Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

FNDC1

Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 1

Also known as: bA243O10.1, dJ322A24.1, FNDC1_HUMAN, FNDC2, KIAA1866

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q4ZHG4
Gene
FNDC1
Ensembl
ENSG00000164694
Chromosome
6
Canonical length
1894 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Subcellular location
Nuclear speckles
Secretome location
Secreted to extracellular matrix

OverviewNCBI Gene

Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to hypoxia; positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process; and positive regulation of protein phosphorylation. Predicted to be located in cell-cell junction; mitochondrial membrane; and plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1894 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q4ZHG4|FNDC1
     1  MAPEAGATLR APRRLSWAAL LLLAALLPVA SSAAASVDHP LKPRHVKLLS TKMGLKVTWD
    61  PPKDATSRPV EHYNIAYGKS LKSLKYIKVN AETYSFLIED VEPGVVYFVL LTAENHSGVS
   121  RPVYRAESPP GGEWIEIDGF PIKGPGPFNE TVTEKEVPNK PLRVRVRSSD DRLSVAWKAP
   181  RLSGAKSPRR SRGFLLGYGE SGRKMNYVPL TRDERTHEIK KLASESVYVV SLQSMNSQGR
   241  SQPVYRAALT KRKISEEDEL DVPDDISVRV MSSQSVLVSW VDPVLEKQKK VVASRQYTVR
   301  YREKGELARW DYKQIANRRV LIENLIPDTV YEFAVRISQG ERDGKWSTSV FQRTPESAPT
   361  TAPENLNVWP VNGKPTVVAA SWDALPETEG KVKEYILSYA PALKPFGAKS LTYPGDTTSA
   421  LVDGLQPGER YLFKIRATNR RGLGPHSKAF IVAMPTTSKA DVEQNTEDNG KPEKPEPSSP
   481  SPRAPASSQH PSVPASPQGR NAKDLLLDLK NKILANGGAP RKPQLRAKKA EELDLQSTEI
   541  TGEEELGSRE DSPMSPSDTQ DQKRTLRPPS RHGHSVVAPG RTAVRARMPA LPRREGVDKP
   601  GFSLATQPRP GAPPSASASP AHHASTQGTS HRPSLPASLN DNDLVDSDED ERAVGSLHPK
   661  GAFAQPRPAL SPSRQSPSSV LRDRSSVHPG AKPASPARRT PHSGAAEEDS SASAPPSRLS
   721  PPHGGSSRLL PTQPHLSSPL SKGGKDGEDA PATNSNAPSR STMSSSVSSH LSSRTQVSEG
   781  AEASDGESHG DGDREDGGRQ AEATAQTLRA RPASGHFHLL RHKPFAANGR SPSRFSIGRG
   841  PRLQPSSSPQ STVPSRAHPR VPSHSDSHPK LSSGIHGDEE DEKPLPATVV NDHVPSSSRQ
   901  PISRGWEDLR RSPQRGASLH RKEPIPENPK STGADTHPQG KYSSLASKAQ DVQQSTDADT
   961  EGHSPKAQPG STDRHASPAR PPAARSQQHP SVPRRMTPGR APQQQPPPPV ATSQHHPGPQ
  1021  SRDAGRSPSQ PRLSLTQAGR PRPTSQGRSH SSSDPYTASS RGMLPTALQN QDEDAQGSYD
  1081  DDSTEVEAQD VRAPAHAARA KEAAASLPKH QQVESPTGAG AGGDHRSQRG HAASPARPSR
  1141  PGGPQSRARV PSRAAPGKSE PPSKRPLSSK SQQSVSAEDD EEEDAGFFKG GKEDLLSSSV
  1201  PKWPSSSTPR GGKDADGSLA KEEREPAIAL APRGGSLAPV KRPLPPPPGS SPRASHVPSR
  1261  LPPRSAATVS PVAGTHPWPQ YTTRAPPGHF STTPMLSLRQ RMMHARFRNP LSRQPARPSY
  1321  RQGYNGRPNV EGKVLPGSNG KPNGQRIING PQGTKWVVDL DRGLVLNAEG RYLQDSHGNP
  1381  LRIKLGGDGR TIVDLEGTPV VSPDGLPLFG QGRHGTPLAN AQDKPILSLG GKPLVGLEVI
  1441  KKTTHPPTTT MQPTTTTTPL PTTTTPRPTT ATTRRTTTTR RTTTRRPTTT VRTTTRTTTT
  1501  TTPTPTTPIP TCPPGTLERH DDDGNLIMSS NGIPECYAEE DEFSGLETDT AVPTEEAYVI
  1561  YDEDYEFETS RPPTTTEPST TATTPRVIPE EGAISSFPEE EFDLAGRKRF VAPYVTYLNK
  1621  DPSAPCSLTD ALDHFQVDSL DEIIPNDLKK SDLPPQHAPR NITVVAVEGC HSFVIVDWDK
  1681  ATPGDVVTGY LVYSASYEDF IRNKWSTQAS SVTHLPIENL KPNTRYYFKV QAQNPHGYGP
  1741  ISPSVSFVTE SDNPLLVVRP PGGEPIWIPF AFKHDPSYTD CHGRQYVKRT WYRKFVGVVL
  1801  CNSLRYKIYL SDNLKDTFYS IGDSWGRGED HCQFVDSHLD GRTGPQSYVE ALPTIQGYYR
  1861  QYRQEPVRFG NIGFGTPYYY VGWYECGVSI PGKW

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against FNDC1 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.52
Highest tissue expression
19 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • thyroid gland: 19 nTPM
  • gallbladder: 13 nTPM
  • colon: 13 nTPM
  • smooth muscle: 11 nTPM
  • tongue: 9 nTPM
  • cervix: 6.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • ependymal cells: 92 nCPM
  • fibro-adipogenic progenitors: 68 nCPM
  • retinal amacrine cells: 45 nCPM
  • brain excitatory neurons: 20 nCPM
  • fibroblasts: 9.4 nCPM
  • endometrial stromal cells: 6.5 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

  • hippocampal formation: 19 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 12 nTPM
  • white matter: 2.7 nTPM
  • midbrain: 2.4 nTPM
  • amygdala: 1.3 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 1 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)
0.59
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.23
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads FNDC1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against FNDC1 could matter depends on whether native FNDC1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

FNDC1 is annotated as secreted, so native FNDC1 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label FNDC1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/FNDC1. 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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