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SPTBN2

Spectrin beta chain, non-erythrocytic 2

Also known as: SCA5, SPTN2_HUMAN

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O15020
Gene
SPTBN2
Ensembl
ENSG00000173898
Chromosome
11
Canonical length
2390 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles,Plasma membrane,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

Spectrins are principle components of a cell's membrane-cytoskeleton and are composed of two alpha and two beta spectrin subunits. The protein encoded by this gene (SPTBN2), is called spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 2 or beta-III spectrin. It is related to, but distinct from, the beta-II spectrin gene which is also known as spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1). SPTBN2 regulates the glutamate signaling pathway by stabilizing the glutamate transporter EAAT4 at the surface of the plasma membrane. Mutations in this gene cause a form of spinocerebellar ataxia, SCA5, that is characterized by neurodegeneration, progressive locomotor incoordination, dysarthria, and uncoordinated eye movements. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2390 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O15020|SPTBN2
     1  MSSTLSPTDF DSLEIQGQYS DINNRWDLPD SDWDNDSSSA RLFERSRIKA LADEREAVQK
    61  KTFTKWVNSH LARVTCRVGD LYSDLRDGRN LLRLLEVLSG EILPKPTKGR MRIHCLENVD
   121  KALQFLKEQK VHLENMGSHD IVDGNHRLTL GLVWTIILRF QIQDISVETE DNKEKKSAKD
   181  ALLLWCQMKT AGYPNVNVHN FTTSWRDGLA FNAIVHKHRP DLLDFESLKK CNAHYNLQNA
   241  FNLAEKELGL TKLLDPEDVN VDQPDEKSII TYVATYYHYF SKMKALAVEG KRIGKVLDHA
   301  MEAERLVEKY ESLASELLQW IEQTIVTLND RQLANSLSGV QNQLQSFNSY RTVEKPPKFT
   361  EKGNLEVLLF TIQSKLRANN QKVYTPREGR LISDINKAWE RLEKAEHERE LALRTELIRQ
   421  EKLEQLAARF DRKAAMRETW LSENQRLVSQ DNFGLELAAV EAAVRKHEAI ETDIVAYSGR
   481  VQAVDAVAAE LAAERYHDIK RIAARQHNVA RLWDFLRQMV AARRERLLLN LELQKVFQDL
   541  LYLMDWMEEM KGRLQSQDLG RHLAGVEDLL QLHELVEADI AVQAERVRAV SASALRFCNP
   601  GKEYRPCDPQ LVSERVAKLE QSYEALCELA AARRARLEES RRLWRFLWEV GEAEAWVREQ
   661  QHLLASADTG RDLTGALRLL NKHTALRGEM SGRLGPLKLT LEQGQQLVAE GHPGASQASA
   721  RAAELQAQWE RLEALAEERA QRLAQAASLY QFQADANDME AWLVDALRLV SSPELGHDEF
   781  STQALARQHR ALEEEIRSHR PTLDALREQA AALPPTLSRT PEVQSRVPTL ERHYEELQAR
   841  AGERARALEA ALALYTMLSE AGACGLWVEE KEQWLNGLAL PERLEDLEVV QQRFETLEPE
   901  MNTLAAQITA VNDIAEQLLK ANPPGKDRIV NTQEQLNHRW QQFRRLADGK KAALTSALSI
   961  QNYHLECTET QAWMREKTKV IESTQGLGND LAGVLALQRK LAGTERDLEA IAARVGELTR
  1021  EANALAAGHP AQAVAINARL REVQTGWEDL RATMRRREES LGEARRLQDF LRSLDDFQAW
  1081  LGRTQTAVAS EEGPATLPEA EALLAQHAAL RGEVERAQSE YSRLRALGEE VTRDQADPQC
  1141  LFLRQRLEAL GTGWEELGRM WESRQGRLAQ AHGFQGFLRD ARQAEGVLSS QEYVLSHTEM
  1201  PGTLQAADAA IKKLEDFMST MDANGERIHG LLEAGRQLVS EGNIHADKIR EKADSIERRH
  1261  KKNQDAAQQF LGRLRDNREQ QHFLQDCHEL KLWIDEKMLT AQDVSYDEAR NLHTKWQKHQ
  1321  AFMAELAANK DWLDKVDKEG RELTLEKPEL KALVSEKLRD LHRRWDELET TTQAKARSLF
  1381  DANRAELFAQ SCCALESWLE SLQAQLHSDD YGKDLTSVNI LLKKQQMLEW EMAVREKEVE
  1441  AIQAQAKALA QEDQGAGEVE RTSRAVEEKF RALCQPMRER CRRLQASREQ HQFHRDVEDE
  1501  ILWVTERLPM ASSMEHGKDL PSVQLLMKKN QTLQKEIQGH EPRIADLRER QRALGAAAAG
