Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

HS3ST2

Heparan sulfate glucosamine 3-O-sulfotransferase 2

Also known as: 3OST2, HS3S2_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9Y278
Gene
HS3ST2
Ensembl
ENSG00000122254
Chromosome
16
Canonical length
367 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Metabolic proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

Heparan sulfate biosynthetic enzymes are key components in generating a myriad of distinct heparan sulfate fine structures that carry out multiple biologic activities. The enzyme encoded by this gene is a member of the heparan sulfate biosynthetic enzyme family. It is a type II integral membrane protein and possesses heparan sulfate glucosaminyl 3-O-sulfotransferase activity. This gene is expressed predominantly in brain and may play a role in the nervous system. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

367 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9Y278|HS3ST2
     1  MAYRVLGRAG PPQPRRARRL LFAFTLSLSC TYLCYSFLCC CDDLGRSRLL GAPRCLRGPS
    61  AGGQKLLQKS RPCDPSGPTP SEPSAPSAPA AAVPAPRLSG SNHSGSPKLG TKRLPQALIV
   121  GVKKGGTRAV LEFIRVHPDV RALGTEPHFF DRNYGRGLDW YRSLMPRTLE SQITLEKTPS
   181  YFVTQEAPRR IFNMSRDTKL IVVVRNPVTR AISDYTQTLS KKPDIPTFEG LSFRNRTLGL
   241  VDVSWNAIRI GMYVLHLESW LQYFPLAQIH FVSGERLITD PAGEMGRVQD FLGIKRFITD
   301  KHFYFNKTKG FPCLKKTESS LLPRCLGKSK GRTHVQIDPE VIDQLREFYR PYNIKFYETV
   361  GQDFRWE

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against HS3ST2 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
Other membrane
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
1
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.39
Highest tissue expression
20 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebral cortex: 20 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 7.2 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 6 nTPM
  • lung: 5 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 3.5 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 2.9 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • macrophages: 252 nCPM
  • lymphatic endothelial cells: 214 nCPM
  • vascular smooth muscle cells: 156 nCPM
  • retinal bipolar cells: 115 nCPM
  • vascular endothelial cells: 99 nCPM
  • hofbauer cells: 85 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

  • cerebral cortex: 60 nTPM
  • white matter: 34 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 24 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 21 nTPM
  • midbrain: 14 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 13 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)
0.69
gnomAD pLI
0.1
gnomAD missense Z
2.3
DepMap mean gene effect
0.08
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% 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 HS3ST2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HS3ST2 could matter depends on whether native HS3ST2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

HS3ST2 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 HS3ST2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/HS3ST2. 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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