TEX53
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Summary
TEX53 (testis expressed 53, HGNC:53655) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 9q32, encoding Testis-expressed protein 53 (A0A1B0GU33).
At a glance
- MANE Select transcript:
NM_001354645
Identifiers
Gene identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HGNC ID | HGNC:53655 |
| Approved symbol | TEX53 |
| Name | testis expressed 53 |
| Location | 9q32 |
| Locus type | gene with protein product |
| Status | Approved |
| Ensembl gene | ENSG00000230054 |
| Ensembl biotype | protein_coding |
| Entrez | 105376230 |
Gene structure
Transcript identifiers
Ensembl transcripts: 2 — 1 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 1 protein_coding
ENST00000415101, ENST00000423632
RefSeq mRNA: 1 — MANE Select: NM_001354645
NM_001354645
CCDS: CCDS87679
Canonical transcript exons
ENST00000423632 — 2 exons
| Exon | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| ENSE00001596537 | 114656304 | 114656632 |
| ENSE00001652855 | 114657666 | 114657805 |
Expression profiles
Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 145 present calls, max score 95.16.
FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth tissue_specific, TPM avg 0.0703 / max 55.9345, expressed in 3 samples.
FANTOM5 promoters (1 alternative TSS)
| Promoter ID | TPM avg | Samples expressed |
|---|---|---|
| 102170 | 0.0703 | 3 |
Top tissues by expression
251 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):
| Tissue | Anatomy ID | Expression score | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| left testis | UBERON:0004533 | 95.16 | gold quality |
| right testis | UBERON:0004534 | 94.65 | gold quality |
| sperm | CL:0000019 | 94.58 | gold quality |
| testis | UBERON:0000473 | 91.40 | gold quality |
| male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis | CL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:0000473 | 90.13 | gold quality |
| tibialis anterior | UBERON:0001385 | 68.36 | silver quality |
| adult organism | UBERON:0007023 | 65.16 | gold quality |
| pancreatic ductal cell | CL:0002079 | 61.91 | silver quality |
| spleen | UBERON:0002106 | 58.36 | gold quality |
| right adrenal gland cortex | UBERON:0035827 | 56.74 | gold quality |
| granulocyte | CL:0000094 | 56.30 | gold quality |
| ileal mucosa | UBERON:0000331 | 55.40 | silver quality |
| epithelial cell of pancreas | CL:0000083 | 54.88 | gold quality |
| cardiac muscle of right atrium | UBERON:0003379 | 54.34 | gold quality |
| left ventricle myocardium | UBERON:0006566 | 54.23 | gold quality |
| kidney epithelium | UBERON:0004819 | 53.93 | gold quality |
| upper arm skin | UBERON:0004263 | 53.52 | gold quality |
| monocyte | CL:0000576 | 52.87 | gold quality |
| deltoid | UBERON:0001476 | 52.86 | gold quality |
| right adrenal gland | UBERON:0001233 | 52.79 | gold quality |
| leukocyte | CL:0000738 | 51.84 | gold quality |
| right ovary | UBERON:0002118 | 51.27 | gold quality |
| Brodmann (1909) area 9 | UBERON:0013540 | 51.22 | gold quality |
| right frontal lobe | UBERON:0002810 | 50.60 | gold quality |
| myocardium | UBERON:0002349 | 50.25 | gold quality |
| prostate gland | UBERON:0002367 | 50.21 | gold quality |
| body of stomach | UBERON:0001161 | 50.17 | gold quality |
| right lung | UBERON:0002167 | 49.95 | gold quality |
| muscle layer of sigmoid colon | UBERON:0035805 | 49.85 | gold quality |
| left adrenal gland | UBERON:0001234 | 49.69 | gold quality |
Single-cell (SCXA)
Detected in 3 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.
| Experiment | Marker? | Max mean expression |
|---|---|---|
| E-GEOD-134144 | yes | 30.81 |
| E-MTAB-6058 | no | 3.40 |
| E-ANND-3 | no | 1.62 |
Regulation
Is transcription factor: no
Cross-species orthologs
0 orthologs
Protein
Protein identifiers
Testis-expressed protein 53 — A0A1B0GU33 (reviewed: A0A1B0GU33)
All UniProt accessions (1): A0A1B0GU33
UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →
Tissue specificity. Expressed in Testis.
