ERMAP

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Also known as BTN5

Summary

ERMAP (erythroblast membrane associated protein (Scianna blood group), HGNC:15743) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 1p34.2, encoding Erythroid membrane-associated protein (Q96PL5). Possible role as a cell-adhesion or receptor molecule of erythroid cells.

The protein encoded by this gene is a cell surface transmembrane protein that may act as an erythroid cell receptor, possibly as a mediator of cell adhesion. Polymorphisms in this gene are responsible for the Scianna/Radin blood group system. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.

Source: NCBI Gene 114625 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 2
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 82 total — 1 pathogenic
  • Phenotypes (HPO): 1
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001017922

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:15743
Approved symbolERMAP
Nameerythroblast membrane associated protein (Scianna blood group)
Location1p34.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesBTN5
Ensembl geneENSG00000164010
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM609017
Entrez114625

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 22 — 16 protein_coding, 4 retained_intron, 2 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

ENST00000328249, ENST00000372514, ENST00000372517, ENST00000470938, ENST00000487556, ENST00000642150, ENST00000643061, ENST00000645239, ENST00000647120, ENST00000881413, ENST00000881414, ENST00000881415, ENST00000881416, ENST00000881417, ENST00000881418, ENST00000881419, ENST00000881420, ENST00000968886, ENST00000968887, ENST00000968888, ENST00000968889, ENST00000968890

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_001017922 NM_001017922, NM_018538

CCDS: CCDS475

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000372517 — 12 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000011439204283573242835764
ENSE000012524864283076842831115
ENSE000013588154283044442830533
ENSE000014342014282562342825738
ENSE000034687724284015242840178
ENSE000034771274284003342840053
ENSE000036069364283890142838921
ENSE000036171434284027042840296
ENSE000036458184283503842835154
ENSE000036567644283715842837190
ENSE000036860584284251742844991
ENSE000038227464281712242817253

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 199 present calls, max score 87.16.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 6.5488 / max 452.5441, expressed in 1743 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (5 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
24754.89461722
24790.953482
24770.433558
24780.174751
24760.092635

Top tissues by expression

261 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
monocyteCL:000057687.16gold quality
mononuclear cellCL:000084286.82gold quality
tendon of biceps brachiiUBERON:000818886.52silver quality
leukocyteCL:000073886.51gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582785.42gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123384.77gold quality
right lobe of liverUBERON:000111484.60gold quality
stromal cell of endometriumCL:000225584.49gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099183.77gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009483.69gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123483.68gold quality
trabecular bone tissueUBERON:000248383.27gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582583.15gold quality
adrenal tissueUBERON:001830382.90gold quality
body of pancreasUBERON:000115082.88gold quality
rectumUBERON:000105282.64gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237182.29gold quality
tendonUBERON:000004382.26gold quality
adrenal glandUBERON:000236982.23gold quality
adrenal cortexUBERON:000123582.20gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219682.14gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000781.96gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112081.62gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211081.61gold quality
pancreasUBERON:000126481.42gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119981.07gold quality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370180.97gold quality
metanephros cortexUBERON:001053380.90gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204680.80gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000680.58gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 3 experiment(s), a significant marker in 2.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-CURD-112yes45.05
E-ANND-3yes4.54
E-MTAB-9067no4.38

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): IRX1

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

78 targeting ERMAP, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-1193100.0065.93529
HSA-MIR-4262100.0073.263931
HSA-MIR-30A-5P100.0076.313233
HSA-MIR-30B-5P100.0076.293248
HSA-MIR-30C-5P100.0076.293248
HSA-MIR-30D-5P100.0076.323233
HSA-MIR-30E-5P100.0076.323242
HSA-MIR-181A-5P99.9972.962995
HSA-MIR-181B-5P99.9972.972996
HSA-MIR-181C-5P99.9972.952996
HSA-MIR-181D-5P99.9973.042997
HSA-MIR-971899.9468.91918
HSA-MIR-1236-3P99.9468.041695
HSA-MIR-6721-5P99.9368.922981
HSA-MIR-314399.9371.963104
HSA-MIR-329-3P99.9166.561234
HSA-MIR-362-3P99.9166.381267
HSA-MIR-449399.9066.48977
HSA-MIR-449299.8768.253611
HSA-MIR-548AR-3P99.8571.263889
HSA-MIR-3121-3P99.8271.963630
HSA-MIR-548AZ-3P99.8270.563549
HSA-MIR-548BC99.8270.613524
HSA-MIR-548E-3P99.8270.593514
HSA-MIR-548F-3P99.8270.593540
HSA-MIR-548A-3P99.7670.583524
HSA-MIR-471999.7372.103329
HSA-MIR-378G99.7164.901106
HSA-MIR-365999.7067.97694
HSA-MIR-670-5P99.6769.941565

