Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

IQCK

IQ domain-containing protein K

Also known as: FLJ36575, IQCK_HUMAN, MGC35048

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q8N0W5
Gene
IQCK
Ensembl
ENSG00000174628
Chromosome
16
Canonical length
287 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nuclear speckles,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene belongs to the IQ motif-containing family of proteins. The IQ motif serves as a binding site for different EF-hand proteins such as calmodulin. This gene was identified as a potential candidate gene for obsessive-compulsive disorder in a genome-wide association study. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2015]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

287 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q8N0W5|IQCK
     1  MAAPRQIPSH IVRLKPSCST DSSFTRTPVP TVSLASRELP VSSWQVTEPS SKNLWEQICK
    61  EYEAEQPPFP EGYKVKQEPV ITVAPVEEML FHGFSAEHYF PVSHFTMISR TPCPQDKSET
   121  INPKTCSPKE YLETFIFPVL LPGMASLLHQ AKKEKCFERK RTKFIACDFL TEWLYNQNPK
   181  RAGEPFTEFF SIPFVEERLK QHPRPPIPLS LLLTEEEAAL YIQSFWRACV VRCDPEIQEL
   241  RQWQKKLREA KHIHQQVKIF WAKQEQKVKC KMEDDAVPAA KMKIPSS

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against IQCK 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
Unknown
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.56
Highest tissue expression
21 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 21 nTPM
  • fallopian tube: 20 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 18 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 18 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 15 nTPM
  • epididymis: 15 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • ependymal cells: 354 nCPM
  • rod photoreceptor cells: 340 nCPM
  • respiratory ciliated cells: 333 nCPM
  • fallopian tube ciliated cells: 231 nCPM
  • bergmann glia: 230 nCPM
  • cone photoreceptor cells: 228 nCPM

Immune cell

  • intermediate monocyte: 1.3 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 1.3 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 1 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.9 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.8 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0.5 nTPM

Brain region

  • hypothalamus: 17 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 16 nTPM
  • white matter: 15 nTPM
  • midbrain: 13 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 12 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 11 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)
1.15
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.01
DepMap mean gene effect
0
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).

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

  • IQ domain-containing protein K

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

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

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

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