MAGEB16

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Summary

MAGEB16 (MAGE family member B16, HGNC:21188) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome Xp21.1, encoding Melanoma-associated antigen B16 (A2A368).

Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be active in nucleus.

Source: NCBI Gene 139604 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 41 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001370158

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:21188
Approved symbolMAGEB16
NameMAGE family member B16
LocationXp21.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
Ensembl geneENSG00000189023
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM300762
Entrez139604

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 5 — 5 protein_coding

ENST00000399985, ENST00000399987, ENST00000399988, ENST00000399989, ENST00000399992

RefSeq mRNA: 4 — MANE Select: NM_001370158 NM_001099921, NM_001370158, NM_001370159, NM_001426398

CCDS: CCDS43927

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000399988 — 2 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000015411183579834235798418
ENSE000039781443580213135803772

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth tissue_specific, 7 present calls, max score 90.53.

Top tissues by expression

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

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099190.53gold quality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047384.24gold quality
testisUBERON:000047359.46gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453458.17gold quality
left testisUBERON:000453357.61gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209238.43gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009438.13gold quality
colonic epitheliumUBERON:000039737.20gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305336.48gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534336.47gold quality
ganglionic eminenceUBERON:000402335.49gold quality
skeletal muscle tissueUBERON:000113433.38gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237132.90gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425232.15gold quality
muscle tissueUBERON:000238531.06gold quality
sural nerveUBERON:001548830.93gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073830.38gold quality
monocyteCL:000057629.98gold quality
stromal cell of endometriumCL:000225529.87gold quality
liverUBERON:000210729.73gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130229.34gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045129.04gold quality
duodenumUBERON:000211428.14gold quality
urinary bladderUBERON:000125527.66gold quality
lymph nodeUBERON:000002927.57gold quality
tonsilUBERON:000237227.05gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162526.93gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000626.55gold quality
bloodUBERON:000017826.43gold quality
vermiform appendixUBERON:000115426.42gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 0.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3no2.13

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

29 targeting MAGEB16, 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-4789-3P99.9970.752484
HSA-MIR-3617-3P99.9867.86918
HSA-MIR-545-3P99.9570.742783
HSA-MIR-128-3P99.9571.172484
HSA-MIR-216A-3P99.9571.192505
HSA-MIR-6744-5P99.9366.82748
HSA-MIR-338-5P99.9272.342951
HSA-MIR-589-3P99.9169.622088
HSA-MIR-576-5P99.8470.462582
HSA-MIR-132399.8369.892471
HSA-MIR-548O-3P99.7469.302228
HSA-MIR-46699.6770.852863
HSA-MIR-548G-3P99.4868.672159
HSA-MIR-548AV-3P99.4368.501721
HSA-MIR-442799.3470.331854
HSA-MIR-797499.2465.481137
HSA-MIR-5584-3P99.2368.791351
HSA-MIR-452-3P99.0166.251241
HSA-MIR-361-5P98.9570.161340
HSA-MIR-513B-3P98.7668.121577
HSA-MIR-390898.7567.311160
HSA-MIR-7114-5P98.5167.871349
HSA-MIR-4766-3P98.4867.941347
HSA-MIR-6837-3P98.4266.711149
HSA-MIR-10397-3P97.7865.70601
HSA-MIR-5089-3P97.5067.82758
HSA-MIR-34A-3P96.8067.70805
HSA-MIR-135A-3P94.1966.09495

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 1)

  • The testis-specific expression of MAGEB16 and Mageb16 is regulated by the methylation status of their promoter regions. (PMID:24219866)

Cross-species orthologs

4 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriondnl2ENSDARG00000058212
mus_musculusMageb16ENSMUSG00000046942
rattus_norvegicusMageb16ENSRNOG00000029408
drosophila_melanogasterMAGEFBGN0037481

