Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

KDELR1

ER lumen protein-retaining receptor 1

Also known as: ERD2, ERD2.1, ERD21_HUMAN, HDEL

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P24390
Gene
KDELR1
Ensembl
ENSG00000105438
Chromosome
19
Canonical length
212 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters
Subcellular location
Golgi apparatus,Vesicles,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

Retention of resident soluble proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is achieved in both yeast and animal cells by their continual retrieval from the cis-Golgi, or a pre-Golgi compartment. Sorting of these proteins is dependent on a C-terminal tetrapeptide signal, usually lys-asp-glu-leu (KDEL) in animal cells, and his-asp-glu-leu (HDEL) in S. cerevisiae. This process is mediated by a receptor that recognizes, and binds the tetrapeptide-containing protein, and returns it to the ER. In yeast, the sorting receptor encoded by a single gene, ERD2, which is a seven-transmembrane protein. Unlike yeast, several human homologs of the ERD2 gene, constituting the KDEL receptor gene family, have been described. The protein encoded by this gene was the first member of the family to be identified, and it encodes a protein structurally and functionally similar to the yeast ERD2 gene product. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

212 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P24390|KDELR1
     1  MNLFRFLGDL SHLLAIILLL LKIWKSRSCA GISGKSQVLF AVVFTARYLD LFTNYISLYN
    61  TCMKVVYIAC SFTTVWLIYS KFKATYDGNH DTFRVEFLVV PTAILAFLVN HDFTPLEILW
   121  TFSIYLESVA ILPQLFMVSK TGEAETITSH YLFALGVYRT LYLFNWIWRY HFEGFFDLIA
   181  IVAGLVQTVL YCDFFYLYIT KVLKGKKLSL PA

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against KDELR1 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
7
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.26
Highest tissue expression
180 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • parathyroid gland: 180 nTPM
  • ovary: 162 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 138 nTPM
  • pancreas: 133 nTPM
  • salivary gland: 132 nTPM
  • cervix: 125 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • extravillous trophoblasts: 816 nCPM
  • syncytiotrophoblasts: 438 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 427 nCPM
  • migrating cytotrophoblasts: 377 nCPM
  • plasma cells: 340 nCPM
  • goblet cells: 303 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 46 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 41 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 35 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 31 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 30 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 21 nTPM

Brain region

  • choroid plexus: 115 nTPM
  • thalamus: 86 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 82 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 80 nTPM
  • midbrain: 76 nTPM
  • white matter: 73 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about KDELR1.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on KDELR1 was assayed in.

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)
0.42
gnomAD pLI
0.88
gnomAD missense Z
2.32
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.06
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% 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

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of KDELR1 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 KDELR1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against KDELR1 could matter depends on whether native KDELR1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

KDELR1 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 KDELR1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/KDELR1. 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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