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CASP8AP2

CASP8-associated protein 2

Also known as: C8AP2_HUMAN

Cross-references: UniProt · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UKL3
Gene
CASP8AP2
Canonical length
1982 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

No narrative summary is available for CASP8AP2 in this catalog release; identity and structured annotations are shown without generated factual claims.

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1982 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UKL3|CASP8AP2
     1  MAADDDNGDG TSLFDVFSAS PLKNNDEGSL DIYAGLDSAV SDSASKSCVP SRNCLDLYEE
    61  ILTEEGTAKE ATYNDLQVEY GKCQLQMKEL MKKFKEIQTQ NFSLINENQS LKKNISALIK
   121  TARVEINRKD EEISNLHQRL SEFPHFRNNH KTARTFDTVK TKDLKSRSPH LDDCSKTDHR
   181  AKSDVSKDVH HSTSLPNLEK EGKPHSDKRS TSHLPTSVEK HCTNGVWSRS HYQVGEGSSN
   241  EDSRRGRKDI RHSQFNRGTE RVRKDLSTGC GDGEPRILEA SQRLQGHPEK YGKGEPKTES
   301  KSSKFKSNSD SDYKGERINS SWEKETPGER SHSRVDSQSD KKLERQSERS QNINRKEVKS
   361  QDKEERKVDQ KPKSVVKDQD HWRRSERASL PHSKNEITFS HNSSKYHLEE RRGWEDCKRD
   421  KSVNSHSFQD GRCPSSLSNS RTHKNIDSKE VDAMHQWENT PLKAERHRTE DKRKREQESK
   481  EENRHIRNEK RVPTEHLQKT NKETKKTTTD LKKQNEPKTD KGEVLDNGVS EGADNKELAM
   541  KAESGPNETK NKDLKLSFMK KLNLTLSPAK KQPVSQDNQH KITDIPKSSG VCDSESSMQV
   601  KTVAYVPSIS EHILGEAAVS EHTMGETKST LLEPKVALLA VTEPRIGISE TNKEDENSLL
   661  VRSVDNTMHC EEPICGTETS FPSPMEIQQT ESLFPSTGMK QTINNGRAAA PVVMDVLQTD
   721  VSQNFGLELD TKRNDNSDYC GISEGMEMKV ALSTTVSETT ESILQPSIEE ADILPIMLSE
   781  DNNPKFEPSV IVTPLVESKS CHLEPCLPKE TLDSSLQQTE LMDHRMATGE TNSVYHDDDN
   841  SVLSIDLNHL RPIPEAISPL NSPVRPVAKV LRNESPPQVP VYNNSHKDVF LPNSAHSTSK
   901  SQSDLNKENQ KPIYKSDKCT EADTCKNSPL DELEEGEIRS DSETSKPQES FEKNSKRRVS
   961  ADVRKSKTIP RRGKSTVCLD KDSRKTHVRI HQTNNKWNKR PDKSSRSSKT EKKDKVMSTS
  1021  SLEKIVPIIA VPSSEQEIMH MLRMIRKHVR KNYMKFKAKF SLIQFHRIIE SAILSFTSLI
  1081  KHLNLHKISK SVTTLQKNLC DIIESKLKQV KKNGIVDRLF EQQLPDMKKK LWKFVDDQLD
  1141  YLFAKLKKIL VCDSKSFGRD SDEGKLEKTS KQNAQYSNSQ KRSVDNSNRE LLKEKLSKSE
  1201  DPVHYKSLVG CKKSEENYQD QNNSSINTVK HDIKKNFNIC FDNIKNSQSE ERSLEVHCPS
  1261  TPKSEKNEGS SIEDAQTSQH ATLKPERSFE ILTEQQASSL TFNLVSDAQM GEIFKSLLQG
  1321  SDLLDSSVNC TEKSEWELKT PEKQLLETLK CESIPACTTE ELVSGVASPC PKMISDDNWS
  1381  LLSSEKGPSL SSGLSLPVHP DVLDESCMFE VSTNLPLSKD NVCSVEKSKP CVSSILLEDL
  1441  AVSLTVPSPL KSDGHLSFLK PDMSSSSTPE EVISAHFSED ALLEEEDASE QDIHLALESD
  1501  NSSSKSSCSS SWTSRSVAPG FQYHPNLPMH AVIMEKSNDH FIVKIRRATP STSSGLKQSM
  1561  MPDELLTSLP RHGKEADEGP EKEYISCQNT VFKSVEELEN SNKNVDGSKS THEEQSSMIQ
  1621  TQVPDIYEFL KDASDKMGHS DEVADECFKL HQVWETKVPE SIEELPSMEE ISHSVGEHLP
  1681  NTYVDLTKDP VTETKNLGEF IEVTVLHIDQ LGCSGGNLNQ SAQILDNSLQ ADTVGAFIDL
  1741  TQDASSEAKS EGNHPALAVE DLGCGVIQVD EDNCKEEKAQ VANRPLKCIV EETYIDLTTE
  1801  SPSSCEVKKD ELKSEPGSNC DNSELPGTLH NSHKKRRNIS DLNHPHKKQR KETDLTNKEK
  1861  TKKPTQDSCE NTEAHQKKAS KKKAPPVTKD PSSLKATPGI KDSSAALATS TSLSAKNVIK
  1921  KKGEIIILWT RNDDREILLE CQKRGPSFKT FAYLAAKLDK NPNQVSERFQ QLMKLFEKSK
  1981  CR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CASP8AP2 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)
0.62
Highest tissue expression
0.6 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • tongue: 0.6 nTPM
  • pancreas: 0.5 nTPM
  • thymus: 0.5 nTPM
  • appendix: 0.3 nTPM
  • lymph node: 0.3 nTPM
  • urinary bladder: 0.3 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • microglia: 50 nCPM
  • podocytes: 49 nCPM
  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 48 nCPM
  • loop of henle epithelial cells: 48 nCPM
  • oligodendrocytes: 46 nCPM
  • proximal tubule cells: 45 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 14 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 13 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 7.1 nTPM
  • T-reg: 6.6 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 6.5 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 6.4 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 6.8 nTPM
  • white matter: 4.8 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 3.6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 3.2 nTPM
  • pons: 2.9 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 2.9 nTPM

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

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of CASP8AP2 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 CASP8AP2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CASP8AP2 could matter depends on whether native CASP8AP2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CASP8AP2 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 CASP8AP2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CASP8AP2. 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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