Paralogs (37): MAGEC2 (ENSG00000046774), TRO (ENSG00000067445), MAGEB2 (ENSG00000099399), MAGED2 (ENSG00000102316), MAGEB4 (ENSG00000120289), MAGEA9 (ENSG00000123584), MAGEA10 (ENSG00000124260), MAGEA4 (ENSG00000147381), MAGED4 (ENSG00000154545), MAGEC1 (ENSG00000155495), MAGEA8 (ENSG00000156009), MAGEC3 (ENSG00000165509), MAGEB6 (ENSG00000176746), MAGEB18 (ENSG00000176774), MAGEF1 (ENSG00000177383), MAGEB10 (ENSG00000177689), MAGED1 (ENSG00000179222), NDN (ENSG00000182636), MAGEB17 (ENSG00000182798), MAGEA2B (ENSG00000183305), NSMCE3 (ENSG00000185115), MAGEA11 (ENSG00000185247), MAGEE2 (ENSG00000186675), MAGED4B (ENSG00000187243), MAGEH1 (ENSG00000187601), MAGEB5 (ENSG00000188408), MAGEA6 (ENSG00000197172), MAGEA1 (ENSG00000198681), MAGEB3 (ENSG00000198798), MAGEE1 (ENSG00000198934), MAGEA12 (ENSG00000213401), MAGEB1 (ENSG00000214107), MAGEA3 (ENSG00000221867), MAGEB6B (ENSG00000232030), MAGEL2 (ENSG00000254585), MAGEA9B (ENSG00000267978), MAGEA2 (ENSG00000268606)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Melanoma-associated antigen B16A2A368 (reviewed: A2A368)

Alternative names: MAGE-B16 antigen

All UniProt accessions (2): A0A0A0MSA3, A2A368

RefSeq proteins (4): NP_001093391, NP_001357087, NP_001357088, NP_001413327 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR002190MHD_domDomain
IPR021072MAGE_NDomain
IPR037445MAGEFamily
IPR041898MAGE_WH1Homologous_superfamily
IPR041899MAGE_WH2Homologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF01454, PF12440

UniProt features (12 total): sequence variant 5, compositionally biased region 3, region of interest 2, chain 1, domain 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-A2A368-F175.120.44

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 17 (showing top): chrXp21, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_TRANSCRIPTION_BY_RNA_POLYMERASE_II, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_NUCLEOBASE_CONTAINING_COMPOUND_METABOLIC_PROCESS, IWANAGA_CARCINOGENESIS_BY_KRAS_PTEN_UP, MIR466, MIR545_3P, MIR4427, MIR548AV_3P, GSE28237_EARLY_VS_LATE_GC_BCELL_UP, GSE30083_SP1_VS_SP2_THYMOCYTE_DN, GSE30083_SP2_VS_SP3_THYMOCYTE_UP, GSE30083_SP3_VS_SP4_THYMOCYTE_DN, GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_RNA_BIOSYNTHETIC_PROCESS, GSE7460_CTRL_VS_FOXP3_OVEREXPR_TCONV_1_UP, GSE19888_ADENOSINE_A3R_INH_VS_ACT_WITH_INHIBITOR_PRETREATMENT_IN_MAST_CELL_UP

GO Biological Process (1): negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)

GO Molecular Function (0):

GO Cellular Component (1): nucleus (GO:0005634)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II1
transcription by RNA polymerase II1
negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

408 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
MAGEB16FAM209AQ5JX71626
MAGEB16REDIC1Q86WS4614
MAGEB16SPATA31G1Q5VYM1595
MAGEB16OR2L8Q8NGY9589
MAGEB16C9orf43Q8TAL5584
MAGEB16SLC22A24Q8N4F4573
MAGEB16TMCO5AQ8N6Q1567
MAGEB16ZFAND4Q86XD8560
MAGEB16LANCL3Q6ZV70538
MAGEB16OR5AR1Q8NGP9533
MAGEB16TULP2O00295532
MAGEB16PKDREJQ9NTG1531
MAGEB16SLC22A10Q63ZE4512
MAGEB16SPATA16Q9BXB7507
MAGEB16ZNF117Q03924479

IntAct

4 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
MAGEA4MAGEB16psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530

