HIPK4
Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 4
Also known as: FLJ32818, HIPK4_HUMAN
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- Q8NE63
- Gene
- HIPK4
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000160396
- Chromosome
- 19
- Canonical length
- 616 aa
- Protein class
- Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes a member of the homeodomain interacting protein kinase (HIPK) family of proteins. While other members of this family are found throughout vertebrates, this member is present only in mammals. Compared to other members of this family, the encoded protein lacks a nuclear localization signal and a C-terminal autoinhibitory domain. The encoded protein exhibits kinase activity and may phosphorylate the tumor suppressor protein p53. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
616 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>Q8NE63|HIPK4
1 MSTIQSETDC YDIIEVLGKG TFGEVAKGWR RSTGEMVAIK ILKNDAYRNR IIKNELKLLH
61 CMRGLDPEEA HVIRFLEFFH DALKFYLVFE LLEQNLFEFQ KENNFAPLPA RHIRTVTLQV
121 LTALARLKEL AIIHADLKPE NIMLVDQTRC PFRVKVIDFG SASIFSEVRY VKEPYIQSRF
181 YRAPEILLGL PFCEKVDVWS LGCVMAELHL GWPLYPGNNE YDQVRYICET QGLPKPHLLH
241 AACKAHHFFK RNPHPDAANP WQLKSSADYL AETKVRPLER RKYMLKSLDQ IETVNGGSVA
301 SRLTFPDREA LAEHADLKSM VELIKRMLTW ESHERISPSA ALRHPFVSMQ QLRSAHETTH
361 YYQLSLRSYR LSLQVEGKPP TPVVAAEDGT PYYCLAEEKE AAGMGSVAGS SPFFREEKAP
421 GMQRAIDQLD DLSLQEAGHG LWGETCTNAV SDMMVPLKAA ITGHHVPDSG PEPILAFYSS
481 RLAGRHKARK PPAGSKSDSN FSNLIRLSQV SPEDDRPCRG SSWEEGEHLG ASAEPLAILQ
541 RDEDGPNIDN MTMEAERPDP ELFDPSSCPG EWLSEPDCTL ESVRGPRAQG LPPRRSHQHG
601 PPRGATSFLQ HVTGHHLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against HIPK4 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)
- 0.41
- Highest tissue expression
- 17 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- testis: 17 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 9 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 4.8 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 4.1 nTPM
- amygdala: 2.9 nTPM
- cerebellum: 1.8 nTPM
Single-cell type
- late primary spermatocytes: 96 nCPM
- early spermatids: 78 nCPM
- oocytes: 65 nCPM
- breast myoepithelial cells: 41 nCPM
- late spermatids: 40 nCPM
- epididymal basal cells: 36 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
- basal ganglia: 6.9 nTPM
- cerebellum: 6.4 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 5.5 nTPM
- hippocampal formation: 4.1 nTPM
- thalamus: 2.5 nTPM
- white matter: 2.5 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about HIPK4.
Disease | GeneticClinVar
1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 111 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)
- 0.85
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.21
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.06
- DepMap dependency class
- selective
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
- ATP binding
- histone kinase activity
- protein serine kinase activity
- protein serine/threonine kinase activity
- protein tyrosine kinase activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
KeywordsUniProt
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads HIPK4 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HIPK4 could matter depends on whether native HIPK4 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
HIPK4 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 HIPK4 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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