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BNIPL

Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa-interacting protein 2-like protein

Also known as: BNIP-S, BNIP-Salpha, BNIP-Sbeta, BNIPL_HUMAN, BNIPl-1, BNIPL-2, PP753

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q7Z465
Gene
BNIPL
Ensembl
ENSG00000163141
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
357 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Cytosol
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene interacts with several other proteins, such as BCL2, ARHGAP1, MIF and GFER. It may function as a bridge molecule between BCL2 and ARHGAP1/CDC42 in promoting cell death. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

357 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q7Z465|BNIPL
     1  MGTIQEAGKK TDVGVREIAE APELGAALRH GELELKEEWQ DEEFPRLLPE EAGTSEDPED
    61  PKGDSQAAAG TPSTLALCGQ RPMRKRLSAP ELRLSLTKGP GNDGASPTQS APSSPDGSSD
   121  LEIDELETPS DSEQLDSGHE FEWEDELPRA EGLGTSETAE RLGRGCMWDV TGEDGHHWRV
   181  FRMGPREQRV DMTVIEPYKK VLSHGGYHGD GLNAVILFAS CYLPRSSIPN YTYVMEHLFR
   241  YMVGTLELLV AENYLLVHLS GGTSRAQVPP LSWIRQCYRT LDRRLRKNLR ALVVVHATWY
   301  VKAFLALLRP FISSKFTRKI RFLDSLGELA QLISLDQVHI PEAVRQLDRD LHGSGGT

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against BNIPL 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)
0.48
Highest tissue expression
171 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skin: 171 nTPM
  • esophagus: 118 nTPM
  • vagina: 65 nTPM
  • cervix: 50 nTPM
  • salivary gland: 20 nTPM
  • breast: 15 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • esophageal apical cells: 1,259 nCPM
  • esophageal suprabasal cells: 351 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 146 nCPM
  • prostatic hillock cells: 93 nCPM
  • salivary duct cells: 85 nCPM
  • prostatic club cells: 74 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 0.6 nTPM
  • basophil: 0.5 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.3 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.2 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 0.2 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.2 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 7.5 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 4.6 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 4 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 3.8 nTPM
  • pons: 3.8 nTPM
  • midbrain: 3.7 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)
1.2
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.92
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.22
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% 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 BNIPL 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 BNIPL as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against BNIPL could matter depends on whether native BNIPL is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

BNIPL 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.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label BNIPL as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

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