IGHM protein expression summary - The Human Protein Atlas

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HUMAN PROTEIN ATLAS SUMMARYⁱ General description of the gene and the encoded protein(s) using information from HGNC and Ensembl, as well as predictions made by the Human Protein Atlas project.
Proteinⁱ Full gene name according to HGNC.	Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu
Gene nameⁱ Official gene symbol, which is typically a short form of the gene name, according to HGNC.	IGHM
Tissue specificityⁱ ??The RNA specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the consensus dataset which is calculated from the RNA expression levels in samples from HPA and GTEX. The categories include: tissue enriched, group enriched, tissue enhanced, low tissue specificity and not detected. Read more	Group enriched (intestine, lymphoid tissue)
Tissue expression clusterⁱ The RNA data was used to cluster genes according to their expression across tissues. Clusters contain genes that have similar expression patterns, and each cluster has been manually annotated to describe common features in terms of function and specificity. Read more	Macrophages - Immune response (mainly)
Single cell type specificityⁱ The RNA specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analyzed cell types based on scRNA-seq data from normal tissues. The categories include: cell type enriched, group enriched, cell type enhanced, low cell type specificity and not detected. Read more	Group enriched (Plasma cells, B-cells)
Single cell type expression clusterⁱ The RNA data was used to cluster genes according to their expression across single cell types. Clusters contain genes that have similar expression patterns, and each cluster has been manually annotated to describe common features in terms of function and specificity. Read more	Plasma cells - Humoral immune response (mainly)
Immune cell specificityⁱ The RNA specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analyzed blood cell samples based on data from HPA. The categories include: cell type enriched, group enriched, cell type enhanced, low cell type specificity and not detected. Read more	Group enriched (naive B-cell, memory B-cell)
Brain specificityⁱ The regional specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analysed brain samples, grouped into 13 main brain regions and calculated for the three different species. All brain expression profiles are based on data from HPA. The specificity categories include: regionally enriched, group enriched, regionally enhanced, low regional specificity and not detected. The classification rules are the same used for the tissue specificity category Read more	Low human brain regional specificity
Cancer prognostic summary	Prognostic marker in head and neck cancer (favorable), renal cancer (unfavorable) and cervical cancer (favorable)
Predicted locationⁱ All transcripts of all genes have been analyzed regarding the location(s) of corresponding protein based on prediction methods for signal peptides and transmembrane regions. Genes with at least one transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, according to prediction methods or to UniProt location data, have been further annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are secreted or actually retained in intracellular locations or membrane-attached. Remaining genes, with no transcript predicted to encode a secreted protein, will be assigned the prediction-based location(s). The annotated location overrules the predicted location, so that a gene encoding a predicted secreted protein that has been annotated as intracellular will have intracellular as the final location. Read more	Intracellular, Membrane, Secreted (different isoforms)
Protein function (UniProt)ⁱ Useful information about the protein provided by UniProt.	Constant region of immunoglobulin heavy chains. Immunoglobulins, also known as antibodies, are membrane-bound or secreted glycoproteins produced by B lymphocytes. In the recognition phase of humoral immunity, the membrane-bound immunoglobulins serve as receptors which, upon binding of a specific antigen, trigger the clonal expansion and differentiation of B lymphocytes into immunoglobulins-secreting plasma cells. Secreted immunoglobulins mediate the effector phase of humoral immunity, which results in the elimination of bound antigens 1, 2. The antigen binding site is formed by the variable domain of one heavy chain, together with that of its associated light chain. Thus, each immunoglobulin has two antigen binding sites with remarkable affinity for a particular antigen. The variable domains are assembled by a process called V-(D)-J rearrangement and can then be subjected to somatic hypermutations which, after exposure to antigen and selection, allow affinity maturation for a particular antigen 3, 4. IgM antibodies play an important role in primary defense mechanisms. They have been shown to be involved in early recognition of external invaders like bacteria and viruses, cellular waste and modified self, as well as in recognition and elimination of precancerous and cancerous lesions. The membrane-bound form is found in the majority of normal B-cells alongside with IgD. Membrane-bound IgM induces the phosphorylation of CD79A and CD79B by the Src family of protein tyrosine kinases. It may cause death of cells by apoptosis. It is also found in soluble form, which represents about 30% of the total serum immunoglobulins where it is found almost exclusively as a homopentamer. After the antigen binds to the B-cell receptor, the secreted form is secreted in large amounts 5, 6.... show less
Biological process (UniProt)ⁱ Keywords assigned by UniProt to proteins because they are involved in a particular biological process.	Adaptive immunity, Immunity

