TARBP1
tRNA (guanosine(18)-2'-O)-methyltransferase TARBP1
Also known as: TARB1_HUMAN, TRM3, TRMT3, TRP-185
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q13395
- Gene
- TARBP1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000059588
- Chromosome
- 1
- Canonical length
- 1621 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nuclear speckles
- Quaternary structure
- Homodimer
OverviewNCBI Gene
HIV-1, the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), contains an RNA genome that produces a chromosomally integrated DNA during the replicative cycle. Activation of HIV-1 gene expression by the transactivator Tat is dependent on an RNA regulatory element (TAR) located downstream of the transcription initiation site. This element forms a stable stem-loop structure and can be bound by either the protein encoded by this gene or by RNA polymerase II. This protein may act to disengage RNA polymerase II from TAR during transcriptional elongation. Alternatively spliced transcripts of this gene may exist, but their full-length natures have not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
1621 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q13395|TARBP1
1 MEWVLAEALL SQSRDPRALL GALCQGEASA ERVETLRFLL QRLEDEEARG SGGAGALPEA
61 AREVAAGYLV PLLRSLRGRP AGGPDPSLQP RHRRRVLRAA GAALRSCVRL AGRPQLAAAL
121 AEEALRDLLA GWRAPGAEAA VEVLAAVGPC LRPREDGPLL ERVAGTAVAL ALGGGGDGDE
181 AGPAEDAAAL VAGRLLPVLV QCGGAALRAV WGGLAAPGAS LGSGRVEEKL LVLSALAEKL
241 LPEPGGDRAR GAREAGPDAR RCWRFWRTVQ AGLGQADALT RKRARYLLQR AVEVSAELGA
301 DCTCGPQEGN GPSLFWWSER KKDELLKFWE NYILIMETLE GNQIHVIKPV LPKLNNLFEY
361 AVSEENGCWL FHPSWHMCIY KRMFESENKI LSKEGVIHFL ELYETKILPF SPEFSEFIIG
421 PLMDALSESS LYSRSPGQPI GSCSPLGLKL QKFLVTYISL LPEEIKSSFL LKFIRKMTSR
481 HWCAVPILFL SKALANVPRH KALGIDGLLA LRDVIHCTMI THQILLRGAA QCYLLQTAMN
541 LLDVEKVSLS DVSTFLMSLR QEESLGRGTS LWTELCDWLR VNESYFKPSP TCSSIGLHKT
601 SLNAYVKSIV QEYVKSSAWE TGENCFMPDW FEAKLVSLMV LLAVDVEGMK TQYSGKQRTE
661 NVLRIFLDPL LDVLMKFSTN AYMPLLKTDR CLQLLLKLLN TCRLKGSSAQ DDEVSTVLQN
721 FFMSTTESIS EFILRRLTMN ELNSVSDLDR CHLYLMVLTE LINLHLKVGW KRGNPIWRVI
781 SLLKNASIQH LQEMDSGQEP TVGSQIQRVV SMAALAMVCE AIDQKPELQL DSLHAGPLES
841 FLSSLQLNQT LQKPHAEEQS SYAHPLECSS VLEESSSSQG WGKIVAQYIH DQWVCLSFLL
901 KKYHTLIPTT GSEILEPFLP AVQMPIRTLQ SALEALTVLS SDQVLPVFHC LKVLVPKLLT
961 SSESLCIESF DMAWKIISSL SNTQLIFWAN LKAFVQFVFD NKVLTIAAKI KGQAYFKIKE
1021 IMYKIIEMSA IKTGVFNTLI SYCCQSWIVS ASNVSQGSLS SAKNYSELIL EACIFGTVFR
1081 RDQRLVQDVQ TFIENLGHDC AANIVMENTK REDHYVRICA VKFLCLLDGS NMSHKLFIED
1141 LAIKLLDKDE LVSKSKKRYY VNSLQHRVKN RVWQTLLVLF PRLDQNFLNG IIDRIFQAGF
1201 TNNQASIKYF IEWIIILILH KFPQFLPKFW DCFSYGEENL KTSICTFLAV LSHLDIITQN
1261 IPEKKLILKQ ALIVVLQWCF NHNFSVRLYA LVALKKLWTV CKVLSVEEFD ALTPVIESSL
1321 HQVESMHGAG NAKKNWQRIQ EHFFFATFHP LKDYCLETIF YILPRLSGLI EDEWITIDKF
1381 TRFTDVPLAA GFQWYLSQTQ LSKLKPGDWS QQDIGTNLVE ADNQAEWTDV QKKIIPWNSR
1441 VSDLDLELLF QDRAARLGKS ISRLIVVASL IDKPTNLGGL CRTCEVFGAS VLVVGSLQCI
1501 SDKQFQHLSV SAEQWLPLVE VKPPQLIDYL QQKKTEGYTI IGVEQTAKSL DLTQYCFPEK
1561 SLLLLGNERE GIPANLIQQL DVCVEIPQQG IIRSLNVHVS GALLIWEYTR QQLLSHGDTK
1621 PLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against TARBP1 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)
- 0.27
- Highest tissue expression
- 11 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- tonsil: 11 nTPM
- bone marrow: 11 nTPM
- cerebellum: 10 nTPM
- lymph node: 9.7 nTPM
- salivary gland: 8.7 nTPM
- breast: 8.5 nTPM
Single-cell type
- brain excitatory neurons: 249 nCPM
- brain inhibitory neurons: 248 nCPM
- other brain neurons: 205 nCPM
- thyrotrophs: 179 nCPM
- lactotrophs: 157 nCPM
- adrenal medulla cells: 149 nCPM
Immune cell
- plasmacytoid DC: 1.1 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 0.5 nTPM
- memory B-cell: 0.3 nTPM
- naive CD8 T-cell: 0.3 nTPM
- NK-cell: 0.3 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 0.2 nTPM
Brain region
- cerebellum: 28 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 27 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 25 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 25 nTPM
- white matter: 25 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 20 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)
- 0.84
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- -0.43
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.04
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 10% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
Molecular functions
- RNA binding
- tRNA (guanine) methyltransferase activity
- tRNA binding
- tRNA (guanine(18)-2'-O)-methyltransferase activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- tRNA/rRNA methyltransferase, SpoU type
- Armadillo-type fold
- tRNA (guanine-N1-)-methyltransferase, N-terminal
- Alpha/beta knot methyltransferases
- SpoU rRNA Methylase family
- TARBP1
- Trm3/ TARBP1, C-terminal
- TRM3/TARBP1
- TARBP1 domain
- TARBP1 domain
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads TARBP1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TARBP1 could matter depends on whether native TARBP1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
TARBP1 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 TARBP1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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