Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

PCNX2

Pecanex-like protein 2

Also known as: FLJ11383, KIAA0435, PCNXL2, PCX2_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
A6NKB5
Gene
PCNX2
Ensembl
ENSG00000135749
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
2137 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters
Subcellular location
Endoplasmic reticulum

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene contains coding mononucleotide repeats that are associated with tumors of high mcrosatellite instability (MSI-H). Defects in this gene are involved in the tumorigenesis of MSI-H colorectal carcinomas. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2016]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2137 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>A6NKB5|PCNX2
     1  MVSQVLQLLR QGVWAALTGG WYHDPEQSKF TNSCHLYLWL FLLLLPLALH LAFPPNAIIV
    61  FFYCSAVTIF FTIIKLVSYR LHLMFDKGEV IQQKPSRKEE KPNKDKEAKG EHITNHRNPS
   121  NNRQIHNGKK EEASRNLSTP PLRCSSRGQS ITSHHSSGPL ELSAQETVED LKGVILLEDH
   181  PIAPVSSTSP GIKVESLPAS QAHMLETTTK SVIPVKPVAT ETLINGKGKE RGGKGQPPLR
   241  HRSEGGLVDK GPLKKLPHLS LSQYDLLETD VSFQPWGSEN SVLIPEPVSC PRGSIRERVQ
   301  SKSPQDSLSS SCPQCDTIVA KPVEEPADTS CQVDTSCQGD LPLHQEVDSS DSEVAVTLID
   361  TSQPGDPLSL HEPIKIVITM SSTPNSMTDL ESSLHLRVVG TEKTSVKSDA EPTNPGAAGS
   421  PNAEQISIPV ITLDLPEGGG GGVPCPEGNG SERTPERLKT RVSTNQCSGY GSGEGGNAIK
   481  DHSSSSREPW ESVSRLTPDT GSESKVGKEG QTNLDPSSCK SSHEKRHARV LSVDSGTDVF
   541  LSKSSAEIVN DTEKTMPTSK SDLEAKEGQM PNESNFLEFV SLLESINTSK MTASSQLNGS
   601  AEQNEESGLL RDNCSQEKKE EILENEKPSG HSSKQGKPDL QSQDHTSTGP ACTQPAKTTA
   661  FFQGNRQRQI IYRVTSQQDS SVLQVISGPE TSVQEEISVD AMHVFIDEHG EIRSCYLKSG
   721  NQKEGPLQPL PSNNDCLSQA REMQVSSSST TTSESQDPSS GDPAVSALQQ QLLLMVARRT
   781  QSETPRHVSQ DLEASSCSST QGKFNREQFY KFIIFPGKWI KVWYDRLTLL ALLDRTEDIK
   841  ENVLAILLIV LVSLLGFLTL SQGFCKDMWV LLFCLVMASC QYSLLKSVQP DPASPIHGHN
   901  QIITYSRPIY FCVLCGLILL LDTGAKARHP PSYVVYGLKL FSPVFLQSAR DYLIVFLYCF
   961  PAISLLGLFP QINTFCTYLL EQIDMLFFGG SAVSGITSAV YSVARSVLAA ALLHAVCFSA
  1021  VKEPWSMQHI PALFSAFCGL LVALSYHLSR QSSDPSVLMS FIQCRLFPKF LHQNLAESAA
  1081  DPLPKKMKDS VTDVLKWDLI VCAVVAVLSF AVSASTVFLS LRPFLSIVLF ALAGAVGFVT
  1141  HYVLPQLRKH HPWMWISHPI LKNKEYHQRE VRDVAHLMWF ERLYVWLQCF EKYILYPALI
  1201  LNALTIDAFL ISNHRRLGTH WDIFLMIIAG MKLLRTSFCN PVYQFINLSF TVIFFHFDYK
  1261  DISESFLLDF FMVSILFSKL GDLLHKLQFV LTYVAPWQMA WGSSFHVFAQ LFAIPHSAML
  1321  FFQTIATSIF STPLSPFLGS VIFITSYVRP VKFWEKNYNT RRVDNSNTRL AVQIERDPGN
  1381  DDNNLNSIFY EHLTRTLQES LCGDLVLGRW GNYSSGDCFI LASDDLNAFV HLIEIGNGLV
  1441  TFQLRGLEFR GTYCQQREVE AIMEGDEEDR GCCCCKPGHL PHLLSCNAAF HLRWLTWEIT
  1501  QTQYILEGYS ILDNNAATML QVFDLRRILI RYYIKSIIYY MVTSPKLLSW IKNESLLKSL
  1561  QPFAKWHYIE RDLAMFNINI DDDYVPCLQG ITRASFCNVY LEWIQHCARK RQEPSTTLDS
  1621  DEDSPLVTLS FALCTLGRRA LGTAAHNMAI SLDSFLYGLH VLFKGDFRIT ARDEWVFADM
  1681  DLLHKVVAPA IRMSLKLHQD QFTCPDEYED PAVLYEAIQS FEKKVVICHE GDPAWRGAVL
  1741  SNKEELLTLR HVVDEGADEY KVIMLHRSFL SFKVIKVNKE CVRGLWAGQQ QELIFLRNRN
  1801  PERGSIQNNK QVLRNLINSS CDQPLGYPMY VSPLTTSYLG THRQLKNIWG GPITLDRIRT
  1861  WFWTKWVRMR KDCNARQHSG GNIEDVDGGG APTTGGNNAP SGGSQESSAE QPRKGGAQHG
  1921  VSSCEGTQRT GRRKGRSQSV QAHSALSQRP PMLSSSGPIL ESRQTFLQTS TSVHELAQRL
  1981  SGSRLSLHAS ATSLHSQPPP VTTTGHLSVR ERAEALIRSS LGSSTSSTLS FLFGKRSFSS
  2041  ALVISGLSAA EGGNTSDTQS SSSVNIVMGP SARAASQATR HLSEPCEPPD ATEQGQLHDR
  2101  CLAEAVADTL GVVCRRASQE DMGLDDTASQ QSVSDEQ

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PCNX2 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
15
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.45
Highest tissue expression
25 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebellum: 25 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 14 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 14 nTPM
  • retina: 11 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 9.6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 8.6 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • microglia: 601 nCPM
  • lactotrophs: 433 nCPM
  • brain excitatory neurons: 380 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 330 nCPM
  • somatotrophs: 326 nCPM
  • retinal ganglion cells: 325 nCPM

Immune cell

  • gdT-cell: 0.7 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.7 nTPM
  • T-reg: 0.7 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 0.6 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.5 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 0.5 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 84 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 79 nTPM
  • thalamus: 65 nTPM
  • amygdala: 63 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 63 nTPM
  • white matter: 58 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)
0.68
gnomAD pLI
0
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.07
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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads PCNX2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PCNX2 could matter depends on whether native PCNX2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PCNX2 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 PCNX2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PCNX2. 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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