Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

C16orf86

Uncharacterized protein C16orf86

Also known as: CP086_HUMAN, FLJ41802

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q6ZW13
Gene
C16orf86
Ensembl
ENSG00000159761
Chromosome
16
Canonical length
317 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

No narrative summary is available for C16orf86 in this catalog release; identity and structured annotations are shown without generated factual claims.

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

317 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q6ZW13|C16orf86
     1  MASAGAERRP GVQEATVVGQ GQLTEEPGSA QTSECPVAGD QFLVPAHEAR GTQSEDQRPA
    61  GAASESELQE EGPKLGEERP KPHAGALEER GPRPVVSIVR PRHGPKRKPV KSLSLPGLRA
   121  HLKAEAELPP KLPLQEEEPE DSQSEPSPSA KQHKKAKKRK SLGAPVLHAV ASMVSAPLET
   181  LRLERKAQRL RPLYQYVNYC NPELNQAGKG DGEAEVEAEA ELAPVPEEGG VEQLQALLPL
   241  AGELGPGLAL PCPSPLVTPT HALAPLGEEA GEEPGGLPSL GVSDHKAEVD KSTQVDIDKM
   301  LSVCTAPLVP PLSPQYK

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against C16orf86 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
Unknown
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.73
Highest tissue expression
38 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 38 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 10 nTPM
  • kidney: 5.1 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 4.8 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 4.5 nTPM
  • colon: 3.9 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late primary spermatocytes: 250 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 111 nCPM
  • early primary spermatocytes: 31 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 21 nCPM
  • platelets: 18 nCPM
  • decidual stromal cells: 13 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 7.4 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 3.8 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 3.6 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 3 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 2.3 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 1.9 nTPM

Brain region

  • medulla oblongata: 3.1 nTPM
  • white matter: 3.1 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 2.8 nTPM
  • midbrain: 2.4 nTPM
  • amygdala: 2.3 nTPM
  • thalamus: 2.3 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)
1.04
gnomAD pLI
0.01
gnomAD missense Z
0.8
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.23
DepMap dependency class
selective

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).

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

  • Protein of unknown function DUF4691
  • Domain of unknown function (DUF4691)

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads C16orf86 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against C16orf86 could matter depends on whether native C16orf86 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

C16orf86 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 C16orf86 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/C16orf86. 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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