Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

FOXD2

Forkhead box protein D2

Also known as: FKHL17, FOXD2_HUMAN, FREAC9

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O60548
Gene
FOXD2
Ensembl
ENSG00000186564
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
495 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene belongs to the forkhead family of transcription factors which is characterized by a distinct forkhead domain. The specific function of this gene has not yet been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

495 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O60548|FOXD2
     1  MTLGSCCCEI MSSESSPAAL SEADADIDVV GGGSGGGELP ARSGPRAPRD VLPHGHEPPA
    61  EEAEADLAED EEESGGCSDG EPRALASRGA AAAAGSPGPG AAAARGAAGP GPGPPSGGAA
   121  TRSPLVKPPY SYIALITMAI LQSPKKRLTL SEICEFISGR FPYYREKFPA WQNSIRHNLS
   181  LNDCFVKIPR EPGNPGKGNY WTLDPESADM FDNGSFLRRR KRFKRQPLPP PHPHPHPHPE
   241  LLLRGGAAAA GDPGAFLPGF AAYGAYGYGY GLALPAYGAP PPGPAPHPHP HPHAFAFAAA
   301  AAAAPCQLSV PPGRAAAPPP GPPTASVFAG AGSAPAPAPA SGSGPGPGPA GLPAFLGAEL
   361  GCAKAFYAAS LSPPAAGTAA GLPTALLRQG LKTDAGGGAG GGGAGAGQRP SFSIDHIMGH
   421  GGGGAAPPGA GEGSPGPPFA AAAGPGGQAQ VLAMLTAPAL APVAGHIRLS HPGDALLSSG
   481  SRFASKVAGL SGCHF

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against FOXD2 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)
0.66
Highest tissue expression
5.8 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • colon: 5.8 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 4.4 nTPM
  • rectum: 4.3 nTPM
  • kidney: 2.9 nTPM
  • prostate: 1.9 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 1.7 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • tuft cells: 46 nCPM
  • podocytes: 33 nCPM
  • colonocytes: 24 nCPM
  • enteric stem cells: 17 nCPM
  • enteric transient amplifying cells: 15 nCPM
  • goblet cells: 13 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 0.8 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0.5 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.5 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • basophil: 0.3 nTPM

Brain region

  • choroid plexus: 4.9 nTPM
  • midbrain: 3.3 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 2.4 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 1.6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 1.1 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.9 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about FOXD2.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

2 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 91 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)
1.31
gnomAD pLI
0.03
gnomAD missense Z
1
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.02
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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads FOXD2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against FOXD2 could matter depends on whether native FOXD2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

FOXD2 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 FOXD2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/FOXD2. 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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