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PGA5

Pepsin A-5

Also known as: PEPA5_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P0DJD9
Gene
PGA5
Ensembl
ENSG00000256713
Chromosome
11
Canonical length
388 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, FDA approved drug targets, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted to digestive system

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a protein precursor of the digestive enzyme pepsin, a member of the peptidase A1 family of endopeptidases. The encoded precursor is secreted by gastric chief cells and undergoes autocatalytic cleavage in acidic conditions to form the active enzyme, which functions in the digestion of dietary proteins. This gene is found in a cluster of related genes on chromosome 11, each of which encodes one of multiple pepsinogens. Pepsinogen levels in serum may serve as a biomarker for atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2015]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

388 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P0DJD9|PGA5
     1  MKWLLLLGLV ALSECIMYKV PLIRKKSLRR TLSERGLLKD FLKKHNLNPA RKYFPQWEAP
    61  TLVDEQPLEN YLDMEYFGTI GIGTPAQDFT VVFDTGSSNL WVPSVYCSSL ACTNHNRFNP
   121  EDSSTYQSTS ETVSITYGTG SMTGILGYDT VQVGGISDTN QIFGLSETEP GSFLYYAPFD
   181  GILGLAYPSI SSSGATPVFD NIWNQGLVSQ DLFSVYLSAD DKSGSVVIFG GIDSSYYTGS
   241  LNWVPVTVEG YWQITVDSIT MNGETIACAE GCQAIVDTGT SLLTGPTSPI ANIQSDIGAS
   301  ENSDGDMVVS CSAISSLPDI VFTINGVQYP VPPSAYILQS EGSCISGFQG MNVPTESGEL
   361  WILGDVFIRQ YFTVFDRANN QVGLAPVA

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PGA5 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.24
Highest tissue expression
35,794 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • stomach: 35,794 nTPM
  • pancreas: 7.5 nTPM
  • liver: 5.7 nTPM
  • esophagus: 4.7 nTPM
  • lung: 4.5 nTPM
  • breast: 3.7 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • gastric chief cells: 53,221 nCPM
  • parietal cells: 10,273 nCPM
  • mucous neck cells: 1,267 nCPM
  • foveolar cells: 179 nCPM
  • neuroendocrine cells: 76 nCPM
  • fallopian secretory cells: 55 nCPM

Immune cell

  • intermediate monocyte: 4.3 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 2.4 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 1.8 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 0.3 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • hippocampal formation: 2.4 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 2.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 1.5 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 1.5 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 1.1 nTPM
  • pons: 1.1 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)
1.93
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.43

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

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads PGA5 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PGA5 could matter depends on whether native PGA5 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PGA5 is annotated as secreted, so native PGA5 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label PGA5 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PGA5. 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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