ELOA2
Elongin-A2
Also known as: ELOA2_HUMAN, HsT832, TCEB3B, TCEB3L
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q8IYF1
- Gene
- ELOA2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000206181
- Chromosome
- 18
- Canonical length
- 753 aa
- Protein class
- Predicted intracellular proteins
- Subcellular location
- Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli,Cytosol
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes the transcriptionally active subunit of the SIII (or elongin) transcription elongation factor complex, which also includes two regulatory subunits, elongins B and C. This complex acts to increase the rate of RNA chain elongation by RNA polymerase II by suppressing transient pausing of the polymerase at many sites along the DNA template. Whereas a related protein with similar function, elongin A, is ubiquitously expressed, the encoded protein is specifically expressed in the testis, suggesting it may have a role in spermatogenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
753 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q8IYF1|ELOA2
1 MAAGSTTLHA VEKLQVRLAT KTEPKKLEKY LQKLSALPMT ADILAETGIR KTVKRLRKHQ
61 HVGDFARDLA ARWKKLVLVD RNTRPGPQDP EESASRQRFG EALQDQEKAW GFPENATAPR
121 SPSHSPEHRR TARRTPPGQQ RPHPRSHSRE PRAERKCPRI APADSGRYRA SPTRTAPLRM
181 PEGPEPAAPG KQPGRGHTHA AQGGPLLCPG CQGQPQGKAV VSHSKGHKSS RQEKRPLCAQ
241 GDWHSPTLIR EKSCGACLRE ETPRMPSWAS ARDRQPSDFK TDKEGGQAGS GQRVPALEEA
301 PDSHQKRPQH SHSNKKRPSL DGRDPGNGTH GLSPEEKEQL SNDRETQEGK PPTAHLDRTS
361 VSSLSEVEEV DMAEEFEQPT LSCEKYLTYD QLRKQKKKTG KSATTALGDK QRKANESKGT
421 RESWDSAKKL PPVQESQSER LQAAGADSAG PKTVPSHVFS ELWDLSEAWM QANYDPLSDS
481 DSMTSQAKPE ALSSPKFREE AAFPGRRVNA KMPVYSGSRP ACQLQVPTLR QQCAQVLRNN
541 PDALSDVGEV PYWVLEPVLE GWRPDQLYRR KKDNHALVRE TDELRRNHCF QDFKEEKPQE
601 NKTWREQYLR LPDAPEQRLR VMTTNIRSAR GNNPNGREAK MICFKSVAKT PYDTSRRQEK
661 SAGDADPENG EIKPASKPAG SSHTPSSQSS SGGGRDSSSS ILRWLPEKRA NPCLSSSNEH
721 AAPAAKTRKQ AAKKVAPLMA KAIRDYKRRF SRRLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against ELOA2 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)
- 0.64
- Highest tissue expression
- 3.8 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- testis: 3.8 nTPM
- adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
- adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
- amygdala: 0 nTPM
- appendix: 0 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
Single-cell type
- early spermatids: 34 nCPM
- late primary spermatocytes: 22 nCPM
- late spermatids: 5.9 nCPM
- cardiomyocytes: 3.9 nCPM
- adipocytes: 0.3 nCPM
- myosatellite cells: 0.3 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
- choroid plexus: 11 nTPM
- midbrain: 8.6 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 8.3 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 7.8 nTPM
- pons: 7.8 nTPM
- thalamus: 7.4 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
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- DepMap mean gene effect
- 0.1
- 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
- regulation of DNA-templated transcription elongation
- transcription by RNA polymerase II
- transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Transcription elongation factor, TFIIS/CRSP70, N-terminal, sub-type
- RNA polymerase II transcription factor SIII, subunit A
- Transcription factor IIS, N-terminal
- TFIIS/LEDGF domain superfamily
- Elongin-A domain-containing protein
- RNA polymerase II transcription factor SIII (Elongin) subunit A
- TFIIS helical bundle-like domain
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads ELOA2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against ELOA2 could matter depends on whether native ELOA2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
ELOA2 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 ELOA2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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