Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

IGFL1

Insulin growth factor-like family member 1

Also known as: IGFL1_HUMAN, UNQ644

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q6UW32
Gene
IGFL1
Ensembl
ENSG00000188293
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
110 aa
Protein class
Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted in other tissues
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the insulin-like growth factor family of signaling molecules. The encoded protein is synthesized as a precursor protein and is proteolytically cleaved to form a secreted mature peptide. The mature peptide binds to a receptor, which in mouse was found on the cell surface of T cells. Increased expression of this gene may be linked to psoriasis. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2016]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

110 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q6UW32|IGFL1
     1  MAPRGCIVAV FAIFCISRLL CSHGAPVAPM TPYLMLCQPH KRCGDKFYDP LQHCCYDDAV
    61  VPLARTQTCG NCTFRVCFEQ CCPWTFMVKL INQNCDSART SDDRLCRSVS

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against IGFL1 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.46
Highest tissue expression
115 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • esophagus: 115 nTPM
  • vagina: 33 nTPM
  • salivary gland: 30 nTPM
  • cervix: 20 nTPM
  • tonsil: 4.5 nTPM
  • skin: 3.4 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • esophageal apical cells: 676 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 188 nCPM
  • esophageal suprabasal cells: 118 nCPM
  • esophageal basal cells: 8.3 nCPM
  • urothelial cells: 6.6 nCPM
  • myosatellite cells: 4.6 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: 0.4 nTPM
  • midbrain: 0.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0.1 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0.1 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0.1 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 0.1 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)
1.92
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.05
DepMap mean gene effect
0.21
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads IGFL1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against IGFL1 could matter depends on whether native IGFL1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

IGFL1 is annotated as secreted, so native IGFL1 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label IGFL1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/IGFL1. 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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