Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

NF1

Neurofibromin

Also known as: NF1_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P21359
Gene
NF1
Ensembl
ENSG00000196712
Chromosome
17
Canonical length
2839 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins, RAS pathway related proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Plasma membrane

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene product appears to function as a negative regulator of the ras signal transduction pathway. Mutations in this gene have been linked to neurofibromatosis type 1, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and Watson syndrome. The mRNA for this gene is subject to RNA editing (CGA>UGA->Arg1306Term) resulting in premature translation termination. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have also been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2839 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P21359|NF1
     1  MAAHRPVEWV QAVVSRFDEQ LPIKTGQQNT HTKVSTEHNK ECLINISKYK FSLVISGLTT
    61  ILKNVNNMRI FGEAAEKNLY LSQLIILDTL EKCLAGQPKD TMRLDETMLV KQLLPEICHF
   121  LHTCREGNQH AAELRNSASG VLFSLSCNNF NAVFSRISTR LQELTVCSED NVDVHDIELL
   181  QYINVDCAKL KRLLKETAFK FKALKKVAQL AVINSLEKAF WNWVENYPDE FTKLYQIPQT
   241  DMAECAEKLF DLVDGFAEST KRKAAVWPLQ IILLILCPEI IQDISKDVVD ENNMNKKLFL
   301  DSLRKALAGH GGSRQLTESA AIACVKLCKA STYINWEDNS VIFLLVQSMV VDLKNLLFNP
   361  SKPFSRGSQP ADVDLMIDCL VSCFRISPHN NQHFKICLAQ NSPSTFHYVL VNSLHRIITN
   421  SALDWWPKID AVYCHSVELR NMFGETLHKA VQGCGAHPAI RMAPSLTFKE KVTSLKFKEK
   481  PTDLETRSYK YLLLSMVKLI HADPKLLLCN PRKQGPETQG STAELITGLV QLVPQSHMPE
   541  IAQEAMEALL VLHQLDSIDL WNPDAPVETF WEISSQMLFY ICKKLTSHQM LSSTEILKWL
   601  REILICRNKF LLKNKQADRS SCHFLLFYGV GCDIPSSGNT SQMSMDHEEL LRTPGASLRK
   661  GKGNSSMDSA AGCSGTPPIC RQAQTKLEVA LYMFLWNPDT EAVLVAMSCF RHLCEEADIR
   721  CGVDEVSVHN LLPNYNTFME FASVSNMMST GRAALQKRVM ALLRRIEHPT AGNTEAWEDT
   781  HAKWEQATKL ILNYPKAKME DGQAAESLHK TIVKRRMSHV SGGGSIDLSD TDSLQEWINM
   841  TGFLCALGGV CLQQRSNSGL ATYSPPMGPV SERKGSMISV MSSEGNADTP VSKFMDRLLS
   901  LMVCNHEKVG LQIRTNVKDL VGLELSPALY PMLFNKLKNT ISKFFDSQGQ VLLTDTNTQF
   961  VEQTIAIMKN LLDNHTEGSS EHLGQASIET MMLNLVRYVR VLGNMVHAIQ IKTKLCQLVE
  1021  VMMARRDDLS FCQEMKFRNK MVEYLTDWVM GTSNQAADDD VKCLTRDLDQ ASMEAVVSLL
  1081  AGLPLQPEEG DGVELMEAKS QLFLKYFTLF MNLLNDCSEV EDESAQTGGR KRGMSRRLAS
  1141  LRHCTVLAMS NLLNANVDSG LMHSIGLGYH KDLQTRATFM EVLTKILQQG TEFDTLAETV
  1201  LADRFERLVE LVTMMGDQGE LPIAMALANV VPCSQWDELA RVLVTLFDSR HLLYQLLWNM
  1261  FSKEVELADS MQTLFRGNSL ASKIMTFCFK VYGATYLQKL LDPLLRIVIT SSDWQHVSFE
  1321  VDPTRLEPSE SLEENQRNLL QMTEKFFHAI ISSSSEFPPQ LRSVCHCLYQ ATCHSLLNKA
  1381  TVKEKKENKK SVVSQRFPQN SIGAVGSAMF LRFINPAIVS PYEAGILDKK PPPRIERGLK
  1441  LMSKILQSIA NHVLFTKEEH MRPFNDFVKS NFDAARRFFL DIASDCPTSD AVNHSLSFIS
  1501  DGNVLALHRL LWNNQEKIGQ YLSSNRDHKA VGRRPFDKMA TLLAYLGPPE HKPVADTHWS
  1561  SLNLTSSKFE EFMTRHQVHE KEEFKALKTL SIFYQAGTSK AGNPIFYYVA RRFKTGQING
  1621  DLLIYHVLLT LKPYYAKPYE IVVDLTHTGP SNRFKTDFLS KWFVVFPGFA YDNVSAVYIY
  1681  NCNSWVREYT KYHERLLTGL KGSKRLVFID CPGKLAEHIE HEQQKLPAAT LALEEDLKVF
  1741  HNALKLAHKD TKVSIKVGST AVQVTSAERT KVLGQSVFLN DIYYASEIEE ICLVDENQFT
  1801  LTIANQGTPL TFMHQECEAI VQSIIHIRTR WELSQPDSIP QHTKIRPKDV PGTLLNIALL
  1861  NLGSSDPSLR SAAYNLLCAL TCTFNLKIEG QLLETSGLCI PANNTLFIVS ISKTLAANEP
  1921  HLTLEFLEEC ISGFSKSSIE LKHLCLEYMT PWLSNLVRFC KHNDDAKRQR VTAILDKLIT
