Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

POLR2H

DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC3

Also known as: RPAB3_HUMAN, RPB8

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P52434
Gene
POLR2H
Ensembl
ENSG00000163882
Chromosome
3
Canonical length
150 aa
Protein class
Metabolic proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins, RNA polymerase related proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm

OverviewNCBI Gene

The three eukaryotic RNA polymerases are complex multisubunit enzymes that play a central role in the transcription of nuclear genes. This gene encodes an essential and highly conserved subunit of RNA polymerase II that is shared by the other two eukaryotic DNA-directed RNA polymerases, I and III. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

150 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P52434|POLR2H
     1  MAGILFEDIF DVKDIDPEGK KFDRVSRLHC ESESFKMDLI LDVNIQIYPV DLGDKFRLVI
    61  ASTLYEDGTL DDGEYNPTDD RPSRADQFEY VMYGKVYRIE GDETSTEAAT RLSAYVSYGG
   121  LLMRLQGDAN NLHGFEVDSR VYLLMKKLAF

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against POLR2H 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)
0.31
Highest tissue expression
76 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • kidney: 76 nTPM
  • liver: 62 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 60 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 60 nTPM
  • duodenum: 54 nTPM
  • rectum: 54 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • gastric progenitor cells: 228 nCPM
  • esophageal basal cells: 177 nCPM
  • extravillous trophoblasts: 169 nCPM
  • migrating cytotrophoblasts: 163 nCPM
  • megakaryocytes: 136 nCPM
  • syncytiotrophoblasts: 131 nCPM

Immune cell

  • naive CD4 T-cell: 46 nTPM
  • T-reg: 37 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 35 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 35 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 34 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 34 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 25 nTPM
  • white matter: 24 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 22 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 22 nTPM
  • thalamus: 21 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 20 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)
0.62
gnomAD pLI
0.65
gnomAD missense Z
1.57
DepMap mean gene effect
-1.64
DepMap dependency class
pan

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 10% 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 POLR2H 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 POLR2H as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against POLR2H could matter depends on whether native POLR2H is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

POLR2H 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 POLR2H as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/POLR2H. 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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