Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

ELK1

ETS domain-containing protein Elk-1

Also known as: ELK1_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P19419
Gene
ELK1
Ensembl
ENSG00000126767
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
428 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, RAS pathway related proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is a member of the Ets family of transcription factors and of the ternary complex factor (TCF) subfamily. Proteins of the TCF subfamily form a ternary complex by binding to the the serum response factor and the serum response element in the promoter of the c-fos proto-oncogene. The protein encoded by this gene is a nuclear target for the ras-raf-MAPK signaling cascade. This gene produces multiple isoforms by using alternative translational start codons and by alternative splicing. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 7 and 14. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2012]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

428 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P19419|ELK1
     1  MDPSVTLWQF LLQLLREQGN GHIISWTSRD GGEFKLVDAE EVARLWGLRK NKTNMNYDKL
    61  SRALRYYYDK NIIRKVSGQK FVYKFVSYPE VAGCSTEDCP PQPEVSVTST MPNVAPAAIH
   121  AAPGDTVSGK PGTPKGAGMA GPGGLARSSR NEYMRSGLYS TFTIQSLQPQ PPPHPRPAVV
   181  LPSAAPAGAA APPSGSRSTS PSPLEACLEA EEAGLPLQVI LTPPEAPNLK SEELNVEPGL
   241  GRALPPEVKV EGPKEELEVA GERGFVPETT KAEPEVPPQE GVPARLPAVV MDTAGQAGGH
   301  AASSPEISQP QKGRKPRDLE LPLSPSLLGG PGPERTPGSG SGSGLQAPGP ALTPSLLPTH
   361  TLTPVLLTPS SLPPSIHFWS TLSPIAPRSP AKLSFQFPSS GSAQVHIPSI SVDGLSTPVV
   421  LSPGPQKP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against ELK1 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)
0.65
Highest tissue expression
51 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • ovary: 51 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 49 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 48 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 48 nTPM
  • amygdala: 42 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 39 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • granulosa cells: 145 nCPM
  • breast lactating cells: 46 nCPM
  • platelets: 41 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 31 nCPM
  • thymic myoid cells: 30 nCPM
  • peritubular myoid cells: 30 nCPM

Immune cell

  • T-reg: 9.8 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 9.5 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 7.2 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 6.8 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 6.6 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 6.5 nTPM

Brain region

  • amygdala: 122 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 103 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 93 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 83 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 83 nTPM
  • white matter: 56 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)
0.34
gnomAD pLI
0.94
gnomAD missense Z
2.19
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.18
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% 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 ELK1 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 ELK1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ELK1 could matter depends on whether native ELK1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

ELK1 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 ELK1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/ELK1. 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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