Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

LCE1A

Late cornified envelope protein 1A

Also known as: LCE1A_HUMAN, LEP1

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q5T7P2
Gene
LCE1A
Ensembl
ENSG00000186844
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
110 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

LCE1A belongs to the late cornified envelope (LCE) gene cluster within the epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) on chromosome 1. The LCE cluster contains multiple conserved genes that encode stratum corneum proteins, and these genes are expressed relatively late during fetal assembly of the skin cornified envelope (Jackson et al., 2005 [PubMed 15854049]). For further information on the LCE gene cluster, see GENE FAMILY below.[supplied by OMIM, Feb 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

110 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q5T7P2|LCE1A
     1  MSCQQSQQQC QPPPKCTPKC PPKCPTPKCP PKCPPKCPPV SSCCSVSSGG CCGSSSGGGC
    61  SSGGGGCCLS HHRRHRSHRH RLQSSGCCSQ PSGGSSCCGG DSGQHSGGCC

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against LCE1A 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)
0.75
Highest tissue expression
379 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skin: 379 nTPM
  • breast: 22 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 2.9 nTPM
  • cervix: 1.1 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 0.9 nTPM
  • salivary gland: 0.4 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late spermatids: 1.1 nCPM
  • cdc: 0.1 nCPM
  • adipocytes: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 0 nCPM
  • adrenal medulla cells: 0 nCPM
  • alveolar cells type 1: 0 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

  • medulla oblongata: 0.4 nTPM
  • white matter: 0.4 nTPM
  • midbrain: 0.3 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0.2 nTPM
  • pons: 0.1 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 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)
1.91
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.52

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

Biological processes

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of LCE1A 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 LCE1A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against LCE1A could matter depends on whether native LCE1A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

LCE1A 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 LCE1A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/LCE1A. 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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