Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

DCAF12L1

DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 12-like protein 1

Also known as: DC121_HUMAN, KIAA1892L, WDR40B

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q5VU92
Gene
DCAF12L1
Ensembl
ENSG00000198889
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
463 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the WD repeat protein family. WD repeats are minimally conserved regions of approximately 40 amino acids typically bracketed by gly-his and trp-asp (GH-WD), which may facilitate formation of heterotrimeric or multiprotein complexes. Members of this family are involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, signal transduction, apoptosis, and gene regulation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

463 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q5VU92|DCAF12L1
     1  MAQQQTGSRK RKAPAVEADA ESSPSQGLAA ADGEGPLLLK RQRRPATYRS MAHYLKVREV
    61  GGWGPARLQG FDGELRGYAV QRLPELLTER QLELGTVNKV FASQWLNSRQ VVCGTKCNTL
   121  FVVDVESGHI ARIPLLRDSE ARLAQDQQGC GIHAIELNPS KTLLATGGEN PNSLAIYQLP
   181  SLDPLCLGDR HGHKDWIFAV AWLSDTVAVS GSRDGTVALW RMDPDKFDDT VAWHSEVGLP
   241  VYAHIRPRDV EAIPRAIINP SNRKVRALAC GGKNQELGAV SLDGYFHLWK AGSALSRLLS
   301  IRLPYFRDNV CLTYCDDMSV YAVGSHSHVS FLDLRQDQQN IRPLCSREGG TGVRSLSFYR
   361  HIITVGTGQG SLLFYDVRAQ KFLEERASAT LESSSGPARR KLRLACGRGW LNHNDFWVNY
   421  FGGMEVFPNA LYTHCYNWPE MKLFVAGGPL PAGLHGNYAG LWS

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against DCAF12L1 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)
0.32
Highest tissue expression
5.8 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 5.8 nTPM
  • epididymis: 4.6 nTPM
  • fallopian tube: 2.4 nTPM
  • seminal vesicle: 2 nTPM
  • kidney: 1.4 nTPM
  • gallbladder: 1.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late spermatids: 72 nCPM
  • differentiating spermatogonia: 23 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 22 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct absorptive cells: 16 nCPM
  • epididymal principal cells: 13 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct ciliated cells: 11 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

  • hypothalamus: 0.4 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 0.1 nTPM
  • midbrain: 0.1 nTPM
  • pons: 0.1 nTPM
  • thalamus: 0.1 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about DCAF12L1.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 59 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)
0.31
gnomAD pLI
0.95
gnomAD missense Z
2.41
DepMap mean gene effect
0.1
DepMap dependency class
selective

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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of DCAF12L1 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 DCAF12L1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against DCAF12L1 could matter depends on whether native DCAF12L1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

DCAF12L1 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 DCAF12L1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/DCAF12L1. 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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