Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

FOXS1

Forkhead box protein S1

Also known as: FKHL18, FOXS1_HUMAN, FREAC10

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O43638
Gene
FOXS1
Ensembl
ENSG00000179772
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
330 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The forkhead family of transcription factors belongs to the winged helix class of DNA-binding proteins. The protein encoded by this intronless gene contains a forkhead domain and is found predominantly in aorta and kidney. The function of the encoded protein is unknown. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

330 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O43638|FOXS1
     1  MQQQPLPGPG APTTEPTKPP YSYIALIAMA IQSSPGQRAT LSGIYRYIMG RFAFYRHNRP
    61  GWQNSIRHNL SLNECFVKVP RDDRKPGKGS YWTLDPDCHD MFEHGSFLRR RRRFTRQTGA
   121  EGTRGPAKAR RGPLRATSQD PGVPNATTGR QCSFPPELPD PKGLSFGGLV GAMPASMCPA
   181  TTDGRPRPPM EPKEISTPKP ACPGELPVAT SSSSCPAFGF PAGFSEAESF NKAPTPVLSP
   241  ESGIGSSYQC RLQALNFCMG ADPGLEHLLA SAAPSPAPPT PPGSLRAPLP LPTDHKEPWV
   301  AGGFPVQGGS GYPLGLTPCL YRTPGMFFFE

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against FOXS1 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)
0.62
Highest tissue expression
49 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • blood vessel: 49 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 9.7 nTPM
  • kidney: 6.9 nTPM
  • cervix: 6.2 nTPM
  • testis: 5.3 nTPM
  • lung: 5.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • peritubular myoid cells: 54 nCPM
  • pericytes: 41 nCPM
  • vascular smooth muscle cells: 34 nCPM
  • hepatic stellate cells: 19 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 9.2 nCPM
  • fibroblasts: 4.6 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

  • pons: 2.5 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 2.4 nTPM
  • thalamus: 2.4 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 2.3 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 2.3 nTPM
  • midbrain: 2.1 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)
0.86
gnomAD pLI
0.23
gnomAD missense Z
0.43
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.01
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

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of FOXS1 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 FOXS1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against FOXS1 could matter depends on whether native FOXS1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

FOXS1 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 FOXS1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/FOXS1. 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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