Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

COL12A1

Collagen alpha-1(XII) chain

Also known as: COCA1_HUMAN, COL12A1L

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q99715
Gene
COL12A1
Ensembl
ENSG00000111799
Chromosome
6
Canonical length
3063 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles,Cytosol
Secretome location
Secreted to extracellular matrix

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes the alpha chain of type XII collagen, a member of the FACIT (fibril-associated collagens with interrupted triple helices) collagen family. Type XII collagen is a homotrimer found in association with type I collagen, an association that is thought to modify the interactions between collagen I fibrils and the surrounding matrix. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

3063 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q99715|COL12A1
     1  MRSRLPPALA ALGAALLLSS IEAEVDPPSD LNFKIIDENT VHMSWAKPVD PIVGYRITVD
    61  PTTDGPTKEF TLSASTTETL LSELVPETEY VVTITSYDEV EESVPVIGQL TIQTGSSTKP
   121  VEKKPGKTEI QKCSVSAWTD LVFLVDGSWS VGRNNFKYIL DFIAALVSAF DIGEEKTRVG
   181  VVQYSSDTRT EFNLNQYYQR DELLAAIKKI PYKGGNTMTG DAIDYLVKNT FTESAGARVG
   241  FPKVAIIITD GKSQDEVEIP ARELRNVGVE VFSLGIKAAD AKELKQIAST PSLNHVFNVA
   301  NFDAIVDIQN EIISQVCSGV DEQLGELVSG EEVVEPPSNL IAMEVSSKYV KLNWNPSPSP
   361  VTGYKVILTP MTAGSRQHAL SVGPQTTTLS VRDLSADTEY QISVSAMKGM TSSEPISIME
   421  KTQPMKVQVE CSRGVDIKAD IVFLVDGSYS IGIANFVKVR AFLEVLVKSF EISPNRVQIS
   481  LVQYSRDPHT EFTLKKFTKV EDIIEAINTF PYRGGSTNTG KAMTYVREKI FVPSKGSRSN
   541  VPKVMILITD GKSSDAFRDP AIKLRNSDVE IFAVGVKDAV RSELEAIASP PAETHVFTVE
   601  DFDAFQRISF ELTQSICLRI EQELAAIKKK AYVPPKDLSF SEVTSYGFKT NWSPAGENVF
   661  SYHITYKEAA GDDEVTVVEP ASSTSVVLSS LKPETLYLVN VTAEYEDGFS IPLAGEETTE
   721  EVKGAPRNLK VTDETTDSFK ITWTQAPGRV LRYRIIYRPV AGGESREVTT PPNQRRRTLE
   781  NLIPDTKYEV SVIPEYFSGP GTPLTGNAAT EEVRGNPRDL RVSDPTTSTM KLSWSGAPGK
   841  VKQYLVTYTP VAGGETQEVT VRGDTTNTVL QGLKEGTQYA LSVTALYASG AGDALFGEGT
   901  TLEERGSPQD LVTKDITDTS IGAYWTSAPG MVRGYRVSWK SLYDDVDTGE KNLPEDAIHT
   961  MIENLQPETK YRISVFATYS SGEGEPLTGD ATTELSQDSK TLKVDEETEN TMRVTWKPAP
  1021  GKVVNYRVVY RPHGRGKQMV AKVPPTVTST VLKRLQPQTT YDITVLPIYK MGEGKLRQGS
  1081  GTTASRFKSP RNLKTSDPTM SSFRVTWEPA PGEVKGYKVT FHPTGDDRRL GELVVGPYDN
  1141  TVVLEELRAG TTYKVNVFGM FDGGESSPLV GQEMTTLSDT TVMPILSSGM ECLTRAEADI
  1201  VLLVDGSWSI GRANFRTVRS FISRIVEVFD IGPKRVQIAL AQYSGDPRTE WQLNAHRDKK
  1261  SLLQAVANLP YKGGNTLTGM ALNFIRQQNF RTQAGMRPRA RKIGVLITDG KSQDDVEAPS
  1321  KKLKDEGVEL FAIGIKNADE VELKMIATDP DDTHAYNVAD FESLSRIVDD LTINLCNSVK
  1381  GPGDLEAPSN LVISERTHRS FRVSWTPPSD SVDRYKVEYY PVSGGKRQEF YVSRMETSTV
  1441  LKDLKPETEY VVNVYSVVED EYSEPLKGTE KTLPVPVVSL NIYDVGPTTM HVQWQPVGGA
  1501  TGYILSYKPV KDTEPTRPKE VRLGPTVNDM QLTDLVPNTE YAVTVQAVLH DLTSEPVTVR
  1561  EVTLPLPRPQ DLKLRDVTHS TMNVFWEPVP GKVRKYIVRY KTPEEDVKEV EVDRSETSTS
  1621  LKDLFSQTLY TVSVSAVHDE GESPPVTAQE TTRPVPAPTN LKITEVTSEG FRGTWDHGAS
  1681  DVSLYRITWA PFGSSDKMET ILNGDENTLV FENLNPNTIY EVSITAIYPD ESESDDLIGS
  1741  ERTLPILTTQ APKSGPRNLQ VYNATSNSLT VKWDPASGRV QKYRITYQPS TGEGNEQTTT
  1801  IGGRQNSVVL QKLKPDTPYT ITVSSLYPDG EGGRMTGRGK TKPLNTVRNL RVYDPSTSTL
  1861  NVRWDHAEGN PRQYKLFYAP AAGGPEELVP IPGNTNYAIL RNLQPDTSYT VTVVPVYTEG
  1921  DGGRTSDTGR TLMRGLARNV QVYNPTPNSL DVRWDPAPGP VLQYRVVYSP VDGTRPSESI