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 8)

  • ERMAP, a unique member of the B30.2 domain protein family, is expressed in erythroid cells in fetal liver, adult bone marrow, reticulocytes and in circulating erythroblasts in 8-12-week fetal cord blood. (PMID:11549310)
  • A human cDNA and gene encoding for human ERMAP is cloned and characterized. The protein is sequenced and its expression analyzed. (PMID:11783959)
  • DNA sequencing demonstrates Scianna antigens including Rd are expressed by ERMAP. (PMID:12393480)
  • The human ermap gene plays an important role in differentiation and development of erythroid cells. (PMID:18426659)
  • the five known probands with the SC*994C>T silencing nucleotide change were from the Pacific Islands. (PMID:24094239)
  • Through molecular genotyping we also identified polymorphisms in RhCE, Kell, Duffy, Colton, Lutheran and Scianna loci in donors and patients. (PMID:25582271)
  • ERMAP is a B7 family-related molecule that negatively regulates T cell and macrophage responses. (PMID:32620788)
  • The ligation between ERMAP, galectin-9 and dectin-2 promotes Kupffer cell phagocytosis and antitumor immunity. (PMID:37813965)

Cross-species orthologs

3 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
mus_musculusErmapENSMUSG00000028644
rattus_norvegicusErmapENSRNOG00000000335
rattus_norvegicusZfp691ENSRNOG00000007398

Paralogs (15): BTN3A1 (ENSG00000026950), CD276 (ENSG00000103855), BTN3A3 (ENSG00000111801), BTN2A1 (ENSG00000112763), BTNL8 (ENSG00000113303), HHLA2 (ENSG00000114455), BTN2A2 (ENSG00000124508), BTN1A1 (ENSG00000124557), VTCN1 (ENSG00000134258), ICOSLG (ENSG00000160223), BTNL9 (ENSG00000165810), BTNL3 (ENSG00000168903), BTN3A2 (ENSG00000186470), BTNL2 (ENSG00000204290), MOG (ENSG00000204655)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Erythroid membrane-associated proteinQ96PL5 (reviewed: Q96PL5)

Alternative names: Radin blood group antigen, Scianna blood group antigen

All UniProt accessions (3): A0A1C9HIH9, A0A2R8YH65, Q96PL5

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Possible role as a cell-adhesion or receptor molecule of erythroid cells.

Subcellular location. Cell membrane. Cytoplasm.

Tissue specificity. Expressed in erythroid-enriched bone marrow (at protein level). Highly expressed in bone marrow and to a lower extent in leukocytes, thymus, lymph node and spleen.

Post-translational modifications. Glycosylated.

Polymorphism. ERMAP is responsible for the Scianna/Radin blood group system which comprises seven different antigens. The Sc1 and Sc2 antigens are resulting from a single variation in position 57; Arg-57 corresponds to the Sc2 antigen and Gly-57 to the Sc1 antigen. The Sc2 antigen is rare with an occurrence of less than 1% in the population while Sc1 is more frequent. Sc3 is not expressed by individuals homozygous for a null allele encoding a truncated protein lacking its extracellular part (Sc-3). The Sc4 antigen corresponding to the previously defined Radin blood group antigen (Rd) is due to a single variation in position 60; Ala-60 corresponds to Sc4/Rd(+), the antigenic form of the protein. Sc4 is found in less than 1% of the population. Sc5/STAR, Sc6/SCER and Sc7/SCAN antigens are due to single variations in positions 47, 81 and 35 respectively. Alloantibodies to the low frequency Sc2 and Sc4 antigens are the cause of hemolytic disease in the newborn.

Similarity. Belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily. BTN/MOG family.

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001017922, NP_061008 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR001870B30.2/SPRYDomain
IPR003599Ig_subDomain
IPR003877SPRY_domDomain
IPR003879Butyrophylin_SPRYDomain
IPR006574PRYDomain
IPR007110Ig-like_domDomain
IPR013106Ig_V-setDomain
IPR013320ConA-like_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR013783Ig-like_foldHomologous_superfamily
IPR036179Ig-like_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR043136B30.2/SPRY_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR050143TRIM/RBCCFamily

Pfam: PF00622, PF07686, PF13765

UniProt features (22 total): sequence variant 11, topological domain 2, domain 2, signal peptide 1, chain 1, sequence conflict 1, transmembrane region 1, modified residue 1, glycosylation site 1, disulfide bond 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q96PL5-F182.220.59

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Post-translational modifications (1): 418

