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MAGEB18
MAGE family member B18
Chromosome X Β· Xp21.3
NCBI Gene: 286514Ensembl: ENSG00000176774.6HGNC: HGNC:28515UniProt: Q96M61
17PubMed Papers
8Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
βœ“ Experimental GO Evidenceβœ“ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingnegative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase IInucleuscytoplasmneurodegenerative diseaseosteoarthritis, hippancreatic adenocarcinomabreast cancer
✦AI Summary

Based on limited published evidence, MAGEB18 is a MAGE family member proposed to enhance ubiquitin ligase activity of RING-type E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases through recruitment and/or stabilization of E2 conjugating enzymes at E3:substrate complexes. GO annotations indicate nuclear localization and roles in protein binding and transcriptional regulation. MAGEB18 is elevated in metastatic urothelial cancer patients compared to healthy controls 1 and is significantly overexpressed in sarcoma tissues 2, suggesting potential involvement in cancer-related processes, though specific mechanistic functions remain understudied.

Sources cited
1
Autoantibodies against MAGEB18 were significantly elevated in metastatic urothelial cancer patients compared to healthy controls
PMID: 38309723
2
MAGEB18 was significantly overexpressed in sarcoma tissues in bioinformatic analysis of cancer databases
PMID: 34307667
⚠Limited data available β€” This gene has 2 indexed publications. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsβ“˜8
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.33Weak
osteoarthritis, hipOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
pancreatic adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
breast cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
glioblastoma multiformeOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
melanomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
sarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Sjogren syndromeOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
LNX1Protein interaction98%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Liver
0%
Brain
0%
Ovary
0%
Heart
0%
Lung
0%
Bone Marrow
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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MAGEB18LNX1
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted Β· UniProt Q96M61
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Constraintβ“˜
LOEUFβ“˜
1.87LoF Tolerant
pLIβ“˜
0.01Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.95 [0.52–1.87]
RankingsWhere MAGEB18 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #15,051of 20,598
    Most Researched17
  • #17,039of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.87
Genes detectedMAGEB18
Sources retrieved2 papers
Response timeβ€”
πŸ“„ Sources
2
1
Comprehensive multiplexed autoantibody profiling of patients with advanced urothelial cancer.
PMID: 38309723
J Immunother Cancer Β· 2024
1.00
2
Trophinin Is an Important Biomarker and Prognostic Factor in Osteosarcoma: Data Mining from Oncomine and the Cancer Genome Atlas Databases.
PMID: 34307667
Biomed Res Int Β· 2021
0.50