ADGRA2
Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor A2
Also known as: AGRA2_HUMAN, DKFZp434C211, DKFZp434J0911, FLJ14390, GPR124, KIAA1531, TEM5
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q96PE1
- Gene
- ADGRA2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000020181
- Chromosome
- 8
- Canonical length
- 1338 aa
- Protein class
- G-protein coupled receptors, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
- Subcellular location
- Vesicles,Plasma membrane
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to enable G protein-coupled receptor activity. Involved in canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Located in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle and plasma membrane. Part of Wnt signalosome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
1338 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q96PE1|ADGRA2
1 MGAGGRRMRG APARLLLPLL PWLLLLLAPE ARGAPGCPLS IRSCKCSGER PKGLSGGVPG
61 PARRRVVCSG GDLPEPPEPG LLPNGTVTLL LSNNKITGLR NGSFLGLSLL EKLDLRNNII
121 STVQPGAFLG LGELKRLDLS NNRIGCLTSE TFQGLPRLLR LNISGNIFSS LQPGVFDELP
181 ALKVVDLGTE FLTCDCHLRW LLPWAQNRSL QLSEHTLCAY PSALHAQALG SLQEAQLCCE
241 GALELHTHHL IPSLRQVVFQ GDRLPFQCSA SYLGNDTRIR WYHNRAPVEG DEQAGILLAE
301 SLIHDCTFIT SELTLSHIGV WASGEWECTV SMAQGNASKK VEIVVLETSA SYCPAERVAN
361 NRGDFRWPRT LAGITAYQSC LQYPFTSVPL GGGAPGTRAS RRCDRAGRWE PGDYSHCLYT
421 NDITRVLYTF VLMPINASNA LTLAHQLRVY TAEAASFSDM MDVVYVAQMI QKFLGYVDQI
481 KELVEVMVDM ASNLMLVDEH LLWLAQREDK ACSRIVGALE RIGGAALSPH AQHISVNARN
541 VALEAYLIKP HSYVGLTCTA FQRREGGVPG TRPGSPGQNP PPEPEPPADQ QLRFRCTTGR
601 PNVSLSSFHI KNSVALASIQ LPPSLFSSLP AALAPPVPPD CTLQLLVFRN GRLFHSHSNT
661 SRPGAAGPGK RRGVATPVIF AGTSGCGVGN LTEPVAVSLR HWAEGAEPVA AWWSQEGPGE
721 AGGWTSEGCQ LRSSQPNVSA LHCQHLGNVA VLMELSAFPR EVGGAGAGLH PVVYPCTALL
781 LLCLFATIIT YILNHSSIRV SRKGWHMLLN LCFHIAMTSA VFAGGITLTN YQMVCQAVGI
841 TLHYSSLSTL LWMGVKARVL HKELTWRAPP PQEGDPALPT PSPMLRFYLI AGGIPLIICG
901 ITAAVNIHNY RDHSPYCWLV WRPSLGAFYI PVALILLITW IYFLCAGLRL RGPLAQNPKA
961 GNSRASLEAG EELRGSTRLR GSGPLLSDSG SLLATGSARV GTPGPPEDGD SLYSPGVQLG
1021 ALVTTHFLYL AMWACGALAV SQRWLPRVVC SCLYGVAASA LGLFVFTHHC ARRRDVRASW
1081 RACCPPASPA APHAPPRALP AAAEDGSPVF GEGPPSLKSS PSGSSGHPLA LGPCKLTNLQ
1141 LAQSQVCEAG AAAGGEGEPE PAGTRGNLAH RHPNNVHHGR RAHKSRAKGH RAGEACGKNR
1201 LKALRGGAAG ALELLSSESG SLHNSPTDSY LGSSRNSPGA GLQLEGEPML TPSEGSDTSA
1261 APLSEAGRAG QRRSASRDSL KGGGALEKES HRRSYPLNAA SLNGAPKGGK YDDVTLMGAE
1321 VASGGCMKTG LWKSETTVLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against ADGRA2 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
- 7
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0.41
- Highest tissue expression
- 52 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- seminal vesicle: 52 nTPM
- cervix: 50 nTPM
- placenta: 46 nTPM
- endometrium: 39 nTPM
- fallopian tube: 38 nTPM
- prostate: 37 nTPM
Single-cell type
- leydig cells: 84 nCPM
- endometrial luminal cells: 83 nCPM
- pericytes: 75 nCPM
- müller glia: 73 nCPM
- vascular smooth muscle cells: 70 nCPM
- endometrial stromal cells: 64 nCPM
Immune cell
- classical monocyte: 0.1 nTPM
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
- MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- thalamus: 21 nTPM
- amygdala: 18 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 17 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 17 nTPM
- cerebellum: 15 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 15 nTPM
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)
- 0.61
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.02
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- canonical Wnt signaling pathway
- cell surface receptor signaling pathway
- central nervous system development
- endothelial cell migration
- G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway
- negative regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway
- positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway
- positive regulation of endothelial cell migration
- regulation of angiogenesis
- regulation of chemotaxis
- regulation of establishment of blood-brain barrier
- sprouting angiogenesis
Molecular functions
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- GPS motif
- Cysteine-rich flanking region, C-terminal
- GPCR, family 2, secretin-like
- Leucine-rich repeat
- GPCR, family 2, extracellular hormone receptor domain
- Leucine-rich repeat, typical subtype
- Immunoglobulin domain subtype
- Immunoglobulin-like domain
- Immunoglobulin-like fold
- GPCR, family 2-like, 7TM
- GPCR, family 2, secretin-like, conserved site
- Leucine-rich repeat domain superfamily
- GPCR family 2, extracellular hormone receptor domain superfamily
- GAIN domain superfamily
- Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor A
- GAIN, subdomain B
- ADGRA2/3, GAIN domain
- 7 transmembrane receptor (Secretin family)
- GPCR proteolysis site, GPS, motif
- Leucine rich repeat
- ADGRA3-like, GAIN domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of ADGRA2 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 ADGRA2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ADGRA2 could matter depends on whether native ADGRA2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
ADGRA2 is annotated at the cell surface, where native ADGRA2 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label ADGRA2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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