Disulfide bonds (1): 50–126

Glycosylation sites (1): 132

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 98 (showing top): GRAESSMANN_APOPTOSIS_BY_SERUM_DEPRIVATION_UP, GOBP_ANTIGEN_RECEPTOR_MEDIATED_SIGNALING_PATHWAY, IVANOVA_HEMATOPOIESIS_LATE_PROGENITOR, GOCC_CELL_SURFACE, GNF2_ANK1, NKX61_01, MARTORIATI_MDM4_TARGETS_NEUROEPITHELIUM_DN, GOBP_REGULATION_OF_IMMUNE_RESPONSE, GOBP_CYTOKINE_PRODUCTION, chr1p34, GNF2_SPTA1, GOBP_T_CELL_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY, GNF2_PCAF, GOMF_SIGNALING_RECEPTOR_BINDING, GNF2_MAP2K3

GO Biological Process (2): regulation of cytokine production (GO:0001817), T cell receptor signaling pathway (GO:0050852)

GO Molecular Function (2): signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (6): Golgi apparatus (GO:0005794), cytosol (GO:0005829), plasma membrane (GO:0005886), external side of plasma membrane (GO:0009897), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), membrane (GO:0016020)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure3
cytoplasm2
cytokine production1
regulation of gene expression1
regulation of multicellular organismal process1
antigen receptor-mediated signaling pathway1
protein binding1
binding1
endomembrane system1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
membrane1
cell periphery1
plasma membrane1
cell surface1
side of membrane1
intracellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

782 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
ERMAPXDHP47989969
ERMAPPLIN2Q99541923
ERMAPTECRQ9NZ01918
ERMAPMFGE8Q08431782
ERMAPMUC1P13931598
ERMAPLTFP02788585
ERMAPGOT2P00505551
ERMAPMUC15Q8N387521
ERMAPCIDEAO60543511
ERMAPPGM1P36871508
ERMAPAASDHQ4L235471
ERMAPOMGP23515470
ERMAPCD1BP29016456
ERMAPSLC14A1Q13336452
ERMAPSLC4A1P02730448

IntAct

19 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
TMEM14AERMAPpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
EMDERMAPpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
ERMAPKRTAP3-3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
LEMD1ERMAPpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
ERMAPTMEM14Apsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
ERMAPAP3B1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
ERMAPPCNApsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
CFTRERMAPpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
ERMAPNRDCpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ERMAPKRTAP3-3psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
LEMD1ERMAPpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000

BioGRID (36): MECOM (Affinity Capture-MS), FAM199X (Affinity Capture-MS), DOCK4 (Affinity Capture-MS), USP34 (Affinity Capture-MS), ELMO2 (Affinity Capture-MS), CWC22 (Affinity Capture-MS), AP3B1 (Affinity Capture-MS), ZC3H18 (Affinity Capture-MS), GEMIN2 (Affinity Capture-MS), AKAP11 (Affinity Capture-MS), CDC73 (Affinity Capture-MS), UBR4 (Affinity Capture-MS), PRKAR1B (Affinity Capture-MS), ERMAP (Synthetic Lethality), ERMAP (Two-hybrid)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A0E4BZH1, A4QPC6, A7TZE6, A8K4G0, A8MVZ5, O00478, O00481, O00635, O70355, O75677, O75679, P14373, P18892, P19474, P55803, P78410, Q13410, Q1XHU0, Q3ZEE5, Q58DK8, Q5BN31, Q5C8U1, Q5D7H8, Q5D7I0, Q5D7I2, Q5D7I3, Q5D7I5, Q5D7J2, Q5R7W8, Q5R996, Q61885, Q62158, Q62191, Q62556, Q6MFZ5, Q6MG97, Q6UX41, Q6UXE8, Q6UXG8, Q7KYR7

Diamond homologs: A0A0E4BZH1, A4QPC6, A7TZE6, A7TZF0, A7TZF3, A7TZG1, A7TZG3, A7XUX6, A7XUY5, A7XUZ6, A7XV04, A7XV07, A7XV14, A8MVZ5, O00478, O00481, O70355, P18892, P55803, P78410, Q13410, Q16653, Q29ZQ1, Q5R7W8, Q5R960, Q5R996, Q61885, Q62556, Q63345, Q6MG97, Q6UX41, Q6UXE8, Q6UXG8, Q7KYR7, Q7TST0, Q8BJE2, Q8WVV5, Q96KV6, Q96PL5, Q9BGS7

SIGNOR signaling

1 interactions.