TISSUEⁱ Summary of data presented in the Tissue section, with a representative image of protein expression (left) and an interactive chart showing the tissue-specific mRNA expression (right). The image and the chart are clickable and will redirect to more Tissue data. This section contains information regarding the expression profiles of protein-coding genes in normal human tissue, both on the mRNA and protein level. The protein expression data is derived from antibody-based protein profiling using immunohistochemistry. Read more

Tissue expression clusterⁱ The RNA data was used to cluster genes according to their expression across tissues. Clusters contain genes that have similar expression patterns, and each cluster has been manually annotated to describe common features in terms of function and specificity. Read more	Macrophages - Immune response (mainly)
Tissue specificityⁱ The RNA specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the consensus dataset which is calculated from the RNA expression levels in samples from HPA and GTEX. The categories include: tissue enriched, group enriched, tissue enhanced, low tissue specificity and not detected. Read more	Group enriched (intestine, lymphoid tissue)
Tissue distributionⁱ The RNA distribution category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analyzed samples based on a combination of data from HPA and GTEX. The categories include: detected in all, detected in many, detected in some, detected in single and not detected. Read more	Detected in many
Protein expressionⁱ A summary of the overall protein expression pattern across the analyzed normal tissues. The summary is based on knowledge-based annotation. "Estimation of protein expression could not be performed. View primary data." is shown for genes analyzed with a knowledge-based approach where available RNA-seq and gene/protein characterization data has been evaluated as not sufficient in combination with immunohistochemistry data to yield a reliable estimation of the protein expression profile. Read more	Secreted protein expression in several tissues.

BRAINⁱ Summary of data presented in the Brain Atlas and a representative image of mRNA expression in the human brain. The image is clickable and will redirect to more Brain Atlas data. The Brain Atlas explores the protein expression in the mammalian brain by visualization and integration of data from three mammalian species (human, pig and mouse). Transcriptomics data combined with affinity-based protein in situ localization down to single cell level is available in a brain-centric sub atlas of the Human Protein Atlas. Read more

Human regional specificityⁱ The regional specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analysed brain samples, grouped into 13 main brain regions and calculated for the three different species. All brain expression profiles are based on data from HPA. The specificity categories include: regionally enriched, group enriched, regionally enhanced, low regional specificity and not detected. The classification rules are the same used for the tissue specificity category. Read more	Low region specificity
Pig regional specificityⁱ The regional specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analysed brain samples, grouped into 13 main brain regions and calculated for the three different species. All brain expression profiles are based on data from HPA. The specificity categories include: regionally enriched, group enriched, regionally enhanced, low regional specificity and not detected. The classification rules are the same used for the tissue specificity category. Read more	Not detected
Mouse regional specificityⁱ The regional specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analysed brain samples, grouped into 13 main brain regions and calculated for the three different species. All brain expression profiles are based on data from HPA. The specificity categories include: regionally enriched, group enriched, regionally enhanced, low regional specificity and not detected. The classification rules are the same used for the tissue specificity category. Read more	Low region specificity

