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TMEM59L

Transmembrane protein 59-like

Also known as: BSMAP, C19orf4, TM59L_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UK28
Gene
TMEM59L
Ensembl
ENSG00000105696
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
342 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a predicted type-I membrane glycoprotein. The encoded protein may play a role in functioning of the central nervous system. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

342 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UK28|TMEM59L
     1  MAAVALMPPP LLLLLLLASP PAASAPSARD PFAPQLGDTQ NCQLRCRDRD LGPQPSQAGL
    61  EGASESPYDR AVLISACERG CRLFSICRFV ARSSKPNATQ TECEAACVEA YVKEAEQQAC
   121  SHGCWSQPAE PEPEQKRKVL EAPSGALSLL DLFSTLCNDL VNSAQGFVSS TWTYYLQTDN
   181  GKVVVFQTQP IVESLGFQGG RLQRVEVTWR GSHPEALEVH VDPVGPLDKV RKAKIRVKTS
   241  SKAKVESEEP QDNDFLSCMS RRSGLPRWIL ACCLFLSVLV MLWLSCSTLV TAPGQHLKFQ
   301  PLTLEQHKGF MMEPDWPLYP PPSHACEDSL PPYKLKLDLT KL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TMEM59L 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
Other membrane
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.55
Highest tissue expression
343 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebral cortex: 343 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 276 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 243 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 231 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 219 nTPM
  • amygdala: 212 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • other brain neurons: 247 nCPM
  • brain excitatory neurons: 194 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 169 nCPM
  • oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 72 nCPM
  • müller glia: 68 nCPM
  • ependymal cells: 57 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

  • hypothalamus: 519 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 507 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 430 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 426 nTPM
  • amygdala: 323 nTPM
  • white matter: 297 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)
0.85
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.9
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.06
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads TMEM59L as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TMEM59L could matter depends on whether native TMEM59L is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TMEM59L 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 TMEM59L as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TMEM59L. 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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