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PNPLA5

Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 5

Also known as: dJ388M5.4, GS2L, PLPL5_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q7Z6Z6
Gene
PNPLA5
Ensembl
ENSG00000100341
Chromosome
22
Canonical length
429 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Mid piece,Annulus

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is a member of the patatin-like phospholipase family; its encoded protein has been shown to inhibit transacylation. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Apr 2010]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

429 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q7Z6Z6|PNPLA5
     1  MGFLEEEGRW NLSFSGAGYL GAHHVGATEC LRQRAPRLLQ GARRIYGSSS GALNAVSIVC
    61  GKSVDFCCSH LLGMVGQLER LSLSILHPAY APIEHVKQQL QDALPPDAHV LASQRLGISL
   121  TRWPDGRNFL VTDFATCDEL IQALVCTLYF PFYCGLIPPE FRGERYIDGA LSNNLPFADC
   181  PSTITVSPFH GTVDICPQST SPNLHELNVF NFSFQISTEN FFLGLICLIP PSLEVVADNC
   241  RQGYLDALRF LERRGLTKEP VLWTLVSKEP PAPADGNWDA GCDQRWKGGL SLNWKVPHVQ
   301  VKDVPNFEQL SPELEAALKK ACTRDPSRWA RFWHSGPGQV LTYLLLPCTL PFEYIYFRSR
   361  RLVVWLPDVP ADLWWMQGLL RNMALEVFSR TKAQLLGPIS PPATRVLETS PLQPQIAPHR
   421  EELGPTHQA

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PNPLA5 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)
0.32
Highest tissue expression
2.9 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skin: 2.9 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 2.6 nTPM
  • epididymis: 1.6 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1.2 nTPM
  • liver: 0.9 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 0.8 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • epididymal principal cells: 11 nCPM
  • somatotrophs: 8.1 nCPM
  • brain inhibitory neurons: 4.6 nCPM
  • retinal pigment epithelial cells: 4.3 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct absorptive cells: 3.8 nCPM
  • lactotrophs: 3.1 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0.4 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.2 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.1 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • basal ganglia: 10 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 8.4 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 5.7 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 4.8 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 4.6 nTPM
  • midbrain: 4.5 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)
1.05
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.35
DepMap mean gene effect
0.04
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 3% 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 PNPLA5 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PNPLA5 could matter depends on whether native PNPLA5 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PNPLA5 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 PNPLA5 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PNPLA5. 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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