AEffectBMechanism
IRX1“up-regulates quantity by expression”ERMAP“transcriptional regulation”

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

82 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic1
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance54
Likely benign6
Benign6

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (1)

Variant IDHGVSClassification
1915NM_001017922.2(ERMAP):c.307_308del (p.Asp103fs)Pathogenic

SpliceAI

1942 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
1:42817210:G:GTdonor_gain1.0000
1:42817251:A:Tdonor_gain1.0000
1:42842515:A:AGacceptor_gain1.0000
1:42842515:AGT:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
1:42842516:G:GGacceptor_gain1.0000
1:42842516:GT:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
1:42842516:GTG:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
1:42817179:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817249:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817249:GGAGG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817250:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817250:G:Tdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817252:GG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817253:GG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
1:42817402:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
1:42835730:A:AGacceptor_gain0.9900
1:42835731:G:GGacceptor_gain0.9900
1:42838978:GGA:Gdonor_gain0.9900
1:42842512:TGCA:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
1:42842514:CAG:Cacceptor_loss0.9900
1:42842515:AGTG:Aacceptor_gain0.9900
1:42842516:G:GTacceptor_loss0.9900
1:42842516:GTGG:Gacceptor_gain0.9900
1:42842516:GTGGC:Gacceptor_gain0.9900
1:42817250:GAGG:Gdonor_gain0.9800
1:42838979:GA:Gdonor_gain0.9800
1:42817210:G:Tdonor_gain0.9700
1:42827666:G:GTdonor_gain0.9700
1:42831110:TTGC:Tdonor_gain0.9700
1:42837156:A:AGacceptor_gain0.9700

AlphaMissense

3057 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
1:42842717:T:AW305R0.998
1:42842717:T:CW305R0.998
1:42842630:T:CF276L0.996
1:42842632:T:AF276L0.996
1:42842632:T:GF276L0.996
1:42842727:G:AG308E0.995
1:42842556:T:CL251P0.994
1:42842645:A:CS281R0.994
1:42842647:C:AS281R0.994
1:42842647:C:GS281R0.994
1:42842687:T:AW295R0.994
1:42842687:T:CW295R0.994
1:42842726:G:AG308R0.994
1:42842726:G:CG308R0.994
1:42842727:G:TG308V0.993
1:42842734:T:GC310W0.993
1:42842689:G:CW295C0.992
1:42842689:G:TW295C0.992
1:42830877:G:CW65C0.991
1:42830877:G:TW65C0.991
1:42842547:A:GH248R0.991
1:42842889:T:CL362P0.991
1:42842719:G:CW305C0.990
1:42842719:G:TW305C0.990
1:42842879:G:TG359W0.990
1:42831020:T:CI113T0.989
1:42842789:T:AW329R0.989
1:42842789:T:CW329R0.989
1:42842799:G:CR332P0.989
1:42842752:G:CR316S0.987

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000119763 (1:42817601 C>A,T), RS1000192285 (1:42821343 T>C), RS1000193435 (1:42818031 A>G), RS1000296382 (1:42829380 G>A), RS1000526226 (1:42842642 G>A), RS1000763119 (1:42824964 G>C), RS1000807058 (1:42835874 A>G,T), RS1000892530 (1:42845194 A>G), RS1000941393 (1:42845350 T>C), RS1000977241 (1:42816218 C>A,T), RS1001133127 (1:42823567 T>C), RS1001133713 (1:42826707 T>C), RS1001382542 (1:42832880 G>C,T), RS1001491542 (1:42815510 C>T), RS1001685252 (1:42830143 C>T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:609017 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

1 total (1 of 1 shown, HPO-id order):

HPOTerm
HP:0010701Abnormal circulating immunoglobulin concentration

GWAS associations

2 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST008473_12Visceral fat6.000000e-06
GCST90002404_462Red cell distribution width1.000000e-11

EFO canonical traits (1, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0009188Red cell distribution width

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

28 total (human), top 28 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Valproic Acidaffects cotreatment, decreases expression, affects expression, decreases methylation5
bisphenol Aaffects cotreatment, increases methylation, decreases expression2
Benzo(a)pyreneincreases expression, increases methylation2
aristolochic acid Iincreases expression1
GSK-J4decreases expression1
propionaldehydedecreases expression1
trichostatin Aaffects expression1
butyraldehydedecreases expression1
pentanaldecreases expression1
CGP 52608increases reaction, affects binding1
4-(5-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-4-pyridin-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzamideaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
belinostatdecreases expression1
abrinedecreases expression1
dorsomorphindecreases expression, affects cotreatment1
Sunitinibincreases expression1
Fulvestrantaffects cotreatment, increases methylation, decreases methylation1
Aldehydesdecreases expression1
Arsenicaffects methylation1
Doxorubicindecreases expression1
Estradioldecreases expression1
Silicon Dioxidedecreases expression1
Smokedecreases expression1
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfatedecreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases expression1
Tretinoinincreases expression1
Aflatoxin B1decreases methylation1
Cadmium Chloridedecreases expression1
Okadaic Aciddecreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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