  1981  MTINEKQMYP SIQAKIWGSL GQITDLLDVV LDSFIKTSAT GGLGSIKAEV MADTAVALAS
  2041  GNVKLVSSKV IGRMCKIIDK TCLSPTPTLE QHLMWDDIAI LARYMLMLSF NNSLDVAAHL
  2101  PYLFHVVTFL VATGPLSLRA STHGLVINII HSLCTCSQLH FSEETKQVLR LSLTEFSLPK
  2161  FYLLFGISKV KSAAVIAFRS SYRDRSFSPG SYERETFALT SLETVTEALL EIMEACMRDI
  2221  PTCKWLDQWT ELAQRFAFQY NPSLQPRALV VFGCISKRVS HGQIKQIIRI LSKALESCLK
  2281  GPDTYNSQVL IEATVIALTK LQPLLNKDSP LHKALFWVAV AVLQLDEVNL YSAGTALLEQ
  2341  NLHTLDSLRI FNDKSPEEVF MAIRNPLEWH CKQMDHFVGL NFNSNFNFAL VGHLLKGYRH
  2401  PSPAIVARTV RILHTLLTLV NKHRNCDKFE VNTQSVAYLA ALLTVSEEVR SRCSLKHRKS
  2461  LLLTDISMEN VPMDTYPIHH GDPSYRTLKE TQPWSSPKGS EGYLAATYPT VGQTSPRARK
  2521  SMSLDMGQPS QANTKKLLGT RKSFDHLISD TKAPKRQEME SGITTPPKMR RVAETDYEME
  2581  TQRISSSQQH PHLRKVSVSE SNVLLDEEVL TDPKIQALLL TVLATLVKYT TDEFDQRILY
  2641  EYLAEASVVF PKVFPVVHNL LDSKINTLLS LCQDPNLLNP IHGIVQSVVY HEESPPQYQT
  2701  SYLQSFGFNG LWRFAGPFSK QTQIPDYAEL IVKFLDALID TYLPGIDEET SEESLLTPTS
  2761  PYPPALQSQL SITANLNLSN SMTSLATSQH SPGIDKENVE LSPTTGHCNS GRTRHGSASQ
  2821  VQKQRSAGSF KRNSIKKIV

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against NF1 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
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0
Highest tissue expression
25 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • retina: 25 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 20 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 19 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 18 nTPM
  • thymus: 16 nTPM
  • epididymis: 15 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • pituicytes/fscs: 640 nCPM
  • bergmann glia: 592 nCPM
  • somatotrophs: 561 nCPM
  • oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 537 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 533 nCPM
  • lactotrophs: 525 nCPM

Immune cell

  • T-reg: 3.3 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 1.4 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 1.3 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 1.3 nTPM
  • basophil: 1.1 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 1.1 nTPM

Brain region

  • thalamus: 67 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 67 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 66 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 66 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 65 nTPM
  • white matter: 65 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about NF1.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions NF1 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

5,505 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 16,958 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

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)
0.29
gnomAD pLI
0.9
gnomAD missense Z
6.54
DepMap mean gene effect
0.06
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% 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 NF1 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 NF1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against NF1 could matter depends on whether native NF1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

NF1 is annotated at the cell surface, where native NF1 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label NF1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/NF1. 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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