPEPM ADRLLLTTPT
901 HRFQCKGPVD INIVAKCNAC LSSPCKNNGT CTQDPVELYR CACPYSYKGK DCTVPINTCI
961 QNPCQHGGTC HLSDSHKDGF SCSCPLGFEG QRCEINPDDC EDNDCENNAT CVDGINNYVC
1021 ICPPNYTGEL CDEVIDHCVP ELNLCQHEAK CIPLDKGFSC ECVPGYSGKL CETDNDDCVA
1081 HKCRHGAQCV DTINGYTCTC PQGFSGPFCE HPPPMVLLQT SPCDQYECQN GAQCIVVQQE
1141 PTCRCPPGFA GPRCEKLITV NFVGKDSYVE LASAKVRPQA NISLQVATDK DNGILLYKGD
1201 NDPLALELYQ GHVRLVYDSL SSPPTTVYSV ETVNDGQFHS VELVTLNQTL NLVVDKGTPK
1261 SLGKLQKQPA VGINSPLYLG GIPTSTGLSA LRQGTDRPLG GFHGCIHEVR INNELQDFKA
1321 LPPQSLGVSP GCKSCTVCKH GLCRSVEKDS VVCECRPGWT GPLCDQEARD PCLGHRCHHG
1381 KCVATGTSYM CKCAEGYGGD LCDNKNDSAN ACSAFKCHHG QCHISDQGEP YCLCQPGFSG
1441 EHCQQENPCL GQVVREVIRR QKGYASCATA SKVPIMECRG GCGPQCCQPT RSKRRKYVFQ
1501 CTDGSSFVEE VERHLECGCL ACSLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against SLIT3 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
- Secreted
- Secreted
- Yes
- Transmembrane segments
- 0
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.31
- Highest tissue expression
- 64 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- blood vessel: 64 nTPM
- adipose tissue: 58 nTPM
- urinary bladder: 52 nTPM
- parathyroid gland: 42 nTPM
- gallbladder: 41 nTPM
- heart muscle: 37 nTPM
Single-cell type
- vascular smooth muscle cells: 1,000 nCPM
- mesothelial cells: 947 nCPM
- adrenal medulla cells: 713 nCPM
- fibro-adipogenic progenitors: 702 nCPM
- epicardial cells: 621 nCPM
- pericytes: 598 nCPM
Immune cell
- NK-cell: 1.2 nTPM
- neutrophil: 0.1 nTPM
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- pons: 37 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 36 nTPM
- cerebellum: 35 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 32 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 30 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 24 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about SLIT3.
Disease | GeneticClinVar
1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 325 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Familial congenital diaphragmatic hernia
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)
- 0.32
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.75
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.94
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.07
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- aortic valve morphogenesis
- apoptotic process involved in luteolysis
- atrioventricular valve morphogenesis
- axon extension involved in axon guidance
- axon guidance
- cellular response to hormone stimulus
- negative chemotaxis
- negative regulation of cell growth
- negative regulation of cell population proliferation
- negative regulation of chemokine-mediated signaling pathway
- negative regulation of gene expression
- response to cortisol
- Roundabout signaling pathway
- ventricular septum morphogenesis
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- EGF-type aspartate/asparagine hydroxylation site
- Leucine-rich repeat N-terminal domain
- Cysteine-rich flanking region, C-terminal
- EGF-like domain
- Leucine-rich repeat
- Laminin G domain
- EGF-like calcium-binding domain
- Leucine-rich repeat, typical subtype
- Cystine knot, C-terminal
- Growth factor receptor cysteine-rich domain superfamily
- EGF-like, conserved site
- Concanavalin A-like lectin/glucanase domain superfamily
- EGF-like calcium-binding, conserved site
- Leucine-rich repeat domain superfamily
- Notch and Slit guidance protein
- EGF-like domain
- Leucine rich repeat N-terminal domain
- Leucine rich repeat C-terminal domain
- Laminin G domain
- Human growth factor-like EGF
- Leucine rich repeat
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads SLIT3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SLIT3 could matter depends on whether native SLIT3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
SLIT3 is annotated as secreted, so native SLIT3 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label SLIT3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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