SINGLE CELL TYPEⁱ Summary of data presented in the Single cell Type section, with an interactive chart showing the cell type-specific mRNA expression. The chart is clickable and will redirect to more Cell Type data. This section contains information about single cell type RNA expression based on scRNAseq of human tissues. The data also covers transcriptomics analysis of human blood and cultured cell lines. Read more

Single cell type expression clusterⁱ The RNA data was used to cluster genes according to their expression across single cell types. Clusters contain genes that have similar expression patterns, and each cluster has been manually annotated to describe common features in terms of function and specificity. Read more	Plasma cells - Humoral immune response (mainly)
Cell type specificityⁱ The RNA specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analyzed cell types based on scRNA-seq data from normal tissues. The categories include: cell type enriched, group enriched, cell type enhanced, low cell type specificity and not detected. Read more	Group enriched (Plasma cells, B-cells)

TISSUE CELL TYPEⁱ

Plasma cells

Classificationⁱ

Core cell type enriched

PATHOLOGYⁱ Summary of data presented in the Pathology section, with representative images of protein expression in cancer (left) and correlation between mRNA expression and patient survival (right). Images are clickable and redirect to pages with more Pathology data. This section contains mRNA and protein expression data from 17 different forms of human cancer, as well as correlation analysis of mRNA expression and patient survival. The protein expression data is derived from antibody-based protein profiling using immunohistochemistry. Read more
	Head and neck cancer p<0.001
Prognostic summary	Prognostic marker in head and neck cancer (favorable), renal cancer (unfavorable) and cervical cancer (favorable)
Cancer specificityⁱ Specificity of RNA expression in 17 cancer types is categorized as either cancer enriched, group enriched, cancer enhanced, low cancer specificity and not detected. Read more	Low cancer specificity
Cancer distributionⁱ Distribution of RNA expression in 17 cancer types is categorized as either detected in single, detected in some, detected in many, detected in all, or not detected. Read more	Detected in all

IMMUNE CELLⁱ Summary of data presented in the Immune Cell section and a representative image of mRNA expression in immune cells in the blood. The image is clickable and will redirect to more immune cell related data. The Immune Cell section contains information regarding single cell type mRNA expression profiles of protein-coding genes in various immune cells in the blood, e.g. B-cells and granulocytes. Read more

Immune cell expression clusterⁱ The RNA data was used to cluster genes according to their expression across single cell types. Clusters contain genes that have similar expression patterns, and each cluster has been manually annotated to describe common features in terms of function and specificity. Read more	B-cells - Adaptive immune response (mainly)
Immune cell specificityⁱ The RNA specificity category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analyzed samples based on data from HPA. The categories include: cell type enriched, group enriched, cell type enhanced, low cell type specificity and not detected. Read more	Group enriched (naive B-cell, memory B-cell)

BLOOD PROTEINⁱ Summary of data presented in the Blood proteins section and a representative image of the concentration in plasma and related function for the protein in plasma. The image is clickable and will redirect to more data. The Blood proteins section contains plasma levels of proteins detected in human blood and an analysis of the human secretome (including annotation of the genes predicted to be actively secreted to human blood) is also presented. Read more
Secretome annotationⁱ All genes with at least one predicted secreted isoform have been annotated and classified with the aim to determine if the corresponding protein(s) are: secreted into blood locally secreted or actually being attached to membrane or retained in intracellular locations like mitochondria, endoplasmatic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus or lysosomes. Read more	Immunoglobulin genes
Detected in blood by immunoassayⁱ The blood-based immunoassay category applies to actively secreted proteins and is based on plasma or serum protein concentrations established with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, compiled from a literature search. The categories include: detected and not detected, where detection refers to a concentration found in the literature search. Read more	No (not applicable)
Detected in blood by mass spectrometryⁱ Detection or not of the gene in blood, based on spectral count estimations from a publicly available mass spectrometry-based plasma proteomics data set obtained from the PeptideAtlas.	Yes
Detected in blood by proximity extension assayⁱ Detection or not of the gene in blood, based on proximity extension assays (Olink) for a longitudinal wellness study covering 76 individuals with three visits during two years. Read more	No

