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SUPT20H

Transcription factor SPT20 homolog

Also known as: bA421P11.4, C13orf19, FAM48A, P38IP, SP20H_HUMAN, SPT20

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q8NEM7
Gene
SUPT20H
Ensembl
ENSG00000102710
Chromosome
13
Canonical length
779 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoli fibrillar center

OverviewNCBI Gene

Predicted to enable transcription coregulator activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within positive regulation of gluconeogenesis and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Part of SAGA-type complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

779 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q8NEM7|SUPT20H
     1  MQQALELALD RAEYVIESAR QRPPKRKYLS SGRKSVFQKL YDLYIEECEK EPEVKKLRRN
    61  VNLLEKLVMQ ETLSCLVVNL YPGNEGYSLM LRGKNGSDSE TIRLPYEEGE LLEYLDAEEL
   121  PPILVDLLEK SQVNIFHCGC VIAEIRDYRQ SSNMKSPGYQ SRHILLRPTM QTLICDVHSI
   181  TSDNHKWTQE DKLLLESQLI LATAEPLCLD PSIAVTCTAN RLLYNKQKMN TRPMKRCFKR
   241  YSRSSLNRQQ DLSHCPPPPQ LRLLDFLQKR KERKAGQHYD LKISKAGNCV DMWKRSPCNL
   301  AIPSEVDVEK YAKVEKSIKS DDSQPTVWPA HDVKDDYVFE CEAGTQYQKT KLTILQSLGD
   361  PLYYGKIQPC KADEESDSQM SPSHSSTDDH SNWFIIGSKT DAERVVNQYQ ELVQNEAKCP
   421  VKMSHSSSGS ASLSQVSPGK ETDQTETVSV QSSVLGKGVK HRPPPIKLPS SSGNSSSGNY
   481  FTPQQTSSFL KSPTPPPSSK PSSIPRKSSV DLNQVSMLSP AALSPASSSQ RTTATQVMAN
   541  SAGLNFINVV GSVCGAQALM SGSNPMLGCN TGAITPAGIN LSGLLPSGGL LPNALPSAMQ
   601  AASQAGVPFG LKNTSSLRPL NLLQLPGGSL IFNTLQQQQQ QLSQFTPQQP QQPTTCSPQQ
   661  PGEQGSEQGS TSQEQALSAQ QAAVINLTGV GSFMQSQAAV LSQLGSAENR PEQSLPQQRF
   721  QLSSAFQQQQ QQIQQLRFLQ HQMAMAAAAA QTAQLHHHRH TGSQSKSKMK RGTPTTPKF

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against SUPT20H 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)
0.55
Highest tissue expression
53 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 53 nTPM
  • thymus: 22 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 18 nTPM
  • colon: 16 nTPM
  • cervix: 16 nTPM
  • urinary bladder: 15 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • late primary spermatocytes: 529 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 165 nCPM
  • early primary spermatocytes: 160 nCPM
  • lactotrophs: 137 nCPM
  • somatotrophs: 128 nCPM
  • corticotrophs: 123 nCPM

Immune cell

  • neutrophil: 28 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 22 nTPM
  • T-reg: 21 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 21 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 21 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 20 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 16 nTPM
  • white matter: 16 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 15 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 14 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 13 nTPM
  • midbrain: 13 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)
0.81
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
1.18
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.11
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 7% 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 SUPT20H 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 SUPT20H as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against SUPT20H could matter depends on whether native SUPT20H is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

SUPT20H 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 SUPT20H as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/SUPT20H. 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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