MUC4

Mucin-4. The canonical sequence contains 5,412 amino acids.

Sequence and protein regions

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RNA expression in tumor samples

Median MUC4 RNA expression by tumor type, measured in RSEM units. The study selected these samples using microsatellite-stability score thresholds.

Mucinous tumors37 samples2,428.6

Other tumor types438 samples626.6

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Sequence & binding sites

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Sequence annotations and source records

Canonical sequence and topology

Target ID: T-ENSG00000145113
UniProt accession: Q99102
Sequence state: available
Canonical sequence: Yes
Length in amino acids: 5412
Sequence SHA-256: 6ccb51ad9fc979b3a2469ec71f67acbefdafa86b0d28a70c3bd5b3a816953c32

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Canonical amino-acid sequence

MKGARWRRVPWVSLSCLCLCLLPHVVPGTTEDTLITGSKTAAPVTSTGSTTATLEGQSTAASSRTSNQDISASSQNHQTKSTETTSKAQTDTLTQMMTSTLFSSPSVHNVMETAPPDEMTTSFPSSVTNTLMMTSKTITMTTSTDSTLGNTEETSTAGTESSTPVTSAVSITAGQEGQSRTTSWRTSIQDTSASSQNHWTRSTQTTRESQTSTLTHRTTSTPSFSPSVHNVTGTVSQKTSPSGETATSSLCSVTNTSMMTSEKITVTTSTGSTLGNPGETSSVPVTGSLMPVTSAALVTFDPEGQSPATFSRTSTQDTTAFSKNHQTQSVETTRVSQINTLNTLTPVTTSTVLSSPSGFNPSGTVSQETFPSGETTTSSPSSVSNTFLVTSKVFRMPTSRDSTLGNTEETSLSVSGTISAITSKVSTIWWSDTLSTALSPSSLPPKISTAFHTQQSEGAETTGRPHERSSFSPGVSQEIFTLHETTTWPSSFSSKGHTTWSQTELPSTSTGAATRLVTGNPSTGTAGTIPRVPSKVSAIGEPGEPTTYSSHSTTLPKTTGAGAQTQWTQETGTTGEALLSSPSYSVTQMIKTATSPSSSPMLDRHTSQQITTAPSTNHSTIHSTSTSPQESPAVSQRGHTQAPQTTQESQTTRSVSPMTDTKTVTTPGSSFTASGHSPSEIVPQDAPTISAATTFAPAPTGDGHTTQAPTTALQAAPSSHDATLGPSGGTSLSKTGALTLANSVVSTPGGPEGQWTSASASTSPDTAAAMTHTHQAESTEASGQTQTSEPASSGSRTTSAGTATPSSSGASGTTPSGSEGISTSGETTRFSSNPSRDSHTTQSTTELLSASASHGAIPVSTGMASSIVPGTFHPTLSEASTAGRPTGQSSPTSPSASPQETAAISRMAQTQRTRTSRGSDTISLASQATDTFSTVPPTPPSITSTGLTSPQTETHTLSPSGSGKTFTTALISNATPLPVTYASSASTGHTTPLHVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTSPSSVSTGHTTPLPVTDTSSESTGHVTPLPVTSFSSASTGDSTPLPVTDTSSASTGHVTPLPVTSLSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSSVSTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSSVSTGHTTPLHVTDASSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLLVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTDASSVSTDHATSLPVTIPSAASTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATSLLVTDTSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSTSSASTGHVTPLHVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTSLSSASTGDTMPLPVTSPSSASTGDTTPLPVTDASSVSTGHTTPLHVTDASSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLLVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTDASSVSTDHATSLPVTIPSAASTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATSLLVTDTSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSTSSASTGHVTPLHVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTSLSSASTGDTMPLPVTSPSSASTGDTTPLPVTDASSVSTGHTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASKGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASTGDTTPLPVTNASSLSTGHATPLHVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTSTSSASTGHATPLPVTGLSSATTDDTTRLPVTDVSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHASPLLVTDASSASTGQATPLPVTDTSSVSTAHATPLPVTGLSSASTDDTTRLPVTDVSSASTGQAIPLPVTSPSSASTGDTTPLPVTDASSASTGDTTSLPVTIPSSASSGHTTSLPVTDASSVSTGHATSLLVTDASSVSTGDTTPLPVTDTNSASTGDTTPLHVTDASSVSTGHATSLPVTSLSSASTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASSGHTTPLPVTDASSVPTGHATSLPVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTDTSSVSTGQATPLPVTSLSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQDTPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTNPSSASTGHATPLLVTDASSISTGHATSLLVTDASSVSTGHATALHDTDASSLSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSTSTGDTTPLPVTETSSVSTGHATSLPVTDTSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSPSSASTGHAIPLLVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSASTGDTTPLPVTDASSVSTGHATSLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLHVTDASSASTGHATPLPVTSLSSASTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLHVTDASSVSTGDTTPLPVTSSSSASSGHTTPLPVTDASSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGHATHLPVTGLSSASTGDTTRLPVTNVSSASTGHATPLPVTSTSSASTGDTTPLPGTDTSSVSTGHTTPLLVTDASSVSTGDTTRLPVTSPSSASTGHTTPLPVTDTPSASTGDTTPLPVTNASSLSTRHATSLHVTSPSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSAASTGHATPLPVTSTSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTYSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLLVTDASSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSSASTGDTTSLPVTDTSSAYTGDTTSLPVTDTSSSSTGDTTPLLVTETSSVSTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTNTSSVSTGHATPLHVTSPSSASTGHTTPLPVTDASSVSTGHATSLPVTDASSVFTGHATSLPVTIPSSASSGHTTPLPVTDASSVSTGHATSLPVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTDASSVSTGHATPLPLTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSSASTGHATPLPDTDTSSASTGHATLLPVTDTSSASIGHATSLPVTDTSSISTGHATPLHVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTDTSSASTGHANPLHVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATALPVTSTSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLLVTDASSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHATSLPVTDTSSASTGDTTSLPVTDTSSAYTGDTTSLPVTDTSSSSTGDTTPLLVTETSSVSTGHATPLLVTDASSASTGHATPLHVTSPSSASTGDTTPVPVTDTSSVSTGHATPLPVTGLSSASTGDTTRLPVTDISSASTGQATPLPVTNTSSVSTGDTMPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTSTSSASTGHATPVPVTSTSSASTGHTTPLPVTDTSSASTGDTTPLPVTSPSSASTGHTTPLHVTIPSSASTGDTSTLPVTGASSASTGHATPLPVTDTSSVSTGHATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTDASSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLLVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTDTSSASTGDTTRLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLLVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTDTSSASTGDTTRLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTIPSSSSSGHTTPLPVTSTSSVSTGHVTPLHVTSPSSASTGHVTPLPVTSTSSASTGHATPLLVTDASSVSTGHATPLPVTDASSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTDASSASTGHATPLPVTIPSSVSTGDTMPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPLPVTGLSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTRHATPLPVTDTSSASTDDTTRLPVTDVSSASTGHATPLPVTSTSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSVSTGHATSLPVTSRSSASTGHATPLPVTDTSSVSTGHATPLPVTSTSSVSTGHATPLPVTSPSSASTGHATPVPVTSTSSASTGDTTPLPVTNASSLSTGHATPLHVTSPSSASRGDTSTLPVTDASSASTGHATPLPLTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGQATPLPVTSLSSVSTGDTTPLPVTIPSSASSGHTTSLPVTDASSVSTGHGTPLPVTSTSSASTGDTTPLPVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTDTSSASTGHATPLPVTSLSSVSTGHATPLAVSSATSASTVSSDSPLKMETPGMTTPSLKTDGGRRTATSPPPTTSQTIISTIPSTAMHTRSTAAPIPILPERGVSLFPYGAGAGDLEFVRRTVDFTSPLFKPATGFPLGSSLRDSLYFTDNGQIIFPESDYQIFSYPNPLPTGFTGRDPVALVAPFWDDADFSTGRGTTFYQEYETFYGEHSLLVQQAESWIRKMTNNGGYKARWALKVTWVNAHAYPAQWTLGSNTYQAILSTDGSRSYALFLYQSGGMQWDVAQRSGNPVLMGFSSGDGYFENSPLMSQPVWERYRPDRFLNSNSGLQGLQFYRLHREERPNYRLECLQWLKSQPRWPSWGWNQVSCPCSWQQGRRDLRFQPVSIGRWGLGSRQLCSFTSWRGGVCCSYGPWGEFREGWHVQRPWQLAQELEPQSWCCRWNDKPYLCALYQQRRPHVGCATYRPPQPAWMFGDPHITTLDGVSYTFNGLGDFLLVGAQDGNSSFLLQGRTAQTGSAQATNFIAFAAQYRSSSLGPVTVQWLLEPHDAIRVLLDNQTVTFQPDHEDGGGQETFNATGVLLSRNGSEVSASFDGWATVSVIALSNILHASASLPPEYQNRTEGLLGVWNNNPEDDFRMPNGSTIPPGSPEEMLFHFGMTWQINGTGLLGKRNDQLPSNFTPVFYSQLQKNSSWAEHLISNCDGDSSCIYDTLALRNASIGLHTREVSKNYEQANATLNQYPPSINGGRVIEAYKGQTTLIQYTSNAEDANFTLRDSCTDLELFENGTLLWTPKSLEPFTLEILARSAKIGLASALQPRTVVCHCNAESQCLYNQTSRVGNSSLEVAGCKCDGGTFGRYCEGSEDACEEPCFPSVHCVPGKGCEACPPNLTGDGRHCAALGSSFLCQNQSCPVNYCYNQGHCYISQTLGCQPMCTCPPAFTDSRCFLAGNNFSPTVNLELPLRVIQLLLSEEENASMAEVNASVAYRLGTLDMRAFLRNSQVERIDSAAPASGSPIQHWMVISEFQYRPRGPVIDFLNNQLLAAVVEAFLYHVPRRSEEPRNDVVFQPISGEDVRDVTALNVSTLKAYFRCDGYKGYDLVYSPQSGFTCVSPCSRGYCDHGGQCQHLPSGPRCSCVSFSIYTAWGEHCEHLSMKLDAFFGIFFGALGGLLLLGVGTFVVLRFWGCSGARFSYFLNSAEALP

