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PRAME
PRAME nuclear receptor transcriptional regulator
Chromosome 22 · 22q11.22
NCBI Gene: 23532Ensembl: ENSG00000185686.18HGNC: HGNC:9336UniProt: B7Z7K8
168PubMed Papers
0Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Transcription Factor
RESEARCH IMPACT
Trending
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingnuclear retinoic acid receptor bindingubiquitin-like ligase-substrate adaptor activityprotein polyubiquitination
✦AI Summary

PRAME (PReferentially expressed Antigen in MElanoma) functions as a substrate-recognition component of a Cul2-RING E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex, mediating target protein ubiquitination and degradation 1. The protein serves as a transcriptional repressor that inhibits retinoic acid receptor signaling through RARA, RARB, and RARG, preventing retinoic acid-induced cell proliferation arrest, differentiation, and apoptosis 2. PRAME is aberrantly overexpressed in various malignancies, particularly melanoma, where it shows diffuse nuclear immunoreactivity in 87% of metastatic and 83.2% of primary melanomas, contrasting with minimal expression (13.6%) in cutaneous nevi 3. In uveal melanoma, PRAME expression correlates with increased metastatic risk and serves as a prognostic biomarker when combined with gene expression profiling 4. The protein's cancer-specific expression pattern makes it valuable for differential diagnosis between malignant melanoma and benign melanocytic lesions 5. However, PRAME expression extends beyond melanoma to various epithelial and nonepithelial tumors, including endometrial carcinomas (82%), seminomas (78%), and synovial sarcomas (71%) 6. This broad expression pattern has therapeutic implications, as PRAME-targeted T cell receptor therapies show promising anti-tumor activity across multiple solid tumor types 7.

Sources cited
1
PRAME functions as substrate-recognition component of Cul2-RING E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex
PMID: 21822215
2
PRAME acts as transcriptional repressor inhibiting retinoic acid receptor signaling
PMID: 16179254
3
PRAME shows diffuse nuclear expression in 87% metastatic and 83.2% primary melanomas vs 13.6% cutaneous nevi
PMID: 30045064
4
PRAME expression correlates with metastatic risk in uveal melanoma and serves as prognostic biomarker
PMID: 39052972
5
PRAME is valuable for differential diagnosis between malignant melanoma and benign melanocytic lesions
PMID: 37856737
6
PRAME is expressed in various tumor types including endometrial carcinomas (82%), seminomas (78%), and synovial sarcomas (71%)
PMID: 35973038
7
PRAME-targeted T cell receptor therapies show promising anti-tumor activity across multiple solid tumor types
PMID: 40205198
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
KLHDC3Protein interaction95%KLHDC2Protein interaction95%FEM1CProtein interaction94%PRAMEF6Protein interaction94%FEM1AProtein interaction93%ELOBProtein interaction92%
Tissue Expression

No tissue expression data available for this gene.

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PRAMEKLHDC3KLHDC2FEM1CPRAMEF6FEM1AELOB
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt P78395
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.90LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.62 [0.44–0.90]
RankingsWhere PRAME stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #2,654of 20,598
    Most Researched168 · top quartile
  • #8,119of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.90
Genes detectedPRAME
Sources retrieved26 papers
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📄 Sources
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1
PRAME Expression in Melanocytic Tumors.
PMID: 30045064
Am J Surg Pathol · 2018
1.00
2
Immunohistochemistry for PRAME in Dermatopathology.
PMID: 37856737
Am J Dermatopathol · 2023
0.90
3
15-Gene Expression Profile and
PMID: 39052972
J Clin Oncol · 2024
0.80
4
Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of PRAME Overexpression in Human Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.
PMID: 33381588
Biomed Res Int · 2020
0.72
5
PRAME Updated: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Role in Skin Cancer.
PMID: 38338862
Int J Mol Sci · 2024
0.70