TDRD3
Tudor domain-containing protein 3
Also known as: FLJ21007, TDRD3_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q9H7E2
- Gene
- TDRD3
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000083544
- Chromosome
- 13
- Canonical length
- 651 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Golgi apparatus,Cytosol
OverviewNCBI Gene
Enables chromatin binding activity; methylated histone binding activity; and transcription coactivator activity. Predicted to be involved in DNA topological change. Located in Golgi apparatus; cytosol; and nucleus. Part of DNA topoisomerase III-beta-TDRD3 complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
651 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q9H7E2|TDRD3
1 MLRLQMTDGH ISCTAVEFSY MSKISLNTPP GTKVKLSGIV DIKNGFLLLN DSNTTVLGGE
61 VEHLIEKWEL QRSLSKHNRS NIGTEGGPPP FVPFGQKCVS HVQVDSRELD RRKTLQVTMP
121 VKPTNDNDEF EKQRTAAIAE VAKSKETKTF GGGGGGARSN LNMNAAGNRN REVLQKEKST
181 KSEGKHEGVY RELVDEKALK HITEMGFSKE ASRQALMDNG NNLEAALNVL LTSNKQKPVM
241 GPPLRGRGKG RGRIRSEDEE DLGNARPSAP STLFDFLESK MGTLNVEEPK SQPQQLHQGQ
301 YRSSNTEQNG VKDNNHLRHP PRNDTRQPRN EKPPRFQRDS QNSKSVLEGS GLPRNRGSER
361 PSTSSVSEVW AEDRIKCDRP YSRYDRTKDT SYPLGSQHSD GAFKKRDNSM QSRSGKGPSF
421 AEAKENPLPQ GSVDYNNQKR GKRESQTSIP DYFYDRKSQT INNEAFSGIK IEKHFNVNTD
481 YQNPVRSNSF IGVPNGEVEM PLKGRRIGPI KPAGPVTAVP CDDKIFYNSG PKRRSGPIKP
541 EKILESSIPM EYAKMWKPGD ECFALYWEDN KFYRAEVEAL HSSGMTAVVK FIDYGNYEEV
601 LLSNIKPIQT EAWEEEGTYD QTLEFRRGGD GQPRRSTRPT QQFYQPPRAR NLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against TDRD3 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)
- 0.62
- Highest tissue expression
- 19 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- choroid plexus: 19 nTPM
- tongue: 17 nTPM
- skeletal muscle: 16 nTPM
- ovary: 13 nTPM
- pancreas: 13 nTPM
- lung: 12 nTPM
Single-cell type
- myonuclei: 476 nCPM
- mast cells: 294 nCPM
- choroid plexus epithelial cells: 291 nCPM
- ependymal cells: 267 nCPM
- bergmann glia: 234 nCPM
- distal convoluted tubule cells: 231 nCPM
Immune cell
- plasmacytoid DC: 4.6 nTPM
- T-reg: 4.5 nTPM
- naive CD8 T-cell: 3.8 nTPM
- memory CD4 T-cell: 3.7 nTPM
- memory CD8 T-cell: 3.7 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 3.2 nTPM
Brain region
- white matter: 44 nTPM
- thalamus: 39 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 39 nTPM
- cerebellum: 39 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 37 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 35 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)
- 0.62
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.43
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.08
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
Molecular functions
- chromatin binding
- histone H3 reader activity
- histone H4 reader activity
- RNA binding
- transcription coactivator activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Tudor domain
- UBA-like superfamily
- RecQ mediated genome instability protein 1, OB-fold domain
- Ubiquitin-associated domain
- RecQ mediated genome instability protein, N-terminal OB-fold domain superfamily
- Tudor domain
- RMI1, N-terminal OB-fold domain
- UBA-like domain
- Tudor domain-containing protein 3, UBA domain
- Tudor domain-containing protein 3, Tudor domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of TDRD3 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 TDRD3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TDRD3 could matter depends on whether native TDRD3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
TDRD3 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 TDRD3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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