TRIB1
Tribbles homolog 1
Also known as: C8FW, GIG2, TRB1, TRIB1_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q96RU8
- Gene
- TRIB1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000173334
- Chromosome
- 8
- Canonical length
- 372 aa
- Protein class
- Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Plasma membrane,Cytosol
OverviewNCBI Gene
Enables RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding activity; mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase binding activity; and protein kinase inhibitor activity. Involved in several processes, including JNK cascade; negative regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway; and regulation of protein kinase activity. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
372 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q96RU8|TRIB1
1 MRVGPVRSAM SGASQPRGPA LLFPATRGVP AKRLLDADDA AAVAAKCPRL SECSSPPDYL
61 SPPGSPCSPQ PPPAAPGAGG GSGSAPGPSR IADYLLLPLA EREHVSRALC IHTGRELRCK
121 VFPIKHYQDK IRPYIQLPSH SNITGIVEVI LGETKAYVFF EKDFGDMHSY VRSRKRLREE
181 EAARLFKQIV SAVAHCHQSA IVLGDLKLRK FVFSTEERTQ LRLESLEDTH IMKGEDDALS
241 DKHGCPAYVS PEILNTTGTY SGKAADVWSL GVMLYTLLVG RYPFHDSDPS ALFSKIRRGQ
301 FCIPEHISPK ARCLIRSLLR REPSERLTAP EILLHPWFES VLEPGYIDSE IGTSDQIVPE
361 YQEDSDISSF FCLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against TRIB1 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)
- 0.38
- Highest tissue expression
- 346 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- bone marrow: 346 nTPM
- liver: 131 nTPM
- thyroid gland: 101 nTPM
- urinary bladder: 92 nTPM
- adipose tissue: 77 nTPM
- gallbladder: 75 nTPM
Single-cell type
- neutrophils: 772 nCPM
- epididymal basal cells: 416 nCPM
- ocular epithelial cells: 345 nCPM
- alveolar cells type 2: 332 nCPM
- endometrial glandular cells: 281 nCPM
- plasma cells: 255 nCPM
Immune cell
- eosinophil: 9.9 nTPM
- neutrophil: 4.7 nTPM
- non-classical monocyte: 3.5 nTPM
- T-reg: 2.8 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 1.1 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0.7 nTPM
Brain region
- cerebral cortex: 32 nTPM
- cerebellum: 23 nTPM
- hypothalamus: 23 nTPM
- thalamus: 18 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 17 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 16 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about TRIB1.
Disease | ImmuneIEDB
Conditions an epitope on TRIB1 was assayed in.
- narcolepsy T cell
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)
- 0.46
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.83
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.21
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.06
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 8% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- negative regulation of JNK cascade
- negative regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway
- negative regulation of MAPK cascade
- negative regulation of neutrophil differentiation
- negative regulation of smooth muscle cell migration
- negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation
- negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- positive regulation of eosinophil differentiation
- positive regulation of macrophage differentiation
- positive regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
- regulation of MAP kinase activity
- response to lipopolysaccharide
Molecular functions
- mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase binding
- protein kinase binding
- protein kinase inhibitor activity
- RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding
- transcription regulator inhibitor activity
- ubiquitin protein ligase binding
- ubiquitin-protein transferase regulator activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Protein kinase domain
- Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
- Pseudokinase tribbles family/serine-threonine-protein kinase 40
- Protein kinase domain
- Tribbles homologue 1, pseudokinase domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of TRIB1 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 TRIB1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TRIB1 could matter depends on whether native TRIB1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
TRIB1 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 TRIB1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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