Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

VHLL

von Hippel-Lindau-like protein

Also known as: VHLL_HUMAN, VHLP, VLP

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q6RSH7
Gene
VHLL
Ensembl
ENSG00000189030
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
139 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins

OverviewNCBI Gene

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor protein is a component of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex that selectively ubiquitinates the alpha subunit of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) transcription factor for proteasome-mediated degradation. Inactivation of VHL causes VHL disease and sporadic kidney cancer. This gene encodes a VHL homolog that lacks one of two key domains necessary for VHL function. This gene may contribute to the regulation of oxygen homeostasis and neovascularization during placenta development. This gene is intronless, and can also be interpreted as a retrotransposed pseudogene of the VHL locus located on chromosome 3. However, the protein is represented in this RefSeq due to evidence in PMID:14757845 that strongly suggests it is translated. The same publication also indicates that this protein binds HIF alpha but fails to recruit the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, and it therefore functions as a dominant-negative VHL protein and a protector of HIF alpha. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

139 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q6RSH7|VHLL
     1  MPWRAGNGVG LEAQAGTQEA GPEEYCQEEL GAEEEMAARA AWPVLRSVNS RELSRIIICN
    61  HSPRIVLPVW LNYYGKLLPY LTLLPGRDFR IHNFRSHPWL FRDARTHDKL LVNQTELFVP
   121  SSNVNGQPVF ANITLQCIP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against VHLL 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)
0.39
Highest tissue expression
0.5 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • cerebellum: 0.5 nTPM
  • retina: 0.3 nTPM
  • esophagus: 0.1 nTPM
  • pancreas: 0.1 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 0.1 nTPM
  • testis: 0.1 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • endometrial secretory cells: 0.3 nCPM
  • suprabasal keratinocytes: 0.3 nCPM
  • corticotrophs: 0.1 nCPM
  • endometrial luminal cells: 0.1 nCPM
  • myonuclei: 0.1 nCPM
  • pancreatic islet cells: 0.1 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

  • cerebellum: 3.8 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1.8 nTPM
  • white matter: 1.6 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 1.4 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 1.2 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 1.2 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 missense Z
0.43

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

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

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

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