  1561  PELAELQEMW KRLGHELELR GKRLEDALRA QQFYRDAAEA EAWMGEQELH MMGQEKAKDE
  1621  LSAQAEVKKH QVLEQALADY AQTIHQLAAS SQDMIDHEHP ESTRISIRQA QVDKLYAGLK
  1681  ELAGERRERL QEHLRLCQLR RELDDLEQWI QEREVVAASH ELGQDYEHVT MLRDKFREFS
  1741  RDTSTIGQER VDSANALANG LIAGGHAARA TVAEWKDSLN EAWADLLELL DTRGQVLAAA
  1801  YELQRFLHGA RQALARVQHK QQQLPDGTGR DLNAAEALQR RHCAYEHDIQ ALSPQVQQVQ
  1861  DDGHRLQKAY AGDKAEEIGR HMQAVAEAWA QLQGSSAARR QLLLDTTDKF RFFKAVRELM
  1921  LWMDEVNLQM DAQERPRDVS SADLVIKNQQ GIKAEIEARA DRFSSCIDMG KELLARSHYA
  1981  AEEISEKLSQ LQARRQETAE KWQEKMDWLQ LVLEVLVFGR DAGMAEAWLC SQEPLVRSAE
  2041  LGCTVDEVES LIKRHEAFQK SAVAWEERFC ALEKLTALEE REKERKRKRE EEERRKQPPA
  2101  PEPTASVPPG DLVGGQTASD TTWDGTQPRP PPSTQAPSVN GVCTDGEPSQ PLLGQQRLEH
  2161  SSFPEGPGPG SGDEANGPRG ERQTRTRGPA PSAMPQSRST ESAHAATLPP RGPEPSAQEQ
  2221  MEGMLCRKQE MEAFGKKAAN RSWQNVYCVL RRGSLGFYKD AKAASAGVPY HGEVPVSLAR
  2281  AQGSVAFDYR KRKHVFKLGL QDGKEYLFQA KDEAEMSSWL RVVNAAIATA SSASGEPEEP
  2341  VVPSTTRGMT RAMTMPPVSP VGAEGPVVLR SKDGRERERE KRFSFFKKNK

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against SPTBN2 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)
0.35
Highest tissue expression
60 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skin: 60 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 59 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 43 nTPM
  • testis: 32 nTPM
  • esophagus: 29 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 29 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • cone photoreceptor cells: 209 nCPM
  • ocular epithelial cells: 153 nCPM
  • retinal pigment epithelial cells: 149 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct intercalated cells: 139 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 136 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 111 nCPM

Immune cell

  • naive B-cell: 0.2 nTPM
  • basophil: 0.1 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.1 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 0.1 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.1 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 155 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 122 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 109 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 103 nTPM
  • white matter: 100 nTPM
  • amygdala: 97 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about SPTBN2.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions SPTBN2 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

58 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 1,407 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)
0.36
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
2.63
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.12
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads SPTBN2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SPTBN2 could matter depends on whether native SPTBN2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

SPTBN2 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 SPTBN2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/SPTBN2. 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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