Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

DAPK2

Death-associated protein kinase 2

Also known as: DAPK2_HUMAN, DRP-1, MGC119312

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UIK4
Gene
DAPK2
Ensembl
ENSG00000035664
Chromosome
15
Canonical length
370 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Golgi apparatus,Vesicles
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the serine/threonine protein kinase family. This protein contains a N-terminal protein kinase domain followed by a conserved calmodulin-binding domain with significant similarity to that of death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1), a positive regulator of programmed cell death. Overexpression of this gene was shown to induce cell apoptosis. It uses multiple polyadenylation sites. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

370 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UIK4|DAPK2
     1  MFQASMRSPN MEPFKQQKVE DFYDIGEELG SGQFAIVKKC REKSTGLEYA AKFIKKRQSR
    61  ASRRGVSREE IEREVSILRQ VLHHNVITLH DVYENRTDVV LILELVSGGE LFDFLAQKES
   121  LSEEEATSFI KQILDGVNYL HTKKIAHFDL KPENIMLLDK NIPIPHIKLI DFGLAHEIED
   181  GVEFKNIFGT PEFVAPEIVN YEPLGLEADM WSIGVITYIL LSGASPFLGD TKQETLANIT
   241  AVSYDFDEEF FSQTSELAKD FIRKLLVKET RKRLTIQEAL RHPWITPVDN QQAMVRRESV
   301  VNLENFRKQY VRRRWKLSFS IVSLCNHLTR SLMKKVHLRP DEDLRNCESD TEEDIARRKA
   361  LHPRRRSSTS

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against DAPK2 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
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.32
Highest tissue expression
45 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 45 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 40 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 26 nTPM
  • lung: 17 nTPM
  • tongue: 17 nTPM
  • small intestine: 15 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • myonuclei: 1,090 nCPM
  • thymic myoid cells: 834 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 786 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 416 nCPM
  • adipocytes: 361 nCPM
  • transitional alveolar cells: 354 nCPM

Immune cell

  • eosinophil: 139 nTPM
  • basophil: 65 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 39 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 5.3 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 1.8 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 1.6 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 13 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 9.3 nTPM
  • midbrain: 7.4 nTPM
  • pons: 7.2 nTPM
  • thalamus: 6.8 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 6.5 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)
1.28
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.35
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.06
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of DAPK2 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 DAPK2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against DAPK2 could matter depends on whether native DAPK2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

DAPK2 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 DAPK2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/DAPK2. 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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