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CPA2

Carboxypeptidase A2

Also known as: CBPA2_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P48052
Gene
CPA2
Ensembl
ENSG00000158516
Chromosome
7
Canonical length
419 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Metabolic proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Subcellular location
Golgi apparatus
Secretome location
Secreted to digestive system

OverviewNCBI Gene

Three different forms of human pancreatic procarboxypeptidase A have been isolated. The encoded protein represents the A2 form, which is a monomeric protein with different biochemical properties from the A1 and A3 forms. The A2 form of pancreatic procarboxypeptidase acts on aromatic C-terminal residues and is a secreted protein. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

419 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P48052|CPA2
     1  MAMRLILFFG ALFGHIYCLE TFVGDQVLEI VPSNEEQIKN LLQLEAQEHL QLDFWKSPTT
    61  PGETAHVRVP FVNVQAVKVF LESQGIAYSI MIEDVQVLLD KENEEMLFNR RRERSGNFNF
   121  GAYHTLEEIS QEMDNLVAEH PGLVSKVNIG SSFENRPMNV LKFSTGGDKP AIWLDAGIHA
   181  REWVTQATAL WTANKIVSDY GKDPSITSIL DALDIFLLPV TNPDGYVFSQ TKNRMWRKTR
   241  SKVSGSLCVG VDPNRNWDAG FGGPGASSNP CSDSYHGPSA NSEVEVKSIV DFIKSHGKVK
   301  AFITLHSYSQ LLMFPYGYKC TKLDDFDELS EVAQKAAQSL RSLHGTKYKV GPICSVIYQA
   361  SGGSIDWSYD YGIKYSFAFE LRDTGRYGFL LPARQILPTA EETWLGLKAI MEHVRDHPY

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CPA2 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)
0.23
Highest tissue expression
42,781 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • pancreas: 42,781 nTPM
  • stomach: 103 nTPM
  • small intestine: 29 nTPM
  • duodenum: 16 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 11 nTPM
  • ovary: 8 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • pancreatic acinar cells: 23,034 nCPM
  • parietal cells: 707 nCPM
  • pancreatic duct cells: 87 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 17 nCPM
  • monocytes: 17 nCPM
  • gastric chief cells: 12 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

  • medulla oblongata: 5.6 nTPM
  • white matter: 5.5 nTPM
  • pons: 3.6 nTPM
  • midbrain: 2.2 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 2.1 nTPM
  • thalamus: 1.9 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)
1.4
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.08
DepMap mean gene effect
0.04
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% 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 CPA2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CPA2 could matter depends on whether native CPA2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CPA2 is annotated as secreted, so native CPA2 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 CPA2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CPA2. 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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