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TSPAN9

Tetraspanin-9

Also known as: NET-5, TSN9_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O75954
Gene
TSPAN9
Ensembl
ENSG00000011105
Chromosome
12
Canonical length
239 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Golgi apparatus,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the transmembrane 4 superfamily, also known as the tetraspanin family. Most of these members are cell-surface proteins that are characterized by the presence of four hydrophobic domains. The proteins mediate signal transduction events that play a role in the regulation of cell development, activation, growth and motility. Alternatively spliced transcripts encoding the same protein have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

239 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O75954|TSPAN9
     1  MARGCLCCLK YMMFLFNLIF WLCGCGLLGV GIWLSVSQGN FATFSPSFPS LSAANLVIAI
    61  GTIVMVTGFL GCLGAIKENK CLLLSFFIVL LVILLAELIL LILFFVYMDK VNENAKKDLK
   121  EGLLLYHTEN NVGLKNAWNI IQAEMRCCGV TDYTDWYPVL GENTVPDRCC MENSQGCGRN
   181  ATTPLWRTGC YEKVKMWFDD NKHVLGTVGM CILIMQILGM AFSMTLFQHI HRTGKKYDA

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TSPAN9 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
4
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.32
Highest tissue expression
149 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebellum: 149 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 121 nTPM
  • placenta: 55 nTPM
  • liver: 54 nTPM
  • kidney: 44 nTPM
  • lung: 36 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • retinal bipolar cells: 391 nCPM
  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 377 nCPM
  • proximal tubule cells: 342 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct intercalated cells: 287 nCPM
  • platelets: 285 nCPM
  • renal connecting tubule cells: 276 nCPM

Immune cell

  • total PBMC: 1.2 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.3 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 0.2 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.2 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 0.1 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 199 nTPM
  • thalamus: 33 nTPM
  • pons: 27 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 25 nTPM
  • midbrain: 24 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 23 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)
0.52
gnomAD pLI
0.66
gnomAD missense Z
1.38
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.07
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads TSPAN9 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TSPAN9 could matter depends on whether native TSPAN9 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TSPAN9 is annotated at the cell surface, where native TSPAN9 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 TSPAN9 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TSPAN9. 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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