CASP8AP2
CASP8-associated protein 2
Also known as: C8AP2_HUMAN
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 CRLocalizationUniProt · 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
- apoptotic signaling pathway
- cellular response to mechanical stimulus
- extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors
- Fas signaling pathway
- signal transduction
Molecular functions
- cysteine-type endopeptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process
- death receptor binding
- peptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process
- SUMO polymer binding
- transcription corepressor activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Homedomain-like superfamily
- Gon4l/CASP8AP2, myb-like domain
- Myb-like DNA-binding domain
- CASP8-associated protein 2
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.
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