ORF_64 microprotein

Intergenic (novel locus) existence proven (MS) function unknown 55 aa

A non-canonical small protein (smORF) excluded from the H37Rv annotation, detected by proteogenomics with a high-confidence peptide-spectrum match. It is served here as part of a separate microproteome track: it is not one of the 3906 canonical genes and does not count in the dark stock. Its existence is proven; its molecular function is unknown. It maps to an intergenic region (a genuinely novel locus, no overlapping CDS).

Evidence & coordinates

Detection methodVapC4 ribosome-stalling (5'-OH RNA-seq)
Existence evidenceVapC4 ribosome-stalling (5'-OH RNA-seq); MS-validated (ProteomeXchange PXD010929, PXD012584, PXD013677, PXD065910, PXD071729); cross-validated by Ribo-RET (Smith et al. 2022)
TranscriptLeaderless
Cysteines2 (the VapC4 method targets Cys codons)
Cross-validationalso detected by Ribo-RET (Smith et al. 2022)
H37Rv coordinates2684429–2684596 (+ strand)
Length55 amino acids

Sequence

VKRNLTRSRSCTPSMAECHRDRRQEPAPRSANRAGGSAAHRPQAGLQLWLSALTP

Source: Troian EA et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2026;54(7):gkag252 (doi:10.1093/nar/gkag252; PMC13096801); VapC4 ribosome-stalling proteogenomics. Overlap class is assigned by geometry against the H37Rv CDS set, not by the source's own label. ← all microproteins