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MS4A5
membrane spanning 4-domains A5
Chromosome 11 · 11q12.2
NCBI Gene: 64232Ensembl: ENSG00000166930.7HGNC: HGNC:13374UniProt: Q9H3V2
9PubMed Papers
4Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Receptor
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
cell surface receptor signaling pathwayplasma membranemembranemajor salivary gland cancerresponse to radiationAbnormal sperm morphologygastric cancer
✦AI Summary

Based on limited published evidence, MS4A5 is a membrane-spanning protein with four transmembrane domains and cytoplasmic N- and C-terminal regions. UniProt annotations indicate it may be involved in signal transduction as a component of multimeric receptor complexes localized to the plasma membrane and cell surface. MS4A5 is part of the MS4A gene family clustered on chromosome 11, structurally related to CD20 and FcεRIβ 1. The gene exhibits common splice variants 1, suggesting functional complexity. However, specific tissue distribution, cellular expression patterns, and molecular mechanisms of MS4A5 signaling remain largely uncharacterized in published literature.

Sources cited
1
MS4A5 is part of the MS4A family on chromosome 11q12 with four transmembrane domains; shows common splice variants; likely involved in signal transduction as component of oligomeric cell surface complexes
PMID: 11486273
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 1 indexed publication. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ4
major salivary gland cancerOpen Targets
0.28Weak
response to radiationOpen Targets
0.09Suggestive
Abnormal sperm morphologyOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
MS4A18Shared pathway100%MS4A13Shared pathway100%ADGRD2Shared pathway100%MS4A10Shared pathway100%MS4A6EShared pathway100%MS4A15Shared pathway100%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Ovary
100%
Liver
0%
Bone Marrow
0%
Lung
0%
Brain
0%
Heart
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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MS4A5MS4A18MS4A13ADGRD2MS4A10MS4A6EMS4A15
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q9H3V2
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.14LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.67 [0.41–1.14]
RankingsWhere MS4A5 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #17,381of 20,598
    Most Researched9
  • #11,842of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.14
Genes detectedMS4A5
Sources retrieved2 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
2
1
Structural organization of the human MS4A gene cluster on Chromosome 11q12.
PMID: 11486273
Immunogenetics · 2001
1.00
2
Isolation, tissue distribution, and chromosomal localization of a novel testis-specific human four-transmembrane gene related to CD20 and FcepsilonRI-beta.
PMID: 11162526
Biochem Biophys Res Commun · 2001
0.50