Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

CDK5R1

Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activator 1

Also known as: CD5R1_HUMAN, Nck5a, p35, p35nck5a

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q15078
Gene
CDK5R1
Ensembl
ENSG00000176749
Chromosome
17
Canonical length
307 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Vesicles

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene (p35) is a neuron-specific activator of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5); the activation of CDK5 is required for proper development of the central nervous system. The p35 form of this protein is proteolytically cleaved by calpain, generating a p25 form. The cleavage of p35 into p25 results in relocalization of the protein from the cell periphery to nuclear and perinuclear regions. P25 deregulates CDK5 activity by prolonging its activation and changing its cellular location. The p25 form accumulates in the brain neurons of patients with Alzheimer's disease. This accumulation correlates with an increase in CDK5 kinase activity, and may lead to aberrantly phosphorylated forms of the microtubule-associated protein tau, which contributes to Alzheimer's disease. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

307 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q15078|CDK5R1
     1  MGTVLSLSPS YRKATLFEDG AATVGHYTAV QNSKNAKDKN LKRHSIISVL PWKRIVAVSA
    61  KKKNSKKVQP NSSYQNNITH LNNENLKKSL SCANLSTFAQ PPPAQPPAPP ASQLSGSQTG
   121  GSSSVKKAPH PAVTSAGTPK RVIVQASTSE LLRCLGEFLC RRCYRLKHLS PTDPVLWLRS
   181  VDRSLLLQGW QDQGFITPAN VVFLYMLCRD VISSEVGSDH ELQAVLLTCL YLSYSYMGNE
   241  ISYPLKPFLV ESCKEAFWDR CLSVINLMSS KMLQINADPH YFTQVFSDLK NESGQEDKKR
   301  LLLGLDR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CDK5R1 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
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.47
Highest tissue expression
71 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebral cortex: 71 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 57 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 45 nTPM
  • amygdala: 40 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 35 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 34 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • brain inhibitory neurons: 43 nCPM
  • brain excitatory neurons: 43 nCPM
  • other brain neurons: 42 nCPM
  • retinal amacrine cells: 34 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 27 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 26 nCPM

Immune cell

  • naive CD4 T-cell: 1.5 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 1.2 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 1.1 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 0.9 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.8 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.6 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 168 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 144 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 133 nTPM
  • white matter: 111 nTPM
  • amygdala: 108 nTPM
  • thalamus: 89 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)
0.38
gnomAD pLI
0.91
gnomAD missense Z
1.91
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.02
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

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of CDK5R1 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 CDK5R1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CDK5R1 could matter depends on whether native CDK5R1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CDK5R1 is annotated at the cell surface, where native CDK5R1 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label CDK5R1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CDK5R1. 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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