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TRGV3

T cell receptor gamma variable 3

Also known as: TCRGV3, TRGV3_HUMAN, V1S3

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P03979
Gene
TRGV3
Ensembl
ENSG00000211699
Chromosome
7
Canonical length
118 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, T-cell receptor genes
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

Predicted to enable MHC protein binding activity and peptide antigen binding activity. Predicted to be involved in immune response. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Predicted to be part of T cell receptor complex. Predicted to be active in external side of plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

118 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P03979|TRGV3
     1  MRWALLVLLA FLSPASQKSS NLEGRTKSVT RQTGSSAEIT CDLTVTNTFY IHWYLHQEGK
    61  APQRLLYYDV STARDVLESG LSPGKYYTHT PRRWSWILRL QNLIENDSGV YYCATWDR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TRGV3 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
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Highest tissue expression
12 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • lymph node: 12 nTPM
  • thymus: 8.6 nTPM
  • tonsil: 8.4 nTPM
  • spleen: 7.1 nTPM
  • gallbladder: 3.7 nTPM
  • small intestine: 2.9 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • t-cells: 3.4 nCPM
  • adipocytes: 0.8 nCPM
  • innate lymphoid cells: 0.8 nCPM
  • nk-cells: 0.8 nCPM
  • thymocytes: 0.8 nCPM
  • pdcs: 0.6 nCPM

Immune cell

  • gdT-cell: 59 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 50 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 34 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 28 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 11 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 11 nTPM

Brain region

  • midbrain: 2.9 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 1.7 nTPM
  • thalamus: 1.3 nTPM
  • white matter: 1.3 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 1.2 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.9 nTPM

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads TRGV3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TRGV3 could matter depends on whether native TRGV3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TRGV3 is annotated at the cell surface, where native TRGV3 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label TRGV3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TRGV3. 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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