Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

S100A2

Protein S100-A2

Also known as: CAN19, S100L, S10A2_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
P29034
Gene
S100A2
Ensembl
ENSG00000196754
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
98 aa
Protein class
Cancer-related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli,Plasma membrane,Cytosol
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the S100 family of proteins containing 2 EF-hand calcium-binding motifs. S100 proteins are localized in the cytoplasm and/or nucleus of a wide range of cells, and involved in the regulation of a number of cellular processes such as cell cycle progression and differentiation. S100 genes include at least 13 members which are located as a cluster on chromosome 1q21. This protein may have a tumor suppressor function. Chromosomal rearrangements and altered expression of this gene have been implicated in breast cancer. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

98 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>P29034|S100A2
     1  MMCSSLEQAL AVLVTTFHKY SCQEGDKFKL SKGEMKELLH KELPSFVGEK VDEEGLKKLM
    61  GSLDENSDQQ VDFQEYAVFL ALITVMCNDF FQGCPDRP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against S100A2 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
Unknown
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.39
Highest tissue expression
3,548 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • esophagus: 3,548 nTPM
  • urinary bladder: 1,022 nTPM
  • vagina: 800 nTPM
  • cervix: 630 nTPM
  • kidney: 571 nTPM
  • skin: 420 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • esophageal suprabasal cells: 32,841 nCPM
  • esophageal basal cells: 20,239 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 19,225 nCPM
  • basal keratinocytes: 10,841 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 5,198 nCPM
  • epididymal basal cells: 3,108 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 10 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 4.4 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 2.3 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 2.2 nTPM
  • memory CD4 T-cell: 1.6 nTPM
  • T-reg: 1.6 nTPM

Brain region

  • medulla oblongata: 5.1 nTPM
  • thalamus: 4.1 nTPM
  • white matter: 4 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 3.5 nTPM
  • midbrain: 3 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 3 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)
1.96
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.04
DepMap mean gene effect
0.03
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

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of S100A2 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 S100A2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against S100A2 could matter depends on whether native S100A2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

S100A2 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 S100A2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/S100A2. 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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