Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

S100A16

Protein S100-A16

Also known as: DT1P1A7, MGC17528, S100F, S10AG_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q96FQ6
Gene
S100A16
Ensembl
ENSG00000188643
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
103 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins, Transporters
Subcellular location
Plasma membrane,Cytosol
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

Enables calcium ion binding activity and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within response to calcium ion. Located in several cellular components, including cytosol; extracellular space; and nucleolus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

103 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q96FQ6|S100A16
     1  MSDCYTELEK AVIVLVENFY KYVSKYSLVK NKISKSSFRE MLQKELNHML SDTGNRKAAD
    61  KLIQNLDANH DGRISFDEYW TLIGGITGPI AKLIHEQEQQ SSS

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against S100A16 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)
0.37
Highest tissue expression
2,382 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • esophagus: 2,382 nTPM
  • vagina: 679 nTPM
  • cervix: 486 nTPM
  • skin: 445 nTPM
  • salivary gland: 391 nTPM
  • liver: 199 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • esophageal apical cells: 21,740 nCPM
  • esophageal suprabasal cells: 8,393 nCPM
  • esophageal basal cells: 2,819 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 2,181 nCPM
  • basal keratinocytes: 772 nCPM
  • gastric progenitor cells: 496 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.3 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • thalamus: 105 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 102 nTPM
  • pons: 62 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 61 nTPM
  • white matter: 59 nTPM
  • amygdala: 53 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)
1.89
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.51
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 6% 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 S100A16 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 S100A16 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against S100A16 could matter depends on whether native S100A16 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

S100A16 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 S100A16 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/S100A16. 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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