gene

TFE3

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Understanding Entity Pages

This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about TFE3: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.

614Connections
1Hypotheses
1Analyses
50Outgoing
50Incoming

Summary

TFE3 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: interacts with, activates, regulates. Associated with ALS, Aging, Als. Connected to 302 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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🧬 Gene Info
Gene SymbolTFE3
Functionis a member of the MiT/TFE family of basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLH-LZ) transcription factors, alongside TFEB, MITF, and TFEC.
Primary Expressionneurons, microglia, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes - Double
Molecular Weight59.5 kDa
Amino Acids575 aa
PathwaysmTOR, mtor
Ensembl IDENSG00000068323
GeneCardsTFE3
Human Protein AtlasTFE3
Lysosomal hydrolasesCTSD, CTSB, CTSL, HEXA, HEXB, GLA
Lysosomal membrane proteinsLAMP1, LAMP2, MCOLN1, ATP6V0D1, ATP6V1H
Autophagy regulatorsBECN1, ATG9A, ATG16L1, WIPI1, ULK1
Lipid catabolismPPARGC1A, LIPA, ASAH1
MacroautophagyUpregulation of ATG genes for autophagosome formation
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)Induction of LAMP2A and HSC70
Associated DiseasesALS, Alzheimer, Kidney Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson, neurodegeneration
Known Drugs/Compoundsrapamycin
InteractionsMAP1LC3A, MLKL, DEPTOR, HMGB1, EGF, MLST8
SciDEX HypothesesSelective TFEB Cofactor Enhancement
KG Connections614 knowledge graph edges
DatabasesGeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING

Wiki Pages (21)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

TFE3 Gene

gene · 989 words

Mitochondrial Quality Control

mechanism · 5069 words

Autophagy Mechanisms

mechanism · 4866 words

Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC)

disease · 4341 words

Transcriptional Regulation in Neurodegeneration

mechanism · 3716 words

Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway in Parkinson's Disease

mechanism · 3178 words

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Interacts With"| Cancer["Cancer"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Interacts With"| Als["Als"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Interacts With"| Ms["Ms"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Interacts With"| Fibrosis["Fibrosis"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Therapeutic Target"| Multiple_Sclerosis["Multiple Sclerosis"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Therapeutic Target"| Alzheimer["Alzheimer"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Therapeutic Target"| Parkinson["Parkinson"]
    TFE3["TFE3"] -->|"Activates"| Hepatitis["Hepatitis"]
    AMBRA1["AMBRA1"] -->|"Inhibits"| TFE3["TFE3"]
    OPTN["OPTN"] -->|"Interacts With"| TFE3["TFE3"]
    CASP3["CASP3"] -->|"Interacts With"| TFE3["TFE3"]
    AKT1["AKT1"] -->|"Interacts With"| TFE3["TFE3"]
    CALCOCO2["CALCOCO2"] -->|"Interacts With"| TFE3["TFE3"]
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    style Multiple_Sclerosis fill:#b71c1c,color:#e0e0e0
    style Alzheimer fill:#b71c1c,color:#e0e0e0
    style Parkinson fill:#b71c1c,color:#e0e0e0
    style Hepatitis fill:#b71c1c,color:#e0e0e0
    style AMBRA1 fill:#0d47a1,color:#e0e0e0
    style OPTN fill:#8d4900,color:#e0e0e0
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    style AKT1 fill:#8d4900,color:#e0e0e0
    style CALCOCO2 fill:#8d4900,color:#e0e0e0

Outgoing (311)

TargetRelationTypeStr
renal tumorigenesispromotesprocess0.92
mitophagypromotesprocess0.90
Kidney Cancercausesdisease0.80
HSPA1Aregulatesgene0.80
Alsactivatesdisease0.75

Incoming (303)

SourceRelationTypeStr
Rag-GTPasesinhibitsprotein0.95
FLCNinhibitsprotein0.95
Meninregulatesprotein0.95
NRF2regulatesgene0.90
h-6f30a803targets_genehypothesis0.90

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
Selective TFEB Cofactor Enhancement 0.406 neurodegeneration Does TFEB dysfunction cause neurodegener

Mentioning Analyses (1)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Does TFEB dysfunction cause neurodegeneration or represent a compensatory respon

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-03 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.510

Related Papers (6)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
Mammalian lipophagy: process and function. [PMID:41681129] Zhao R, Dai E, Kang R, Liu J, Klionsky D Autophagy 2026 0
NRF2 activation by CDDO-Im regulates inflammatory and autophagy pathways in huma [PMID:41274321] Chu CT, Uruno A, Suzuki T, Taguchi K, Ba Free radical biology & medicin 2026 0
Proteotoxic stress triggers TFEB- and TFE3-mediated autophagy and lysosomal biog [PMID:41450115] Zhu Z, Yang J, Montefusco S, Xia S, Ou J Autophagy 2026 0
Plasma membrane-to-lysosome FGR signaling regulates endocytosis-associated lysos [PMID:41493272] Yin Q, Qian J, Ding X, Ren X, Li S et al J Cell Biol 2026 0
AMPK promotes TFEB transcriptional activity through dephosphorylation at both MT [PMID:41661247] Negoita F, Fraguas Bringas C, Hellberg K Autophagy 2026 0
TFE3-Rearranged and TFEB-Altered Renal Cell Carcinomas: Molecular Landscape and [PMID:41899560] Portu M, Balsa M, Cotaina M, Anguera G, Cancers (Basel) 2026 0