Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

TSPAN31

Tetraspanin-31

Also known as: SAS, TSN31_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q12999
Gene
TSPAN31
Ensembl
ENSG00000135452
Chromosome
12
Canonical length
210 aa
Protein class
Human disease related genes, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted membrane proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Golgi apparatus,Cytokinetic bridge,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the transmembrane 4 superfamily, also known as the tetraspanin family. Most of these members are cell-surface proteins that are characterized by the presence of four hydrophobic domains. The proteins mediate signal transduction events that play a role in the regulation of cell development, activation, growth and motility. This encoded protein is thought to be involved in growth-related cellular processes. This gene is associated with tumorigenesis and osteosarcoma. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

210 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q12999|TSPAN31
     1  MVCGGFACSK NALCALNVVY MLVSLLLIGV AAWGKGLGLV SSIHIIGGVI AVGVFLLLIA
    61  VAGLVGAVNH HQVLLFFYMI ILGLVFIFQF VISCSCLAIN RSKQTDVINA SWWVMSNKTR
   121  DELERSFDCC GLFNLTTLYQ QDYDFCTAIC KSQSPTCQMC GEKFLKHSDE ALKILGGVGL
   181  FFSFTEILGV WLAMRFRNQK DPRANPSAFL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against TSPAN31 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
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
4
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.34
Highest tissue expression
31 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • parathyroid gland: 31 nTPM
  • retina: 28 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 25 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 21 nTPM
  • blood vessel: 21 nTPM
  • tongue: 20 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • epicardial cells: 66 nCPM
  • müller glia: 58 nCPM
  • breast lactating cells: 51 nCPM
  • epididymal principal cells: 51 nCPM
  • fallopian secretory cells: 49 nCPM
  • respiratory ionocytes: 46 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 59 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 42 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 36 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 36 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 35 nTPM
  • total PBMC: 33 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 22 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 19 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 19 nTPM
  • spinal cord: 18 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 17 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 17 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)
0.68
gnomAD pLI
0.22
gnomAD missense Z
0.55
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.29
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

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads TSPAN31 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against TSPAN31 could matter depends on whether native TSPAN31 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

TSPAN31 is annotated at the cell surface, where native TSPAN31 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label TSPAN31 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/TSPAN31. 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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