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SPP2

Secreted phosphoprotein 24

Also known as: SPP24, SPP24_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q13103
Gene
SPP2
Ensembl
ENSG00000072080
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
211 aa
Protein class
Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted to blood

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a secreted phosphoprotein that is a member of the cystatin superfamily. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

211 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q13103|SPP2
     1  MISRMEKMTM MMKILIMFAL GMNYWSCSGF PVYDYDPSSL RDALSASVVK VNSQSLSPYL
    61  FRAFRSSLKR VEVLDENNLV MNLEFSIRET TCRKDSGEDP ATCAFQRDYY VSTAVCRSTV
   121  KVSAQQVQGV HARCSWSSST SESYSSEEMI FGDMLGSHKW RNNYLFGLIS DESISEQFYD
   181  RSLGIMRRVL PPGNRRYPNH RHRARINTDF E

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against SPP2 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.49
Highest tissue expression
485 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • liver: 485 nTPM
  • kidney: 0.1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • hepatocytes: 359 nCPM
  • cholangiocytes: 6 nCPM
  • kupffer cells: 2 nCPM
  • ependymal cells: 0.9 nCPM
  • mucous neck cells: 0.8 nCPM
  • retinal amacrine cells: 0.7 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

  • midbrain: 0.1 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about SPP2.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 212 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)
1.89
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.39
DepMap mean gene effect
0.11
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

  • Cystatin superfamily
  • Secreted phosphoprotein 24
  • Secreted phosphoprotein 24 (Spp-24) cystatin-like domain

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads SPP2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SPP2 could matter depends on whether native SPP2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

SPP2 is annotated as secreted, so native SPP2 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label SPP2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/SPP2. 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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