Epididymal-specific lipocalin-9 (LCN9)

About Epididymal-specific lipocalin-9

Epididymal-specific lipocalin-9 (LCN9) is a protein from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession Q8WX39, 176 residues long. MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and 12 disease associations.

Target properties

Protein name	Epididymal-specific lipocalin-9
UniProt accession	Q8WX39
Gene	LCN9
Organism	Homo sapiens
Length	176 residues
Molecular weight	—
EC numbers	—
Target class	UNCLASSIFIED
Subcellular location	—
Keywords	—

Druggability

Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug

Druggability tier	MEDIUM
Druggability score	—
Pocket score	—
Max clinical phase	—

Disease associations (12)

Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).

neurodegenerative disease · score 0.22
cutaneous melanoma · score 0.15
breast ductal adenocarcinoma · score 0.11
urate measurement · score 0.03
bone density · score 0.03
breast carcinoma · score 0.01
Ataxia-telangiectasia · score 0.01
allergic rhinitis · score 0.00
bacterial disease · score 0.00
glioblastoma multiforme · score 0.00

3D Structure (1)

Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.

Structure	Source	Method	Mean pLDDT	Resolution (Å)
AF-Q8WX39-F1	alphafold	PREDICTED	85.27	—

Amino-acid sequence (176 residues)

MALLLLSLGL SLIAAQEFDP HTVMQRNYNV ARVSGVWYSI FMASDDLNRI KENGDLRVFV RNIEHLKNGS LIFDFEYMVQ GECVAVVVVC EKTEKNGEYS INYEGQNTVA VSETDYRLFI TFHLQNFRNG TETHTLALYE TCEKYGLGSQ NIIDLTNKDP CYSKHYRSPP RPPMRW

External references

UniProt AlphaFold QuickGO RCSB PDB GeneCards