Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

AKAP12

A-kinase anchor protein 12

Also known as: AKA12_HUMAN, AKAP250, SSeCKS

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q02952
Gene
AKAP12
Ensembl
ENSG00000131016
Chromosome
6
Canonical length
1782 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Plasma membrane,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The A-kinase anchor proteins (AKAPs) are a group of structurally diverse proteins, which have the common function of binding to the regulatory subunit of protein kinase A (PKA) and confining the holoenzyme to discrete locations within the cell. This gene encodes a member of the AKAP family. The encoded protein is expressed in endothelial cells, cultured fibroblasts, and osteosarcoma cells. It associates with protein kinases A and C and phosphatase, and serves as a scaffold protein in signal transduction. This protein and RII PKA colocalize at the cell periphery. This protein is a cell growth-related protein. Antibodies to this protein can be produced by patients with myasthenia gravis. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1782 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q02952|AKAP12
     1  MGAGSSTEQR SPEQPPEGSS TPAEPEPSGG GPSAEAAPDT TADPAIAASD PATKLLQKNG
    61  QLSTINGVAE QDELSLQEGD LNGQKGALNG QGALNSQEEE EVIVTEVGQR DSEDVSKRDS
   121  DKEMATKSAV VHDITDDGQE ETPEIIEQIP SSESNLEELT QPTESQANDI GFKKVFKFVG
   181  FKFTVKKDKT EKPDTVQLLT VKKDEGEGAA GAGDHKDPSL GAGEAASKES EPKQSTEKPE
   241  ETLKREQSHA EISPPAESGQ AVEECKEEGE EKQEKEPSKS AESPTSPVTS ETGSTFKKFF
   301  TQGWAGWRKK TSFRKPKEDE VEASEKKKEQ EPEKVDTEED GKAEVASEKL TASEQAHPQE
   361  PAESAHEPRL SAEYEKVELP SEEQVSGSQG PSEEKPAPLA TEVFDEKIEV HQEEVVAEVH
   421  VSTVEERTEE QKTEVEETAG SVPAEELVEM DAEPQEAEPA KELVKLKETC VSGEDPTQGA
   481  DLSPDEKVLS KPPEGVVSEV EMLSSQERMK VQGSPLKKLF TSTGLKKLSG KKQKGKRGGG
   541  DEESGEHTQV PADSPDSQEE QKGESSASSP EEPEEITCLE KGLAEVQQDG EAEEGATSDG
   601  EKKREGVTPW ASFKKMVTPK KRVRRPSESD KEDELDKVKS ATLSSTESTA SEMQEEMKGS
   661  VEEPKPEEPK RKVDTSVSWE ALICVGSSKK RARRGSSSDE EGGPKAMGGD HQKADEAGKD
   721  KETGTDGILA GSQEHDPGQG SSSPEQAGSP TEGEGVSTWE SFKRLVTPRK KSKSKLEEKS
   781  EDSIAGSGVE HSTPDTEPGK EESWVSIKKF IPGRRKKRPD GKQEQAPVED AGPTGANEDD
   841  SDVPAVVPLS EYDAVEREKM EAQQAQKSAE QPEQKAATEV SKELSESQVH MMAAAVADGT
   901  RAATIIEERS PSWISASVTE PLEQVEAEAA LLTEEVLERE VIAEEEPPTV TEPLPENREA
   961  RGDTVVSEAE LTPEAVTAAE TAGPLGAEEG TEASAAEETT EMVSAVSQLT DSPDTTEEAT
  1021  PVQEVEGGVP DIEEQERRTQ EVLQAVAEKV KEESQLPGTG GPEDVLQPVQ RAEAERPEEQ
  1081  AEASGLKKET DVVLKVDAQE AKTEPFTQGK VVGQTTPESF EKAPQVTESI ESSELVTTCQ
  1141  AETLAGVKSQ EMVMEQAIPP DSVETPTDSE TDGSTPVADF DAPGTTQKDE IVEIHEENEV
  1201  ASGTQSGGTE AEAVPAQKER PPAPSSFVFQ EETKEQSKME DTLEHTDKEV SVETVSILSK
  1261  TEGTQEADQY ADEKTKDVPF FEGLEGSIDT GITVSREKVT EVALKGEGTE EAECKKDDAL
  1321  ELQSHAKSPP SPVEREMVVQ VEREKTEAEP THVNEEKLEH ETAVTVSEEV SKQLLQTVNV
  1381  PIIDGAKEVS SLEGSPPPCL GQEEAVCTKI QVQSSEASFT LTAAAEEEKV LGETANILET
  1441  GETLEPAGAH LVLEEKSSEK NEDFAAHPGE DAVPTGPDCQ AKSTPVIVSA TTKKGLSSDL
  1501  EGEKTTSLKW KSDEVDEQVA CQEVKVSVAI EDLEPENGIL ELETKSSKLV QNIIQTAVDQ
  1561  FVRTEETATE MLTSELQTQA HVIKADSQDA GQETEKEGEE PQASAQDETP ITSAKEESES
  1621  TAVGQAHSDI SKDMSEASEK TMTVEVEGST VNDQQLEEVV LPSEEEGGGA GTKSVPEDDG
  1681  HALLAERIEK SLVEPKEDEK GDDVDDPENQ NSALADTDAS GGLTKESPDT NGPKQKEKED
  1741  AQEVELQEGK VHSESDKAIT PQAQEELQKQ ERESAKSELT ES

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against AKAP12 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
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.65
Highest tissue expression
101 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • retina: 101 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 100 nTPM
  • testis: 94 nTPM
  • ovary: 82 nTPM
  • breast: 59 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 58 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • lymphatic endothelial cells: 1,619 nCPM
  • müller glia: 1,424 nCPM
  • schwann cells: 959 nCPM
  • ovarian stromal cells: 913 nCPM
  • smooth muscle cells: 886 nCPM
  • sertoli cells: 794 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 37 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.1 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 253 nTPM
  • pons: 206 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 188 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 164 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 148 nTPM
  • thalamus: 127 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)
0.43
gnomAD pLI
0.04
gnomAD missense Z
0.57
DepMap mean gene effect
0
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% 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 AKAP12 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 AKAP12 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against AKAP12 could matter depends on whether native AKAP12 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

AKAP12 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Source-annotated serology context

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

  • Antibodies to this protein can be produced by patients with myasthenia gravis.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/AKAP12. 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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