BioGRID (3): MAGEB16 (Affinity Capture-MS), MAGEB16 (Affinity Capture-MS), MAGEB16 (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A0J9YX57, A1A5P9, A2A368, A2A9R3, A8MXT2, B2KFW1, O15479, O15480, O15481, O15553, P0C6Y7, P10073, P17040, P25233, P43355, P43356, P43357, P43358, P43360, P43362, P43363, P43364, P43366, Q13342, Q16666, Q4R998, Q5PPP4, Q5RD14, Q6AY37, Q6PCZ4, Q8BQR7, Q8IWY8, Q8IX06, Q8N660, Q8N7X4, Q8TD90, Q96DU7, Q96LZ2, Q96M61, Q99608

Diamond homologs: A0A0J9YX57, A1A5P9, A2A368, A2A9R3, A6NCF6, A6QLI5, A8MXT2, O15479, O15480, O15481, O60732, P25233, P43355, P43356, P43357, P43358, P43360, P43361, P43362, P43363, P43364, P43365, P43366, Q12816, Q4R998, Q5PPP4, Q5RFC2, Q6AY37, Q6ITT4, Q6PCZ4, Q8BQR7, Q8N7X4, Q8TD90, Q8TD91, Q96JG8, Q96LZ2, Q96M61, Q96MG7, Q99608, Q9BE18

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

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

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance37
Likely benign1
Benign1

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

534 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
X:35802130:GGCA:Gacceptor_gain0.9900
X:35802126:CTTA:Cacceptor_loss0.9700
X:35802127:TTA:Tacceptor_loss0.9700
X:35802128:TAGG:Tacceptor_loss0.9700
X:35802129:A:AGacceptor_gain0.9700
X:35802130:G:GGacceptor_gain0.9700
X:35798412:TGTCG:Tdonor_gain0.9600
X:35798413:GTCGA:Gdonor_gain0.9500
X:35802130:GGC:Gacceptor_gain0.9400
X:35798414:TCGAG:Tdonor_gain0.9300
X:35800569:G:GGdonor_gain0.9300
X:35800574:GACCC:Gdonor_gain0.9200
X:35800478:A:AGacceptor_gain0.8900
X:35800479:G:GGacceptor_gain0.8900
X:35802129:AG:Aacceptor_gain0.8700
X:35802130:GG:Gacceptor_gain0.8700
X:35802133:AGT:Aacceptor_gain0.8300
X:35802134:GTG:Gacceptor_gain0.8300
X:35798402:C:Tdonor_gain0.7700
X:35802134:G:GAacceptor_gain0.7600
X:35801315:TCTCA:Tacceptor_loss0.7300
X:35801316:CTCA:Cacceptor_loss0.7300
X:35801317:TCA:Tacceptor_loss0.7300
X:35801318:C:Gacceptor_loss0.7300
X:35801319:A:Gacceptor_loss0.7300
X:35801320:G:GTacceptor_loss0.7300
X:35802134:GTGA:Gacceptor_gain0.7300
X:35801309:C:Gacceptor_loss0.7200
X:35801330:G:GTacceptor_loss0.7200
X:35798361:G:GTdonor_gain0.7100

AlphaMissense

0 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000160247 (X:35803842 T>C), RS1000310998 (X:35798104 G>C), RS1001372222 (X:35803528 T>C), RS1001406731 (X:35800785 G>A), RS1001633786 (X:35801367 G>A), RS1001923187 (X:35800452 G>A), RS1002360102 (X:35799032 G>A), RS1003309225 (X:35803579 C>T), RS1004240974 (X:35803776 A>G), RS1005130762 (X:35802218 C>A,T), RS1006099905 (X:35796926 C>G), RS1006846897 (X:35799073 G>A), RS1007523307 (X:35798681 A>G), RS1008111270 (X:35802034 T>A,C,G), RS1008788483 (X:35801006 G>A,T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:300762 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

0 associations (top):

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

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

CTD chemical–gene interactions

2 total (human), top 2 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation1
Cadmiumdecreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

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

No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.