Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

SPANXN2

Sperm protein associated with the nucleus on the X chromosome N2

Also known as: CT11.7, SPANX-N2, SPXN2_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q5MJ10
Gene
SPANXN2
Ensembl
ENSG00000268988
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
180 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Nucleoli fibrillar center

OverviewNCBI Gene

No narrative summary is available for SPANXN2 in this catalog release; identity and structured annotations are shown without generated factual claims.

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

180 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q5MJ10|SPANXN2
     1  MEQPTSSTNG EKRKSPCESN NKKNDEMQEA PNRVLAPKQS LQKTKTIEYL TIIVYYYRKH
    61  TKINSNQLEK DQSRENSINP VQEEEDEGLD SAEGSSQEDE DLDSSEGSSQ EDEDLDSSEG
   121  SSQEDEDLDS SEGSSQEDED LDSSEGSSQE DEDLDPPEGS SQEDEDLDSS EGSSQEGGED

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against SPANXN2 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)
0.69
Highest tissue expression
3.3 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 3.3 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late spermatids: 161 nCPM
  • early spermatids: 63 nCPM
  • late primary spermatocytes: 7.2 nCPM
  • leydig cells: 0.5 nCPM
  • early primary spermatocytes: 0.3 nCPM
  • undifferentiated spermatogonia: 0.2 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0 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
0.09
gnomAD missense Z
-0.32
DepMap mean gene effect
0.02
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of SPANXN2 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 SPANXN2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SPANXN2 could matter depends on whether native SPANXN2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

SPANXN2 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 SPANXN2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/SPANXN2. 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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