Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

ADAM17

Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 17

Also known as: ADA17_HUMAN, CD156B, cSVP, TACE

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P78536
Gene
ADAM17
Ensembl
ENSG00000151694
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
824 aa
Protein class
CD markers, Disease related genes, Enzymes, Human disease related genes, Potential drug targets, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters
Subcellular location
Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain) family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins structurally related to snake venom disintegrins, and have been implicated in a variety of biologic processes involving cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, including fertilization, muscle development, and neurogenesis. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the mature protease. The encoded protease functions in the ectodomain shedding of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, in which soluble tumor necrosis factor-alpha is released from the membrane-bound precursor. This protease also functions in the processing of numerous other substrates, including cell adhesion proteins, cytokine and growth factor receptors and epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor ligands, and plays a prominent role in the activation of the Notch signaling pathway. Elevated expression of this gene has been observed in specific cell types derived from psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease patients, suggesting that the encoded protein may play a role in autoimmune disease. Additionally, this protease may play a role in viral infection through its cleavage of ACE2, the cellular receptor for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

824 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P78536|ADAM17
     1  MRQSLLFLTS VVPFVLAPRP PDDPGFGPHQ RLEKLDSLLS DYDILSLSNI QQHSVRKRDL
    61  QTSTHVETLL TFSALKRHFK LYLTSSTERF SQNFKVVVVD GKNESEYTVK WQDFFTGHVV
   121  GEPDSRVLAH IRDDDVIIRI NTDGAEYNIE PLWRFVNDTK DKRMLVYKSE DIKNVSRLQS
   181  PKVCGYLKVD NEELLPKGLV DREPPEELVH RVKRRADPDP MKNTCKLLVV ADHRFYRYMG
   241  RGEESTTTNY LIELIDRVDD IYRNTSWDNA GFKGYGIQIE QIRILKSPQE VKPGEKHYNM
   301  AKSYPNEEKD AWDVKMLLEQ FSFDIAEEAS KVCLAHLFTY QDFDMGTLGL AYVGSPRANS
   361  HGGVCPKAYY SPVGKKNIYL NSGLTSTKNY GKTILTKEAD LVTTHELGHN FGAEHDPDGL
   421  AECAPNEDQG GKYVMYPIAV SGDHENNKMF SNCSKQSIYK TIESKAQECF QERSNKVCGN
   481  SRVDEGEECD PGIMYLNNDT CCNSDCTLKE GVQCSDRNSP CCKNCQFETA QKKCQEAINA
   541  TCKGVSYCTG NSSECPPPGN AEDDTVCLDL GKCKDGKCIP FCEREQQLES CACNETDNSC
   601  KVCCRDLSGR CVPYVDAEQK NLFLRKGKPC TVGFCDMNGK CEKRVQDVIE RFWDFIDQLS
   661  INTFGKFLAD NIVGSVLVFS LIFWIPFSIL VHCVDKKLDK QYESLSLFHP SNVEMLSSMD
   721  SASVRIIKPF PAPQTPGRLQ PAPVIPSAPA APKLDHQRMD TIQEDPSTDS HMDEDGFEKD
   781  PFPNSSTAAK SFEDLTDHPV TRSEKAASFK LQRQNRVDSK ETEC

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against ADAM17 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.36
Highest tissue expression
18 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • placenta: 18 nTPM
  • lung: 13 nTPM
  • tonsil: 11 nTPM
  • epididymis: 10 nTPM
  • breast: 9.2 nTPM
  • urinary bladder: 9.2 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophils: 898 nCPM
  • monocytes: 419 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 280 nCPM
  • macrophages: 275 nCPM
  • sertoli cells: 270 nCPM
  • ocular epithelial cells: 251 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 12 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 5.9 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 5.2 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 4.8 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 4.8 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 4 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 9.3 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 8.8 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 8.7 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 8.4 nTPM
  • thalamus: 8.2 nTPM
  • pons: 8.1 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about ADAM17.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions ADAM17 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

26 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 643 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on ADAM17 was assayed in.

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
0.28
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
2.45
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of ADAM17 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads ADAM17 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ADAM17 could matter depends on whether native ADAM17 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

ADAM17 is annotated at the cell surface, where native ADAM17 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Source-annotated serology context

The source annotations explicitly mention antibody, autoantibody, autoantigen, or autoimmune context. This is biological context, not study-specific reactivity.

  • Elevated expression of this gene has been observed in specific cell types derived from psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease patients, suggesting that the encoded protein may play a role in autoimmune disease.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/ADAM17. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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