SUBCELLULARⁱ Summary of data presented in the Cell Atlas and a representative image of subcellular localization. The Cell Atlas provides RNA expression data derived from RNA sequencing of a large panel of cell lines and protein localization data derived from antibody-based profiling by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy, using a subset of cell lines selected based on RNA expression. Read more

Main locationⁱ Main subcellular location(s) and reliability score(s) for the encoded protein(s) in human cells. The main location(s) may be characterized by presence in all tested cell lines and/or ihigher staining intensity compared to the potential additional location(s). If available, links to overrepresentation analyses in Reactome, a free, open-source, curated and peer reviewed biological pathway database, are provided. An analysis is done for the corresponding gene set of the proteome localizing to the main and additional locations of the protein on this page, respectively. Read more	Not available

CELL LINEⁱ Summary of data presented in the Cell Line section and a representative image of mRNA expression across different human cell lines. The image is clickable and will redirect to more cell line data. This section contains information regarding mRNA expression profiles of human protein-coding genes for a large variety of cell lines. Read more

Cell line expression clusterⁱ The RNA data was used to cluster genes according to their expression across single cell types. Clusters contain genes that have similar expression patterns, and each cluster has been manually annotated to describe common features in terms of function and specificity. Read more	U-698-M & Daudi - Adaptive immune response (mainly)
Cell line specificityⁱ RNA specificity category based on RNA sequencing data from all cell lines in the Human Protein Atlas. Genes are classified into six different categories (enriched, group enriched, enhanced, low specificity and not detected) according to their RNA expression levels across the panel of cell lines. Read more	Group enriched (Daudi, U-698)
Cell type distributionⁱ The RNA distribution category is based on mRNA expression levels in the analyzed cell types based on scRNA-seq data from normal tissues. The categories include: detected in all, detected in many, detected in some, detected in single and not detected. Read more	Detected in many

METABOLIC

Metabolic info	Not available

GENE INFORMATIONⁱ Gene information from Ensembl and Entrez, as well as links to available gene identifiers are displayed here. Information was retrieved from Ensembl if not indicated otherwise.
Gene name	IGHM
Synonyms
Description	Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu (HGNC Symbol)
Chromosome	14
Cytoband	q32.33
Chromosome location (bp)	105851705 - 105856218
Number of transcriptsⁱ Number of protein-coding transcripts from the gene as defined by Ensembl.	2
Protein evidence	Evidence at protein level (all genes)
Protein classⁱ Assigned HPA protein class(es) for the encoded protein(s). Read more	Disease related genes Immunoglobulin genes Plasma proteins
Ensembl	ENSG00000211899 (version 103.38)
Entrez gene
UniProt	P01871 (UniProt - Evidence at protein level)
neXtProt	NX_P01871
Antibodypedia	IGHM antibodies