  1981  VVPGNTRMVH LERLIPDTLY SVNLVALYSD GEGNPSPAQG RTLPRSGPRN LRVFGETTNS
  2041  LSVAWDHADG PVQQYRIIYS PTVGDPIDEY TTVPGRRNNV ILQPLQPDTP YKITVIAVYE
  2101  DGDGGHLTGN GRTVGLLPPQ NIHISDEWYT RFRVSWDPSP SPVLGYKIVY KPVGSNEPME
  2161  AFVGEMTSYT LHNLNPSTTY DVNVYAQYDS GLSVPLTDQG TTLYLNVTDL KTYQIGWDTF
  2221  CVKWSPHRAA TSYRLKLSPA DGTRGQEITV RGSETSHCFT GLSPDTDYGV TVFVQTPNLE
  2281  GPGVSVKEHT TVKPTEAPTE PPTPPPPPTI PPARDVCKGA KADIVFLTDA SWSIGDDNFN
  2341  KVVKFIFNTV GGFDEISPAG IQVSFVQYSD EVKSEFKLNT YNDKALALGA LQNIRYRGGN
  2401  TRTGKALTFI KEKVLTWESG MRKNVPKVLV VVTDGRSQDE VKKAALVIQQ SGFSVFVVGV
  2461  ADVDYNELAN IASKPSERHV FIVDDFESFE KIEDNLITFV CETATSSCPL IYLDGYTSPG
  2521  FKMLEAYNLT EKNFASVQGV SLESGSFPSY SAYRIQKNAF VNQPTADLHP NGLPPSYTII
  2581  LLFRLLPETP SDPFAIWQIT DRDYKPQVGV IADPSSKTLS FFNKDTRGEV QTVTFDTEEV
  2641  KTLFYGSFHK VHIVVTSKSV KIYIDCYEII EKDIKEAGNI TTDGYEILGK LLKGERKSAA
  2701  FQIQSFDIVC SPVWTSRDRC CDIPSRRDEG KCPAFPNSCT CTQDSVGPPG PPGPAGGPGA
  2761  KGPRGERGIS GAIGPPGPRG DIGPPGPQGP PGPQGPNGLS IPGEQGRQGM KGDAGEPGLP
  2821  GRTGTPGLPG PPGPMGPPGD RGFTGKDGAM GPRGPPGPPG SPGSPGVTGP SGKPGKPGDH
  2881  GRPGPSGLKG EKGDRGDIAS QNMMRAVARQ VCEQLISGQM NRFNQMLNQI PNDYQSSRNQ
  2941  PGPPGPPGPP GSAGARGEPG PGGRPGFPGT PGMQGPPGER GLPGEKGERG TGSSGPRGLP
  3001  GPPGPQGESR TGPPGSTGSR GPPGPPGRPG NSGIRGPPGP PGYCDSSQCA SIPYNGQGYP
  3061  GSG

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against COL12A1 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0
Highest tissue expression
103 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • ovary: 103 nTPM
  • endometrium: 73 nTPM
  • cervix: 67 nTPM
  • smooth muscle: 67 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 66 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 49 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • fibro-adipogenic progenitors: 484 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 328 nCPM
  • fibroblasts: 257 nCPM
  • endometrial stromal cells: 217 nCPM
  • smooth muscle cells: 157 nCPM
  • schwann cells: 143 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • midbrain: 13 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 8.9 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 7.8 nTPM
  • thalamus: 7.7 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 7.1 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 5.8 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about COL12A1.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions COL12A1 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

137 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 4,072 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

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)
0.28
gnomAD pLI
0.97
gnomAD missense Z
2.11
DepMap mean gene effect
0.01
DepMap dependency class
none

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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads COL12A1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against COL12A1 could matter depends on whether native COL12A1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

COL12A1 is annotated as secreted, so native COL12A1 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label COL12A1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/COL12A1. 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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