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PPEF1

Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase with EF-hands 1

Also known as: PPE1_HUMAN, PPEF, PPP7CA

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
O14829
Gene
PPEF1
Ensembl
ENSG00000086717
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
653 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Plasma membrane,Cytokinetic bridge

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the serine/threonine protein phosphatase with EF-hand motif family. The protein contains a protein phosphatase catalytic domain, and at least two EF-hand calcium-binding motifs in its C terminus. Although its substrate(s) is unknown, the encoded protein has been suggested to play a role in specific sensory neuron function and/or development. This gene shares high sequence similarity with the Drosophila retinal degeneration C (rdgC) gene. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants, each encoding a distinct isoform, have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

653 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>O14829|PPEF1
     1  MGCSSSSTKT RRSDTSLRAA LIIQNWYRGY KARLKARQHY ALTIFQSIEY ADEQGQMQLS
    61  TFFSFMLENY THIHKEELEL RNQSLESEQD MRDRWDYVDS IDVPDSYNGP RLQFPLTCTD
   121  IDLLLEAFKE QQILHAHYVL EVLFETKKVL KQMPNFTHIQ TSPSKEVTIC GDLHGKLDDL
   181  FLIFYKNGLP SERNPYVFNG DFVDRGKNSI EILMILCVSF LVYPNDLHLN RGNHEDFMMN
   241  LRYGFTKEIL HKYKLHGKRI LQILEEFYAW LPIGTIVDNE ILVIHGGISE TTDLNLLHRV
   301  ERNKMKSVLI PPTETNRDHD TDSKHNKVGV TFNAHGRIKT NGSPTEHLTE HEWEQIIDIL
   361  WSDPRGKNGC FPNTCRGGGC YFGPDVTSKI LNKYQLKMLI RSHECKPEGY EICHDGKVVT
   421  IFSASNYYEE GSNRGAYIKL CSGTTPRFFQ YQVTKATCFQ PLRQRVDTME NSAIKILRER
   481  VISRKSDLTR AFQLQDHRKS GKLSVSQWAF CMENILGLNL PWRSLSSNLV NIDQNGNVEY
   541  MSSFQNIRIE KPVQEAHSTL VETLYRYRSD LEIIFNAIDT DHSGLISVEE FRAMWKLFSS
   601  HYNVHIDDSQ VNKLANIMDL NKDGSIDFNE FLKAFYVVHR YEDLMKPDVT NLG

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against PPEF1 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)
0.28
Highest tissue expression
13 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 13 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 8.9 nTPM
  • breast: 3.9 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 3.2 nTPM
  • midbrain: 1.4 nTPM
  • retina: 1.3 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late spermatids: 257 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 67 nCPM
  • late primary spermatocytes: 42 nCPM
  • neutrophil progenitors: 28 nCPM
  • sertoli cells: 20 nCPM
  • undifferentiated spermatogonia: 15 nCPM

Immune cell

  • classical monocyte: 0.1 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 0.1 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 21 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 13 nTPM
  • pons: 9.6 nTPM
  • midbrain: 7.4 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 5.6 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 5.6 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)
0.29
gnomAD pLI
0.99
gnomAD missense Z
1.94
DepMap mean gene effect
0.15
DepMap dependency class
none

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 PPEF1 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against PPEF1 could matter depends on whether native PPEF1 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

PPEF1 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 PPEF1 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/PPEF1. 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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