PROTEIN BROWSERⁱ

IGHM-201

IGHM-202

PROTEIN INFORMATIONⁱ The protein information section displays alternative protein-coding transcripts (splice variants) encoded by this gene according to the Ensembl database. The ENSP identifier links to the Ensembl website protein summary, while the ENST identifier links to the Ensembl website transcript summary for the selected splice variant. The data in the UniProt column can be expanded to show links to all matching UniProt identifiers for this protein. The protein classes assigned to this protein are shown if expanding the data in the protein class column. Parent protein classes are in bold font and subclasses are listed under the parent class. The Gene Ontology terms assigned to this protein are listed if expanding the Gene ontology column. The length of the protein (amino acid residues according to Ensembl), molecular mass (kDalton), predicted signal peptide (according to a majority of the signal peptide predictors SPOCTOPUS, SignalP 4.0, and Phobius) and the number of predicted transmembrane region(s) (according to MDM) are also reported.
Splice variant	UniProt	Protein class	Gene ontology	Length & mass	Signal peptide (predicted)	Transmembrane regions (predicted)
IGHM-201 ENSP00000375001 ENST00000390559	P01871 [Direct mapping] Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu Show all	Predicted secreted proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Intracellular proteins predicted by MDM and MDSEC Plasma proteins Disease related genes Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014) Immunoglobulin genes Immunoglobulin constant genes Show all	GO:0002250 [adaptive immune response] GO:0002376 [immune system process] GO:0003697 [single-stranded DNA binding] GO:0003823 [antigen binding] GO:0005515 [protein binding] GO:0005576 [extracellular region] GO:0005615 [extracellular space] GO:0005886 [plasma membrane] GO:0006910 [phagocytosis, recognition] GO:0006911 [phagocytosis, engulfment] GO:0006958 [complement activation, classical pathway] GO:0009897 [external side of plasma membrane] GO:0009986 [cell surface] GO:0016020 [membrane] GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane] GO:0019731 [antibacterial humoral response] GO:0019814 [immunoglobulin complex] GO:0031210 [phosphatidylcholine binding] GO:0034987 [immunoglobulin receptor binding] GO:0042571 [immunoglobulin complex, circulating] GO:0042742 [defense response to bacterium] GO:0042834 [peptidoglycan binding] GO:0045087 [innate immune response] GO:0050829 [defense response to Gram-negative bacterium] GO:0050853 [B cell receptor signaling pathway] GO:0050871 [positive regulation of B cell activation] GO:0050900 [leukocyte migration] GO:0070062 [extracellular exosome] GO:0071756 [pentameric IgM immunoglobulin complex] GO:0071757 [hexameric IgM immunoglobulin complex] GO:0072562 [blood microparticle] Show all	453 aa 49.4 kDa	No	0
IGHM-202 ENSP00000490253 ENST00000637539	P01871 [Direct mapping] Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu Show all	Predicted membrane proteins Prediction method-based Membrane proteins predicted by MDM MEMSAT3 predicted membrane proteins MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins Phobius predicted membrane proteins SCAMPI predicted membrane proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted membrane proteins THUMBUP predicted membrane proteins TMHMM predicted membrane proteins # TM segments-based 1TM proteins predicted by MDM Predicted secreted proteins Plasma proteins Disease related genes Mapped to neXtProt neXtProt - Evidence at protein level Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014) Immunoglobulin genes Immunoglobulin constant genes Show all	GO:0002250 [adaptive immune response] GO:0002376 [immune system process] GO:0003697 [single-stranded DNA binding] GO:0003823 [antigen binding] GO:0005515 [protein binding] GO:0005576 [extracellular region] GO:0005615 [extracellular space] GO:0005886 [plasma membrane] GO:0006910 [phagocytosis, recognition] GO:0006911 [phagocytosis, engulfment] GO:0006958 [complement activation, classical pathway] GO:0009897 [external side of plasma membrane] GO:0009986 [cell surface] GO:0016020 [membrane] GO:0016021 [integral component of membrane] GO:0019731 [antibacterial humoral response] GO:0019814 [immunoglobulin complex] GO:0031210 [phosphatidylcholine binding] GO:0034987 [immunoglobulin receptor binding] GO:0042571 [immunoglobulin complex, circulating] GO:0042742 [defense response to bacterium] GO:0042834 [peptidoglycan binding] GO:0045087 [innate immune response] GO:0050829 [defense response to Gram-negative bacterium] GO:0050853 [B cell receptor signaling pathway] GO:0050871 [positive regulation of B cell activation] GO:0050900 [leukocyte migration] GO:0070062 [extracellular exosome] GO:0071756 [pentameric IgM immunoglobulin complex] GO:0071757 [hexameric IgM immunoglobulin complex] GO:0072562 [blood microparticle] Show all	474 aa 51.9 kDa	No	1

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