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Aliases | TMEM176B , LR8, MS4B2, transmembrane protein 176B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 610385; MGI: 1916348; HomoloGene: 8521; GeneCards: TMEM176B; OMA:TMEM176B - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Transmembrane Protein 176B, or TMEM176B is a transmembrane protein that in humans is encoded by the TMEM176B gene. It is thought to play a role in the process of maturation of dendritic cells. [5]
TMEM176B is also known as LR8, and MS4B2. [6] The gene is found on the minus end of Chromosome 7, on the long arm at position 7q36.1. [7] The starting position of the gene is at 150,791,287 and goes to 150,801,360. It has 10,074 base pairs and has a total of 11 exons. [8]
TMEM176A and LOC105375566 is a neighbor of TMEM176B. [9] [10]
The gene is found to be most expressed in the liver with the kidney being the second most expressed tissue. [6]
There are 3 isoforms (A, B, C) of this gene with variants of isoform A and C. Isoform A variant 1 has 1444 nucleotides that encode 270 amino acids. There are 17 alternatively spliced variants with 1 unspliced transcript variant. [11]
Below is a table of orthologs of TMEM176B, these include close and somewhat distant orthologs.
Common name | Accession number | Sequence length | Sequence identity | Sequence similarity |
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Human | NP_054739.3 | 270 | 100 | 100 |
Bonobo | XP_008966185.1 | 286 | 99 | 98 |
Ugandan red colobus | XP_023081229.1 | 268 | 91 | 92 |
Small-eared galago | XP_003792108.1 | 268 | 68 | 77 |
Sunda flying lemur | XP_008564209.1 | 271 | 71 | 80 |
House mouse | NP_001273581.1 | 263 | 53 | 66 |
Ryukyu mouse | XP_021020106.1 | 265 | 53 | 67 |
Przewalski's horse | XP_008506799.1 | 270 | 70 | 80 |
Cheetah | XP_026907001.1 | 271 | 68 | 77 |
Water buffalo | XP_006049155.1 | 265 | 66 | 76 |
Wild yak | XP_005908946.1 | 265 | 65 | 75 |
Sperm whale | XP_028345261.1 | 266 | 65 | 73 |
Killer whale | XP_012392713.1 | 265 | 64 | 73 |
Pacific walrus | XP_004408899.1 | 271 | 64 | 75 |
Giant panda | XP_019651134.1 | 271 | 68 | 79 |
Red fox | XP_025849593.1 | 273 | 63 | 73 |
West Indian manatee | XP_004372786.1 | 271 | 66 | 76 |
Koala | XP_020833594.1 | 268 | 46 | 62 |
Asian arowana | XP_018595194.1 | 252 | 38 | 47 |
Northern pike | XP_010904195.4 | 251 | 26 | 46 |
There are around 125 orthologs of the gene ranging from primates to mice and to certain species of fish. [13]
The homologs of this gene include chimpanzee, rhesus monkey, dog, cow, mouse, and rat. [14]
The molecular weight of TMEM176B is 29.1 kilodaltons (kDa). The protein is rich in valine and poor in aspartic acid. [15] There are 4 transmembrane regions within TMEM176B isoform a. [16] There is a CD20 domain from 198-687. [17]
The CD20-like family includes the CD20 gene but is part of the family pfam04103 which is part of superfamily cl04401. This specific domain region is 489 bp. [18]
TMEM176B is composed of alpha helices, beta strands and TM helices. The Alpha helices make up most of the secondary structure followed by TM helices. [19]
Mainly localized to the Golgi apparatus but is additionally localized to the plasma membrane and nucleoplasm. [20]
The protein interacts most commonly with TMEM176A. It also interacts with TMEM47 and CPXM1 (carboxypeptidase 1) but at lower levels. [21]
There are 11 promoters in TMEM176B. The promoter region before isoform a is 1101 bp and covers 150,799,077-150,800,177. [22]
There are 4 phosphorylation sites in TMEM176B isoform a. [23]
There has been research that indicates that TMEM176B is associated with cancer when an abnormal of the gene accumulates. [24]