SLITRK3
SLIT and NTRK-like protein 3
Also known as: KIAA0848, SLIK3_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- O94933
- Gene
- SLITRK3
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000121871
- Chromosome
- 3
- Canonical length
- 977 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
- Subcellular location
- Mitochondria
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes a member of the Slitrk family of structurally related transmembrane proteins that are involved in controlling neurite outgrowth. The encoded protein contains two leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains and a C-terminal domain that is partially similar to Trk neurotrophin receptor protein. Enhanced expression of this gene was found in tissue from several different types of tumors. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, all encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
977 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>O94933|SLITRK3
1 MKPSIAEMLH RGRMLWIILL STIALGWTTP IPLIEDSEEI DEPCFDPCYC EVKESLFHIH
61 CDSKGFTNIS QITEFWSRPF KLYLQRNSMR KLYTNSFLHL NNAVSINLGN NALQDIQTGA
121 FNGLKILKRL YLHENKLDVF RNDTFLGLES LEYLQADYNV IKRIESGAFR NLSKLRVLIL
181 NDNLIPMLPT NLFKAVSLTH LDLRGNRLKV LFYRGMLDHI GRSLMELQLE ENPWNCTCEI
241 VQLKSWLERI PYTALVGDIT CETPFHFHGK DLREIRKTEL CPLLSDSEVE ASLGIPHSSS
301 SKENAWPTKP SSMLSSVHFT ASSVEYKSSN KQPKPTKQPR TPRPPSTSQA LYPGPNQPPI
361 APYQTRPPIP IICPTGCTCN LHINDLGLTV NCKERGFNNI SELLPRPLNA KKLYLSSNLI
421 QKIYRSDFWN FSSLDLLHLG NNRISYVQDG AFINLPNLKS LFLNGNDIEK LTPGMFRGLQ
481 SLHYLYFEFN VIREIQPAAF SLMPNLKLLF LNNNLLRTLP TDAFAGTSLA RLNLRKNYFL
541 YLPVAGVLEH LNAIVQIDLN ENPWDCTCDL VPFKQWIETI SSVSVVGDVL CRSPENLTHR
601 DVRTIELEVL CPEMLHVAPA GESPAQPGDS HLIGAPTSAS PYEFSPPGGP VPLSVLILSL
661 LVLFFSAVFV AAGLFAYVLR RRRKKLPFRS KRQEGVDLTG IQMQCHRLFE DGGGGGGGSG
721 GGGRPTLSSP EKAPPVGHVY EYIPHPVTQM CNNPIYKPRE EEEVAVSSAQ EAGSAERGGP
781 GTQPPGMGEA LLGSEQFAET PKENHSNYRT LLEKEKEWAL AVSSSQLNTI VTVNHHHPHH
841 PAVGGVSGVV GGTGGDLAGF RHHEKNGGVV LFPPGGGCGS GSMLLDRERP QPAPCTVGFV
901 DCLYGTVPKL KELHVHPPGM QYPDLQQDAR LKETLLFSAG KGFTDHQTQK SDYLELRAKL
961 QTKPDYLEVL EKTTYRFLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against SLITRK3 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
- 1
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.46
- Highest tissue expression
- 13 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- fallopian tube: 13 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 9.3 nTPM
- liver: 7.4 nTPM
- endometrium: 6.7 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 5.2 nTPM
- seminal vesicle: 5.1 nTPM
Single-cell type
- oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 36 nCPM
- brain inhibitory neurons: 20 nCPM
- brain excitatory neurons: 17 nCPM
- other brain neurons: 15 nCPM
- retinal bipolar cells: 14 nCPM
- smooth muscle cells: 11 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
- hippocampal formation: 34 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 33 nTPM
- cerebellum: 23 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 22 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 21 nTPM
- amygdala: 21 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about SLITRK3.
Disease | GeneticClinVar
1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 113 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
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)
- 0.34
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.94
- gnomAD missense Z
- 0.59
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.01
- 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
- axonogenesis
- gephyrin clustering involved in postsynaptic density assembly
- neurotransmitter-gated ion channel clustering
- positive regulation of synapse assembly
- regulation of presynapse assembly
- synaptic membrane adhesion
- synaptic transmission, GABAergic
- terminal button organization
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads SLITRK3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SLITRK3 could matter depends on whether native SLITRK3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
SLITRK3 is annotated at the cell surface, where native SLITRK3 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 SLITRK3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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