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HOXA5

Homeobox protein Hox-A5

Also known as: HOX1, HOX1C, HXA5_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P20719
Gene
HOXA5
Ensembl
ENSG00000106004
Chromosome
7
Canonical length
270 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors

OverviewNCBI Gene

In vertebrates, the genes encoding the class of transcription factors called homeobox genes are found in clusters named A, B, C, and D on four separate chromosomes. Expression of these proteins is spatially and temporally regulated during embryonic development. This gene is part of the A cluster on chromosome 7 and encodes a DNA-binding transcription factor which may regulate gene expression, morphogenesis, and differentiation. Methylation of this gene may result in the loss of its expression and, since the encoded protein upregulates the tumor suppressor p53, this protein may play an important role in tumorigenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

270 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P20719|HOXA5
     1  MSSYFVNSFC GRYPNGPDYQ LHNYGDHSSV SEQFRDSASM HSGRYGYGYN GMDLSVGRSG
    61  SGHFGSGERA RSYAASASAA PAEPRYSQPA TSTHSPQPDP LPCSAVAPSP GSDSHHGGKN
   121  SLSNSSGASA DAGSTHISSR EGVGTASGAE EDAPASSEQA SAQSEPSPAP PAQPQIYPWM
   181  RKLHISHDNI GGPEGKRART AYTRYQTLEL EKEFHFNRYL TRRRRIEIAH ALCLSERQIK
   241  IWFQNRRMKW KKDNKLKSMS MAAAGGAFRP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against HOXA5 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)
0.65
Highest tissue expression
78 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • adrenal gland: 78 nTPM
  • fallopian tube: 55 nTPM
  • epididymis: 46 nTPM
  • kidney: 24 nTPM
  • lung: 19 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 18 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • breast myoepithelial cells: 4.3 nCPM
  • basal prostatic cells: 3.9 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 2.5 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct absorptive cells: 2.5 nCPM
  • innate lymphoid cells: 2.2 nCPM
  • hematopoietic stem cells: 1.9 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0.8 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 0.6 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.4 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 0.1 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 0.1 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.1 nTPM

Brain region

  • medulla oblongata: 85 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 53 nTPM
  • white matter: 35 nTPM
  • pons: 23 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1 nTPM
  • midbrain: 1 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
gnomAD missense Z
0.86
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.05
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% 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

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads HOXA5 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HOXA5 could matter depends on whether native HOXA5 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

HOXA5 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 HOXA5 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/HOXA5. 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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