Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

CHIC2

Cysteine-rich hydrophobic domain-containing protein 2

Also known as: BTL, CHIC2_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UKJ5
Gene
CHIC2
Ensembl
ENSG00000109220
Chromosome
4
Canonical length
165 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles,Plasma membrane

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the CHIC family of proteins. The encoded protein contains a cysteine-rich hydrophobic (CHIC) motif, and is localized to vesicular structures and the plasma membrane. This gene is associated with some cases of acute myeloid leukemia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

165 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UKJ5|CHIC2
     1  MADFDEIYEE EEDEERALEE QLLKYSPDPV VVRGSGHVTV FGLSNKFESE FPSSLTGKVA
    61  PEEFKASINR VNSCLKKNLP VNVRWLLCGC LCCCCTLGCS MWPVICLSKR TRRSIEKLLE
   121  WENNRLYHKL CLHWRLSKRK CETNNMMEYV ILIEFLPKTP IFRPD

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CHIC2 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)
0.36
Highest tissue expression
39 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 39 nTPM
  • skin: 28 nTPM
  • esophagus: 28 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 26 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 21 nTPM
  • thymus: 20 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • neutrophils: 631 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 394 nCPM
  • basal keratinocytes: 295 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 288 nCPM
  • neutrophil progenitors: 258 nCPM
  • ocular epithelial cells: 201 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 366 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 326 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 172 nTPM
  • T-reg: 82 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 79 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 78 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 28 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 27 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 21 nTPM
  • thalamus: 21 nTPM
  • white matter: 21 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 21 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)
0.58
gnomAD pLI
0.54
gnomAD missense Z
1.47
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.13
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads CHIC2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CHIC2 could matter depends on whether native CHIC2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CHIC2 is annotated at the cell surface, where native CHIC2 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 CHIC2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CHIC2. 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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