Sequence positions 1–5412

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Signal peptide

1–28

Membrane-spanning segments

5369–5389 (Helical)

This collection has no explicit extracellular interval for this protein.

Sequence and topology sources

Source role: canonical-sequence
Source: uniprotkb-canonical-record
Extracted field: sequence.value
Source row accession: Not recorded

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Open sequence source

Source role: reviewed-topology
Source: UniProt reviewed human surface-field snapshot
Extracted field: Not recorded
Source row accession: Q99102

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subcellular_location: SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Mucin-4 beta chain]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}. Note=Isoforms lacking the Cys-rich region, EGF-like domains and transmembrane region are secreted. Secretion occurs by splicing or proteolytic processing. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12102554, ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}.; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Mucin-4 alpha chain]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}. Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12102554}. Note=Forms a complex with Mucin-4 beta chain at the cell membrane. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:10880978}.; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 3]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}.; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 11]: Secreted {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}.; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 15]: Secreted {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}.; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: [Isoform 17]: Cell membrane {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}; Single-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10880978}.
transmembrane: TRANSMEM 5369..5389; /note="Helical"; /evidence="ECO:0000255"
topological_domain: Not recorded
signal_peptide: SIGNAL 1..28; /evidence="ECO:0000255"
lipidation: Not recorded

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Protein identity and location

Protein: Mucin-4
Protein location: Transmembrane protein
Canonical sequence: Q99102 · 5,412 amino acids

Expression in normal tissues

RNA specificity: Tissue enhanced
RNA distribution: Detected in some
RNA tissue-specific nTPM: esophagus: 18.5; intestine: 31.2; prostate: 14.6; vagina: 14.5
Protein specificity: Tissue enriched
Protein distribution: Detected in some
Immunohistochemistry reliability: Approved
Protein tissue-specific intensity: intestine: 354,648.7
Tissue cell-type enrichment: Colon - Colon enterocytes, Lung - Respiratory ciliated cells, Minor Salivary Gland - Minor salivary glandular cells, Prostate - Urothelial cells, Testis - Early spermatids, Testis - Late spermatids

Human Protein Atlas: MUC4

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UniProt protein record Target measurements (JSON)Sequence annotations (JSON)Target sequences (FASTA)

MUC4 · ENSG00000145113 · Q99102