Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

TRIB3

Tribbles homolog 3

Also known as: C20orf97, dJ1103G7.3, TRB3, TRIB3_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q96RU7
Gene
TRIB3
Ensembl
ENSG00000101255
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
358 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a putative protein kinase that is induced by the transcription factor NF-kappaB. The encoded protein is a negative regulator of NF-kappaB and can also sensitize cells to TNF- and TRAIL-induced apoptosis. In addition, this protein can negatively regulate the cell survival serine-threonine kinase AKT1. Differential promoter usage and alternate splicing result in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

358 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q96RU7|TRIB3
     1  MRATPLAAPA GSLSRKKRLE LDDNLDTERP VQKRARSGPQ PRLPPCLLPL SPPTAPDRAT
    61  AVATASRLGP YVLLEPEEGG RAYQALHCPT GTEYTCKVYP VQEALAVLEP YARLPPHKHV
   121  ARPTEVLAGT QLLYAFFTRT HGDMHSLVRS RHRIPEPEAA VLFRQMATAL AHCHQHGLVL
   181  RDLKLCRFVF ADRERKKLVL ENLEDSCVLT GPDDSLWDKH ACPAYVGPEI LSSRASYSGK
   241  AADVWSLGVA LFTMLAGHYP FQDSEPVLLF GKIRRGAYAL PAGLSAPARC LVRCLLRREP
   301  AERLTATGIL LHPWLRQDPM PLAPTRSHLW EAAQVVPDGL GLDEAREEEG DREVVLYG

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TRIB3 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)
0.39
Highest tissue expression
81 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • liver: 81 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 31 nTPM
  • esophagus: 21 nTPM
  • pancreas: 19 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 16 nTPM
  • lung: 16 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • esophageal apical cells: 58 nCPM
  • somatotrophs: 46 nCPM
  • pancreatic duct cells: 33 nCPM
  • breast lactating cells: 33 nCPM
  • hepatocytes: 27 nCPM
  • cholangiocytes: 24 nCPM

Immune cell

  • memory B-cell: 19 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 14 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 13 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 12 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 12 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 11 nTPM

Brain region

  • hypothalamus: 8.4 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 7.6 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 6.6 nTPM
  • thalamus: 6.1 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 5.7 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)
1.89
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.19
DepMap mean gene effect
0.12
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of TRIB3 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 TRIB3 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TRIB3 could matter depends on whether native TRIB3 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TRIB3 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 TRIB3 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TRIB3. 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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