RefSeq proteins (1): NP_001341574* (*=MANE)
Domains & families (InterPro)
UniProt features (1 total): chain 1
Structure
Experimental structures (PDB)
0 structures.
Predicted structure (AlphaFold)
| Model | pLDDT | Fraction very-high |
|---|---|---|
| AF-A0A1B0GU33-F1 | 60.13 | 0.00 |
Function
Pathways and Gene Ontology
Reactome pathways
0 pathways
MSigDB gene sets: 3 (showing top):
ZNF329_TARGET_GENES, HMGB2_TARGET_GENES, chr9q32
GO Biological Process (0):
GO Molecular Function (0):
GO Cellular Component (0):
Protein interactions and networks
STRING
24 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):
| Protein A | Protein B | Partner UniProt | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEX53 | TEX48 | A0A1B0GUV7 | 843 |
| TEX53 | RLN1 | P04808 | 541 |
| TEX53 | ODF2 | Q5BJF6 | 479 |
| TEX53 | DMRT3 | Q9NQL9 | 478 |
| TEX53 | RLN2 | P04090 | 446 |
| TEX53 | TXNDC8 | Q6A555 | 400 |
| TEX53 | DMRT1 | Q9Y5R6 | 349 |
| TEX53 | AQP7 | O14520 | 324 |
| TEX53 | KDM4C | Q9H3R0 | 321 |
| TEX53 | TESK1 | Q15569 | 317 |
| TEX53 | CHP1 | Q99653 | 238 |
| TEX53 | AR | P10275 | 164 |
IntAct
0 interactions, top by confidence:
ESM2 similar proteins: A0A1B0GU33, A0A1B0GUV7, A6NGY3, A6ZT44, F5HHT4, G2TRR6, H3BU77, O13894, O54835, O89085, P0C2W9, P0C6G1, P0C6G2, P0C6G3, P0C6G4, P0C6G5, P0C733, P0DON5, P0DON6, P14976, P16722, P27262, P27271, P28979, P29887, P38612, P38839, Q05105, Q08588, Q1KN14, Q1KN19, Q1X6Y3, Q1X6Y4, Q1X6Z0, Q2YDL7, Q5R5R7, Q5ZK14, Q67621, Q6W0C5, Q88891
SIGNOR signaling
0 interactions.
Disease & clinical
Clinical variants and AI predictions
ClinVar
0 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):
| Classification | Count (floor) |
|---|---|
| Pathogenic | 0 |
| Likely pathogenic | 0 |
| Uncertain significance | 0 |
| Likely benign | 0 |
| Benign | 0 |
Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)
SpliceAI
0 predictions. Top by Δscore:
AlphaMissense
470 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:
| Variant | Protein change | am_pathogenicity |
|---|---|---|
| 9:114657757:G:C | F6L | 0.735 |
| 9:114657757:G:T | F6L | 0.735 |
| 9:114657759:A:G | F6L | 0.735 |
| 9:114657667:G:C | F36L | 0.640 |
| 9:114657667:G:T | F36L | 0.640 |
| 9:114657669:A:G | F36L | 0.640 |
dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000904454 (9:114658671 C>T), RS1001709336 (9:114659291 T>C), RS1002449981 (9:114659495 G>A), RS1002842905 (9:114657505 G>A), RS1003126179 (9:114657204 A>T), RS1003709279 (9:114656857 C>G), RS1004907615 (9:114659390 A>C), RS1004940988 (9:114659270 A>AG), RS1005036215 (9:114659027 G>C), RS1007018921 (9:114657784 C>A,G,T), RS1007766689 (9:114658869 C>G,T), RS1007829616 (9:114657674 C>G,T), RS1007975549 (9:114656682 G>A,T), RS1008250029 (9:114656283 AAGG>A), RS1010161263 (9:114658342 G>A)
Disease associations
OMIM: gene `` | 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.
| Chemical | Actions (top 5) | PubMed papers |
|---|---|---|
| Air Pollutants | increases abundance, decreases expression | 1 |
| Particulate Matter | decreases expression, increases abundance | 1 |
Clinical trials (associated diseases)
0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.