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TAF7

Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 7

Also known as: TAF2F, TAF7_HUMAN, TAFII55

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q15545
Gene
TAF7
Ensembl
ENSG00000178913
Chromosome
5
Canonical length
349 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Golgi apparatus

OverviewNCBI Gene

The intronless gene for this transcription coactivator is located between the protocadherin beta and gamma gene clusters on chromosome 5. The protein encoded by this gene is a component of the TFIID protein complex, a complex which binds to the TATA box in class II promoters and recruits RNA polymerase II and other factors. This particular subunit interacts with the largest TFIID subunit, as well as multiple transcription activators. The protein is required for transcription by promoters targeted by RNA polymerase II. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

349 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q15545|TAF7
     1  MSKSKDDAPH ELESQFILRL PPEYASTVRR AVQSGHVNLK DRLTIELHPD GRHGIVRVDR
    61  VPLASKLVDL PCVMESLKTI DKKTFYKTAD ICQMLVSTVD GDLYPPVEEP VASTDPKASK
   121  KKDKDKEKKF IWNHGITLPL KNVRKRRFRK TAKKKYIESP DVEKEVKRLL STDAEAVSTR
   181  WEIIAEDETK EAENQGLDIS SPGMSGHRQG HDSLEHDELR EIFNDLSSSS EDEDETQHQD
   241  EEDINIIDTE EDLERQLQDK LNESDEQHQE NEGTNQLVMG IQKQIDNMKG KLQETQDRAK
   301  RQEDLIMKVE NLALKNRFQA VLDELKQKED REKEQLSSLQ EELESLLEK

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TAF7 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)
0.48
Highest tissue expression
139 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 139 nTPM
  • tongue: 122 nTPM
  • thymus: 112 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 97 nTPM
  • ovary: 95 nTPM
  • retina: 89 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • esophageal apical cells: 346 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 303 nCPM
  • ovarian stromal cells: 229 nCPM
  • epididymal principal cells: 210 nCPM
  • decidual stromal cells: 182 nCPM
  • syncytiotrophoblasts: 175 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 186 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 165 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 98 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 91 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 86 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 75 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 79 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 67 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 66 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 60 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 59 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 54 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)
0.41
gnomAD pLI
0.89
gnomAD missense Z
1.74
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.78
DepMap dependency class
common

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% 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 TAF7 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 TAF7 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TAF7 could matter depends on whether native TAF7 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TAF7 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 TAF7 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TAF7. 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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