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TMX4

Thioredoxin-related transmembrane protein 4

Also known as: DJ971N18.2, KIAA1162, PDIA14, TMX4_HUMAN, TXNDC13

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9H1E5
Gene
TMX4
Ensembl
ENSG00000125827
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
349 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Nuclear membrane

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the disulfide isomerase (PDI) family of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteins that catalyze protein folding and thiol-disulfide interchange reactions. The encoded protein has an N-terminal ER-signal sequence, a catalytically active thioredoxin domain, one transmembrane domain and C-terminal ASP/GLU-rich calcium binding domain. Unlike most members of this gene family, it lacks a C-terminal ER-retention sequence. The encoded protein has been shown to have reductase activity in vitro. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2017]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

349 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9H1E5|TMX4
     1  MAGGRCGPQL TALLAAWIAA VAATAGPEEA ALPPEQSRVQ PMTASNWTLV MEGEWMLKFY
    61  APWCPSCQQT DSEWEAFAKN GEILQISVGK VDVIQEPGLS GRFFVTTLPA FFHAKDGIFR
   121  RYRGPGIFED LQNYILEKKW QSVEPLTGWK SPASLTMSGM AGLFSISGKI WHLHNYFTVT
   181  LGIPAWCSYV FFVIATLVFG LFMGLVLVVI SECFYVPLPR HLSERSEQNR RSEEAHRAEQ
   241  LQDAEEEKDD SNEEENKDSL VDDEEEKEDL GDEDEAEEEE EEDNLAAGVD EERSEANDQG
   301  PPGEDGVTRE EVEPEEAEEG ISEQPCPADT EVVEDSLRQR KSQHADKGL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TMX4 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)
0.49
Highest tissue expression
61 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 61 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 56 nTPM
  • seminal vesicle: 40 nTPM
  • cervix: 39 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 37 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 36 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late spermatids: 2,316 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 754 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 548 nCPM
  • late primary spermatocytes: 446 nCPM
  • monocyte progenitors: 406 nCPM
  • lacrimal acinar cells: 393 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 165 nTPM
  • basophil: 82 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 79 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 56 nTPM
  • T-reg: 55 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 53 nTPM

Brain region

  • hypothalamus: 139 nTPM
  • thalamus: 89 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 82 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 82 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 76 nTPM
  • midbrain: 74 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)
0.68
gnomAD pLI
0.04
gnomAD missense Z
1.03
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

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads TMX4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TMX4 could matter depends on whether native TMX4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TMX4 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 TMX4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TMX4. 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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