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CT45A2

Cancer/testis antigen family 45 member A2

Also known as: CT45-2, CT45.2, CT452_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q5DJT8
Gene
CT45A2
Ensembl
ENSG00000271449
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
189 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene represents one of a cluster of several similar genes located on the q arm of chromosome X. The genes in this cluster encode members of the cancer/testis (CT) family of antigens, and are distinct from other CT antigens. These antigens are thought to be novel therapeutic targets for human cancers. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2014]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

189 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q5DJT8|CT45A2
     1  MTDKTEKVAV DPETVFKRPR ECDSPSYQKR QRMALLARKQ GAGDSLIAGS AMSKEKKLMT
    61  GHAIPPSQLD SQIDDFTGFS KDRMMQKPGS NAPVGGNVTS SFSGDDLECR ETAFSPKSQQ
   121  EINADIKRQL VKELRCVGQK YEKIFEMLEG VQGPTAVRKR FFESIIKEAA RCMRRDFVKH
   181  LKKKLKRMI

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against CT45A2 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
Unknown
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.56
Highest tissue expression
0.1 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 0.1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • adipocytes: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal medulla cells: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 2: 0 nCPM
  • b-cells: 0 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

  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0 nTPM

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads CT45A2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against CT45A2 could matter depends on whether native CT45A2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

CT45A2 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 CT45A2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/CT45A2. 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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