Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

C18orf32

UPF0729 protein C18orf32

Also known as: CR032_HUMAN, FLJ23458

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q8TCD1
Gene
C18orf32
Ensembl
ENSG00000177576
Chromosome
18
Canonical length
76 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Vesicles

OverviewNCBI Gene

Involved in positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction. Located in endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplet. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

76 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q8TCD1|C18orf32
     1  MVCIPCIVIP VLLWIYKKFL EPYIYPLVSP FVSRIWPKKA IQESNDTNKG KVNFKGADMN
    61  GLPTKGPTEI CDKKKD

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against C18orf32 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)
0.64
Highest tissue expression
28 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • retina: 28 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 20 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 19 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 18 nTPM
  • midbrain: 14 nTPM
  • amygdala: 11 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • parietal cells: 313 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 258 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 251 nCPM
  • gastric chief cells: 140 nCPM
  • epididymal clear cells: 106 nCPM
  • oligodendrocytes: 96 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 36 nTPM
  • basophil: 27 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 24 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 11 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 10 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 9.4 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 44 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 39 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 37 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 36 nTPM
  • pons: 36 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 34 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about C18orf32.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions C18orf32 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

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)
1.53
gnomAD pLI
0.2
gnomAD missense Z
0.13
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.03
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).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

  • UPF0729 protein C18orf32-like
  • Domain of unknown function (DUF4512)

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of C18orf32 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 C18orf32 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against C18orf32 could matter depends on whether native C18orf32 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

C18orf32 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 C18orf32 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/C18orf32. 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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