Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

KLLN

Killin

Also known as: KILIN_HUMAN, killin

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
B2CW77
Gene
KLLN
Ensembl
ENSG00000227268
Chromosome
10
Canonical length
178 aa
Protein class
Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this intronless gene is found in the nucleus, where it can inhibit DNA synthesis and promote S phase arrest coupled to apoptosis. The expression of this DNA binding protein is upregulated by transcription factor p53. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2012]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

178 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>B2CW77|KLLN
     1  MDRPGPGSAR PGRTVHVWGY RVEWKVRNGR KLQPSEWAGR GDLGGFKRRW KDTRATVGTT
    61  FRRRSRVSLV GELSKFPLPS DSSGGKSSSS FARGALAWCR QRNPNPSCAA AETGARTSLP
   121  KERCRGWRLG NWLHKHPHPN TCPRLPACWL PPILTERGER VPKLVPLLAC YPKSKPKD

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against KLLN 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)
0.72
Highest tissue expression
4.1 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 4.1 nTPM
  • fallopian tube: 1.3 nTPM
  • thymus: 1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0.9 nTPM
  • epididymis: 0.9 nTPM
  • testis: 0.9 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • papillary tip epithelial cells: 1.1 nCPM
  • other brain neurons: 1 nCPM
  • brain excitatory neurons: 0.8 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 0.7 nCPM
  • ependymal cells: 0.7 nCPM
  • renal collecting duct principal cells: 0.6 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 2.5 nTPM
  • basophil: 1.5 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 0.8 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 0.6 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0.5 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0.5 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 4.8 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 4.6 nTPM
  • white matter: 4.6 nTPM
  • amygdala: 3.8 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 3.4 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 3.2 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about KLLN.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions KLLN is implicated in, by any mechanism.

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)
1.89
gnomAD pLI
0.01
gnomAD missense Z
-0.97
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.04
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

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

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

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