Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

HCFC1

Host cell factor 1

Also known as: CFF, HCF-1, HCF1, HCFC1_HUMAN, HFC1, MGC70925, MRX3, PPP1R89, VCAF

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P51610
Gene
HCFC1
Ensembl
ENSG00000172534
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
2035 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is a member of the host cell factor family and encodes a protein with five Kelch repeats, a fibronectin-like motif, and six HCF repeats, each of which contains a highly specific cleavage signal. This nuclear coactivator is proteolytically cleaved at one of the six possible sites, resulting in the creation of an N-terminal chain and the corresponding C-terminal chain. The final form of this protein consists of noncovalently bound N- and C-terminal chains. The protein is involved in control of the cell cycle and transcriptional regulation during herpes simplex virus infection. Alternatively spliced variants which encode different protein isoforms have been described; however, not all variants have been fully characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2035 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P51610|HCFC1
     1  MASAVSPANL PAVLLQPRWK RVVGWSGPVP RPRHGHRAVA IKELIVVFGG GNEGIVDELH
    61  VYNTATNQWF IPAVRGDIPP GCAAYGFVCD GTRLLVFGGM VEYGKYSNDL YELQASRWEW
   121  KRLKAKTPKN GPPPCPRLGH SFSLVGNKCY LFGGLANDSE DPKNNIPRYL NDLYILELRP
   181  GSGVVAWDIP ITYGVLPPPR ESHTAVVYTE KDNKKSKLVI YGGMSGCRLG DLWTLDIDTL
   241  TWNKPSLSGV APLPRSLHSA TTIGNKMYVF GGWVPLVMDD VKVATHEKEW KCTNTLACLN
   301  LDTMAWETIL MDTLEDNIPR ARAGHCAVAI NTRLYIWSGR DGYRKAWNNQ VCCKDLWYLE
   361  TEKPPPPARV QLVRANTNSL EVSWGAVATA DSYLLQLQKY DIPATAATAT SPTPNPVPSV
   421  PANPPKSPAP AAAAPAVQPL TQVGITLLPQ AAPAPPTTTT IQVLPTVPGS SISVPTAART
   481  QGVPAVLKVT GPQATTGTPL VTMRPASQAG KAPVTVTSLP AGVRMVVPTQ SAQGTVIGSS
   541  PQMSGMAALA AAAAATQKIP PSSAPTVLSV PAGTTIVKTM AVTPGTTTLP ATVKVASSPV
   601  MVSNPATRML KTAAAQVGTS VSSATNTSTR PIITVHKSGT VTVAQQAQVV TTVVGGVTKT
   661  ITLVKSPISV PGGSALISNL GKVMSVVQTK PVQTSAVTGQ ASTGPVTQII QTKGPLPAGT
   721  ILKLVTSADG KPTTIITTTQ ASGAGTKPTI LGISSVSPST TKPGTTTIIK TIPMSAIITQ
   781  AGATGVTSSP GIKSPITIIT TKVMTSGTGA PAKIITAVPK IATGHGQQGV TQVVLKGAPG
   841  QPGTILRTVP MGGVRLVTPV TVSAVKPAVT TLVVKGTTGV TTLGTVTGTV STSLAGAGGH
   901  STSASLATPI TTLGTIATLS SQVINPTAIT VSAAQTTLTA AGGLTTPTIT MQPVSQPTQV
   961  TLITAPSGVE AQPVHDLPVS ILASPTTEQP TATVTIADSG QGDVQPGTVT LVCSNPPCET
  1021  HETGTTNTAT TTVVANLGGH PQPTQVQFVC DRQEAAASLV TSTVGQQNGS VVRVCSNPPC
  1081  ETHETGTTNT ATTATSNMAG QHGCSNPPCE THETGTTNTA TTAMSSVGAN HQRDARRACA
  1141  AGTPAVIRIS VATGALEAAQ GSKSQCQTRQ TSATSTTMTV MATGAPCSAG PLLGPSMARE
  1201  PGGRSPAFVQ LAPLSSKVRL SSPSIKDLPA GRHSHAVSTA AMTRSSVGAG EPRMAPVCES
  1261  LQGGSPSTTV TVTALEALLC PSATVTQVCS NPPCETHETG TTNTATTSNA GSAQRVCSNP
  1321  PCETHETGTT HTATTATSNG GTGQPEGGQQ PPAGRPCETH QTTSTGTTMS VSVGALLPDA
  1381  TSSHRTVESG LEVAAAPSVT PQAGTALLAP FPTQRVCSNP PCETHETGTT HTATTVTSNM
  1441  SSNQDPPPAA SDQGEVESTQ GDSVNITSSS AITTTVSSTL TRAVTTVTQS TPVPGPSVPP
  1501  PEELQVSPGP RQQLPPRQLL QSASTALMGE SAEVLSASQT PELPAAVDLS STGEPSSGQE
  1561  SAGSAVVATV VVQPPPPTQS EVDQLSLPQE LMAEAQAGTT TLMVTGLTPE ELAVTAAAEA
  1621  AAQAAATEEA QALAIQAVLQ AAQQAVMGTG EPMDTSEAAA TVTQAELGHL SAEGQEGQAT
  1681  TIPIVLTQQE LAALVQQQQL QEAQAQQQHH HLPTEALAPA DSLNDPAIES NCLNELAGTV
  1741  PSTVALLPST ATESLAPSNT FVAPQPVVVA SPAKLQAAAT LTEVANGIES LGVKPDLPPP
  1801  PSKAPMKKEN QWFDVGVIKG TNVMVTHYFL PPDDAVPSDD DLGTVPDYNQ LKKQELQPGT
  1861  AYKFRVAGIN ACGRGPFSEI SAFKTCLPGF PGAPCAIKIS KSPDGAHLTW EPPSVTSGKI
  1921  IEYSVYLAIQ SSQAGGELKS STPAQLAFMR VYCGPSPSCL VQSSSLSNAH IDYTTKPAII
  1981  FRIAARNEKG YGPATQVRWL QETSKDSSGT KPANKRPMSS PEMKSAPKKS KADGQ

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against HCFC1 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)
0.58
Highest tissue expression
38 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • bone marrow: 38 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 33 nTPM
  • endometrium: 32 nTPM
  • spleen: 31 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 30 nTPM
  • colon: 28 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • erythrocyte progenitors: 69 nCPM
  • monocyte progenitors: 59 nCPM
  • megakaryocyte progenitors: 51 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 48 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 41 nCPM
  • monocytes: 37 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 4.2 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 3.4 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 3.1 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 3 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 2.4 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 2.4 nTPM

Brain region

  • hippocampal formation: 52 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 51 nTPM
  • amygdala: 49 nTPM
  • midbrain: 47 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 47 nTPM
  • thalamus: 46 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about HCFC1.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions HCFC1 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

14 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 1,716 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)
0.06
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
5.63
DepMap mean gene effect
-1.51
DepMap dependency class
pan

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% 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 HCFC1 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 HCFC1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HCFC1 could matter depends on whether native HCFC1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

HCFC1 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 HCFC1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/HCFC1. 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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