Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

RFX7

DNA-binding protein RFX7

Also known as: FLJ12994, RFX7_HUMAN, RFXDC2

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q2KHR2
Gene
RFX7
Ensembl
ENSG00000181827
Chromosome
15
Canonical length
1460 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Transcription factors
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nuclear membrane

OverviewNCBI Gene

RFX7 is a member of the regulatory factor X (RFX) family of transcription factors (see RFX1, MIM 600006) (Aftab et al., 2008 [PubMed 18673564]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2009]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1460 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q2KHR2|RFX7
     1  MAEEQQQPPP QQPDAHQQLP PSAPNSGVAL PALVPGLPGT EASALQHKIK NSICKTVQSK
    61  VDCILQEVEK FTDLEKLYLY LQLPSGLSNG EKSDQNAMSS SRAQQMHAFS WIRNTLEEHP
   121  ETSLPKQEVY DEYKSYCDNL GYHPLSAADF GKIMKNVFPN MKARRLGTRG KSKYCYSGLR
   181  KKAFVHMPTL PNLDFHKTGD GLEGAEPSGQ LQNIDEEVIS SACRLVCEWA QKVLSQPFDT
   241  VLELARFLVK SHYIGTKSMA ALTVMAAAPA GMKGITQPSA FIPTAESNSF QPQVKTLPSP
   301  IDAKQQLQRK IQKKQQEQKL QSPLPGESAA KKSESATSNG VTNLPNGNPS ILSPQPIGIV
   361  VAAVPSPIPV QRTRQLVTSP SPMSSSDGKV LPLNVQVVTQ HMQSVKQAPK TPQNVPASPG
   421  GDRSARHRYP QILPKPANTS ALTIRSPTTV LFTSSPIKTA VVPASHMSSL NVVKMTTISL
   481  TPSNSNTPLK HSASVSSATG TTEESRSVPQ IKNGSVVSLQ SPGSRSSSAG GTSAVEVKVE
   541  PETSSDEHPV QCQENSDEAK APQTPSALLG QKSNTDGALQ KPSNEGVIEI KATKVCDQRT
   601  KCKSRCNEML PGTSTGNNQS TITLSVASQN LTFTSSSSPP NGDSINKDPK LCTKSPRKRL
   661  SSTLQETQVP PVKKPIVEQL SAATIEGQKQ GSVKKDQKVP HSGKTEGSTA GAQIPSKVSV
   721  NVSSHIGANQ PLNSSALVIS DSALEQQTTP SSSPDIKVKL EGSVFLLDSD SKSVGSFNPN
   781  GWQQITKDSE FISASCEQQQ DISVMTIPEH SDINDLEKSV WELEGMPQDT YSQQLHSQIQ
   841  ESSLNQIQAH SSDQLPLQSE LKEFEPSVSQ TNESYFPFDD ELTQDSIVEE LVLMEQQMSM
   901  NNSHSYGNCL GMTLQSQSVT PGAPMSSHTS STHFYHPIHS NGTPIHTPTP TPTPTPTPTP
   961  TPTPTSEMIA GSQSLSRESP CSRLAQTTPV DSALGSSRHT PIGTPHSNCS SSVPPSPVEC
  1021  RNPFAFTPIS SSMAYHDASI VSSSPVKPMQ RPMATHPDKT KLEWMNNGYS GVGNSSVSGH
  1081  GILPSYQELV EDRFRKPHAF AVPGQSYQSQ SRHHDTHFGR LTPVSPVQHQ GATVNNTNKQ
  1141  EGFAVPAPLD NKGTNSSASS NFRCRSVSPA VHRQRNLSGS TLYPVSNIPR SNVTPFGSPV
  1201  TPEVHVFTNV HTDACANNIA QRSQSVPLTV MMQTAFPNAL QKQANSKKIT NVLLSKLDSD
  1261  NDDAVRGLGM NNLPSNYTAR MNLTQILEPS TVFPSANPQN MIDSSTSVYE FQTPSYLTKS
  1321  NSTGQINFSP GDNQAQSEIG EQQLDFNSTV KDLLSGDSLQ TNQQLVGQGA SDLTNTASDF
  1381  SSDIRLSSEL SGSINDLNTL DPNLLFDPGR QQGQDDEATL EELKNDPLFQ QICSESMNSM
  1441  TSSGFEWIES KDHPTVEMLG

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against RFX7 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)
0.66
Highest tissue expression
11 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • thymus: 11 nTPM
  • retina: 8.4 nTPM
  • testis: 6.8 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 6.5 nTPM
  • skin: 6.1 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 6 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • myonuclei: 639 nCPM
  • megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitors: 466 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 372 nCPM
  • hematopoietic stem cells: 295 nCPM
  • choroid plexus epithelial cells: 273 nCPM
  • thyrotrophs: 271 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 2 nTPM
  • T-reg: 1 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 0.6 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 0.6 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.5 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 0.5 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 35 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 21 nTPM
  • white matter: 20 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 20 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 20 nTPM
  • pons: 20 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about RFX7.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions RFX7 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

17 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 359 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

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)
0.13
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
1.6

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% 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 RFX7 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 RFX7 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against RFX7 could matter depends on whether native RFX7 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

RFX7 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 RFX7 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/RFX7. 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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