Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

HAND1

Heart- and neural crest derivatives-expressed protein 1

Also known as: bHLHa27, eHand, HAND1_HUMAN, Hxt, Thing1

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O96004
Gene
HAND1
Ensembl
ENSG00000113196
Chromosome
5
Canonical length
215 aa
Protein class
Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nuclear membrane,Nuclear bodies
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the basic helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors. This gene product is one of two closely related family members, the HAND proteins, which are asymmetrically expressed in the developing ventricular chambers and play an essential role in cardiac morphogenesis. Working in a complementary fashion, they function in the formation of the right ventricle and aortic arch arteries, implicating them as mediators of congenital heart disease. In addition, it has been suggested that this transcription factor may be required for early trophoblast differentiation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

215 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O96004|HAND1
     1  MNLVGSYAHH HHHHHPHPAH PMLHEPFLFG PASRCHQERP YFQSWLLSPA DAAPDFPAGG
    61  PPPAAAAAAT AYGPDARPGQ SPGRLEALGG RLGRRKGSGP KKERRRTESI NSAFAELREC
   121  IPNVPADTKL SKIKTLRLAT SYIAYLMDVL AKDAQSGDPE AFKAELKKAD GGRESKRKRE
   181  LQQHEGFPPA LGPVEKRIKG RTGWPQQVWA LELNQ

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against HAND1 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
63 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • colon: 63 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 23 nTPM
  • small intestine: 14 nTPM
  • smooth muscle: 12 nTPM
  • urinary bladder: 6.9 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 4.5 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • smooth muscle cells: 12 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 3 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct ciliated cells: 2.5 nCPM
  • epicardial cells: 2.3 nCPM
  • migrating cytotrophoblasts: 1.2 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 2: 1.1 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

  • thalamus: 3.1 nTPM
  • midbrain: 0.7 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 0.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0 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)
1.23
gnomAD pLI
0.11
gnomAD missense Z
-0.28
DepMap mean gene effect
0.06
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% 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 HAND1 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 HAND1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HAND1 could matter depends on whether native HAND1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

HAND1 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 HAND1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/HAND1. 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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