Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

DGKI

Diacylglycerol kinase iota

Also known as: DGK-IOTA, DGKI_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O75912
Gene
DGKI
Ensembl
ENSG00000157680
Chromosome
7
Canonical length
1057 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Metabolic proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is a member of the type IV diacylglycerol kinase subfamily. Diacylglycerol kinases regulate the intracellular concentration of diacylglycerol through its phosphorylation, producing phosphatidic acid. The specific role of the enzyme encoded by this gene is undetermined, however, it may play a crucial role in the production of phosphatidic acid in the retina or in recessive forms of retinal degeneration. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1057 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O75912|DGKI
     1  MDAAGRGCHL LPLPAARGPA RAPAAAAAAA ASPPGPCSGA ACAPSAAAGA GAMNPSSSAG
    61  EEKGATGGSS SSGSGAGSCC LGAEGGADPR GAGSAAAAGA AALDEPAAAG QKEKDEALEE
   121  KLRNLTFRKQ VSYRKAISRA GLQHLAPAHP LSLPVANGPA KEPRATLDWS ENAVNGEHLW
   181  LETNVSGDLC YLGEENCQVR FAKSALRRKC AVCKIVVHTA CIEQLEKINF RCKPTFREGG
   241  SRSPRENFVR HHWVHRRRQE GKCKQCGKGF QQKFSFHSKE IVAISCSWCK QAFHNKVTCF
   301  MLHHIEEPCS LGAHAAVIVP PTWIIKVKKP QNSLKASNRK KKRTSFKRKA SKRGMEQENK
   361  GRPFVIKPIS SPLMKPLLVF VNPKSGGNQG TKVLQMFMWY LNPRQVFDLS QEGPKDALEL
   421  YRKVPNLRIL ACGGDGTVGW ILSILDELQL SPQPPVGVLP LGTGNDLART LNWGGGYTDE
   481  PVSKILCQVE DGTVVQLDRW NLHVERNPDL PPEELEDGVC KLPLNVFNNY FSLGFDAHVT
   541  LEFHESREAN PEKFNSRFRN KMFYAGAAFS DFLQRSSRDL SKHVKVVCDG TDLTPKIQEL
   601  KFQCIVFLNI PRYCAGTMPW GNPGDHHDFE PQRHDDGYIE VIGFTMASLA ALQVGGHGER
   661  LHQCREVMLL TYKSIPMQVD GEPCRLAPAM IRISLRNQAN MVQKSKRRTS MPLLNDPQSV
   721  PDRLRIRVNK ISLQDYEGFH YDKEKLREAS IPLGILVVRG DCDLETCRMY IDRLQEDLQS
   781  VSSGSQRVHY QDHETSFPRA LSAQRLSPRW CFLDATSADR FYRIDRSQEH LHFVMEISQD
   841  EIFILDPDMV VSQPAGTPPG MPDLVVEQAS GISDWWNPAL RKRMLSDSGL GMIAPYYEDS
   901  DLKDLSHSRV LQSPVSSEDH AILQAVIAGD LMKLIESYKN GGSLLIQGPD HCSLLHYAAK
   961  TGNGEIVKYI LDHGPSELLD MADSETGETA LHKAACQRNR AVCQLLVDAG ASLRKTDSKG
  1021  KTPQERAQQA GDPDLAAYLE SRQNYKVIGH EDLETAV

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against DGKI 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
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.37
Highest tissue expression
15 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • thyroid gland: 15 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 12 nTPM
  • retina: 6.3 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 5 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 4.7 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 3.3 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • salivary ionocytes: 4,574 nCPM
  • respiratory ionocytes: 2,131 nCPM
  • choroid plexus epithelial cells: 1,779 nCPM
  • retinal horizontal cells: 1,068 nCPM
  • retinal bipolar cells: 933 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 860 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

  • basal ganglia: 78 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 72 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 61 nTPM
  • white matter: 51 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 46 nTPM
  • thalamus: 46 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)
0.31
gnomAD pLI
0.93
gnomAD missense Z
3.08
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
DepMap dependency class
none

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

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

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

DGKI is annotated at the cell surface, where native DGKI is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label DGKI as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

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