DCAF10
DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 10
Also known as: DCA10_HUMAN, FLJ23201, MGC10765, WDR32
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q5QP82
- Gene
- DCAF10
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000122741
- Chromosome
- 9
- Canonical length
- 559 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoli fibrillar center
OverviewNCBI Gene
Predicted to be involved in protein ubiquitination. Part of Cul4-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
559 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q5QP82|DCAF10
1 MFPFGPHSPG GDGSAGAGAE EPTPHEGQAA ATGPPSPLHP GADATHPPPP ARSPRRPGAP
61 SLSPAPRSGE LGLPGAPESS TASAPGEPSP PSPPCRRPGP DCRAKSRGRH GLGAGLGGPG
121 ARLFGWLKER SLGRGLFVDP ARDNFRTMTS LYGSIHPADS VYLSTRTHGA VFNLEYSPDG
181 SVLTVACEQT EVLLFDPISS KHIKTLSEAH EDCVNNIRFL DNRLFATCSD DTTIALWDLR
241 KLNTKVCTLH GHTSWVKNIE YDTNTRLLVT SGFDGNVIIW DTNRYTEDGC PHKKFFHTRF
301 LMRMRLTPDC SKMLISTSSG YLLILHDLDL TKSLEVGSYP ILRARRTTSS SDLTTSSSSS
361 GPRVSGSPCH HSDSNSSEKH MSRASQREGV SPRNSLEVVT PEVLGESDHG NCITSLQLHP
421 KGWATLLRCS SNSDDEECTC VYEFQEGAPV RPVSPRCSLR LTHYIEEANV GRGYIKELCF
481 SPDGRMISSP HGYGIRLLGF DKQCSELVDC LPKEASPLRV IRSLYSHNDV VLTTKFSPTH
541 CQIASGCLSG RVSLYQPKFLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against DCAF10 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)
- 0.39
- Highest tissue expression
- 13 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- parathyroid gland: 13 nTPM
- liver: 11 nTPM
- thyroid gland: 8.4 nTPM
- adrenal gland: 8.3 nTPM
- kidney: 7.9 nTPM
- pancreas: 7.9 nTPM
Single-cell type
- late spermatids: 571 nCPM
- neutrophil progenitors: 261 nCPM
- adrenal cortex cells: 251 nCPM
- sertoli cells: 247 nCPM
- myonuclei: 246 nCPM
- late primary spermatocytes: 243 nCPM
Immune cell
- non-classical monocyte: 0.8 nTPM
- naive B-cell: 0.6 nTPM
- naive CD4 T-cell: 0.6 nTPM
- neutrophil: 0.6 nTPM
- NK-cell: 0.6 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0.5 nTPM
Brain region
- choroid plexus: 14 nTPM
- cerebellum: 13 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 11 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 11 nTPM
- midbrain: 11 nTPM
- white matter: 11 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)
- 0.4
- gnomAD pLI
- 0.8
- gnomAD missense Z
- 2.73
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.17
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- WD40 repeat
- WD40/YVTN repeat-like-containing domain superfamily
- WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
- WD domain, G-beta repeat
- DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 10
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of DCAF10 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 DCAF10 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against DCAF10 could matter depends on whether native DCAF10 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
DCAF10 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 DCAF10 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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