Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

GOLGA6A

Golgin subfamily A member 6A

Also known as: GLP, GOG6A_HUMAN, GOLGA6

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9NYA3
Gene
GOLGA6A
Ensembl
ENSG00000159289
Chromosome
15
Canonical length
693 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Vesicles,Centrosome

OverviewNCBI Gene

The Golgi apparatus, which participates in glycosylation and transport of proteins and lipids in the secretory pathway, consists of a series of stacked cisternae (flattened membrane sacs). Interactions between the Golgi and microtubules are thought to be important for the reorganization of the Golgi after it fragments during mitosis. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the golgin family of proteins, whose members localize to the Golgi. This gene is found in a large, low copy repeat sequence or duplicon that is found in multiple copies, that are greather than 90% similar, on chromosome 15. Duplicons are associated with deletions, inversions and other chromosome rearrangements that underlie genomic disease. The protein encoded by this gene is thought to be a functional golgin protein while the majority of the related copies of this gene are thought to be transcribed pseudogenes. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

693 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9NYA3|GOLGA6A
     1  MWPQPYLPPH PMMLEESRQN KLAAAKKKLK EYQQRKSPGI PAGAKTKKKK TDSSPETTTS
    61  GGCHSPGDSQ YQELAVALES SSVTISQLNE NIESLKQQKK QVEHQLEEAK KTNNEIHKAQ
   121  MERLETINIL TLEKADLKTT LYHTKRAARH FEEESKDLAG RLQYSLQRIQ ELERALCAVS
   181  TQQQEEDRSS SCREAVLQRW LQQTIKERAL LNAHVTQVTE SLKQVQLERD EYAKHIKGER
   241  ARWQERMWKM SVEARTLKEE KKRDIHRIQE LERSLSELKN QMAEPPSLAP PAVTSVVEQL
   301  QDEAKHLRQE VEGLEGKLQS QVENNQALSL LSKEQKQRLQ EQEEMLREQE AQRVREQERL
   361  CEQNERLREQ QKTLQEQGER LRKQEQRLRK QEERLRKEEE RLQKQEKRLW DQEERLWKKE
   421  ERLQKQEERL ALSQNHKLDK QLAEPQCSFE DLNNEKKSAL QLEQQVKELQ EKLDEEHLEA
   481  ASHQNQQLET QLSLVALPGE GDGGQHLDSE EEEAPRPTPN IPEDLESREA TSSFMDLPKE
   541  KADGTEQVER RELGFVQPSG VTDGMRESFT VYESQGAVPN TRHQEMEDVI RLAQKEEEMK
   601  VKLLELQELV LPLVGNHEGH GKFLIAAQNP ADEPTPGAPA PQELGAAGEQ DVFYEVSLDN
   661  NVEPAPGAAR EGSPHDNPTV QQIVQLSPVM QDT

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against GOLGA6A 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
Other membrane
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.57
Highest tissue expression
12 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 12 nTPM
  • liver: 2.1 nTPM
  • retina: 0.2 nTPM
  • epididymis: 0.1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • early spermatids: 28 nCPM
  • late primary spermatocytes: 21 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 2 nCPM
  • hepatocytes: 0.9 nCPM
  • astrocytes: 0.3 nCPM
  • peritubular myoid 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

  • cerebral cortex: 0.6 nTPM
  • midbrain: 0.5 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 0.4 nTPM
  • pons: 0.4 nTPM
  • white matter: 0.4 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.3 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)
1.5
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.29

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of GOLGA6A 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 GOLGA6A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against GOLGA6A could matter depends on whether native GOLGA6A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

GOLGA6A 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 GOLGA6A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/GOLGA6A. 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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