Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

HLA-DPA1

HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DP alpha 1 chain

Also known as: DPA1_HUMAN, HLA-DP1A

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P20036
Gene
HLA-DPA1
Ensembl
ENSG00000231389
Chromosome
6
Canonical length
260 aa
Protein class
Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles
Quaternary structure
Homotrimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

HLA-DPA1 belongs to the HLA class II alpha chain paralogues. This class II molecule is a heterodimer consisting of an alpha (DPA) and a beta (DPB) chain, both anchored in the membrane. It plays a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins. Class II molecules are expressed in antigen presenting cells (APC: B lymphocytes, dendritic cells, macrophages). The alpha chain is approximately 33-35 kDa and its gene contains 5 exons. Exon one encodes the leader peptide, exons 2 and 3 encode the two extracellular domains, exon 4 encodes the transmembrane domain and the cytoplasmic tail. Within the DP molecule both the alpha chain and the beta chain contain the polymorphisms specifying the peptide binding specificities, resulting in up to 4 different molecules. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

260 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P20036|HLA-DPA1
     1  MRPEDRMFHI RAVILRALSL AFLLSLRGAG AIKADHVSTY AAFVQTHRPT GEFMFEFDED
    61  EMFYVDLDKK ETVWHLEEFG QAFSFEAQGG LANIAILNNN LNTLIQRSNH TQATNDPPEV
   121  TVFPKEPVEL GQPNTLICHI DKFFPPVLNV TWLCNGELVT EGVAESLFLP RTDYSFHKFH
   181  YLTFVPSAED FYDCRVEHWG LDQPLLKHWE AQEPIQMPET TETVLCALGL VLGLVGIIVG
   241  TVLIIKSLRS GHDPRAQGTL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against HLA-DPA1 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
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.4
Highest tissue expression
570 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • lymph node: 570 nTPM
  • lung: 517 nTPM
  • spleen: 458 nTPM
  • tonsil: 325 nTPM
  • appendix: 304 nTPM
  • thymus: 217 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • cdc: 2,886 nCPM
  • macrophages: 673 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 371 nCPM
  • pdcs: 314 nCPM
  • b-cells: 269 nCPM
  • monocytes: 262 nCPM

Immune cell

  • myeloid DC: 1,726 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 1,069 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 818 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 800 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 797 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 725 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 69 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 51 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 49 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 46 nTPM
  • pons: 33 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 22 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)
1.57
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
1.12
DepMap mean gene effect
0.07
DepMap dependency class
none

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of HLA-DPA1 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 HLA-DPA1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HLA-DPA1 could matter depends on whether native HLA-DPA1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

HLA-DPA1 is annotated at the cell surface, where native HLA-DPA1 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label HLA-DPA1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/HLA-DPA1. 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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