Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

VWA8

von Willebrand factor A domain-containing protein 8

Also known as: KIAA0564, P7BP2, VWA8_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
A3KMH1
Gene
VWA8
Ensembl
ENSG00000102763
Chromosome
13
Canonical length
1905 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles,Lipid droplets

OverviewNCBI Gene

Predicted to enable ATP hydrolysis activity. Located in mitochondrion and peroxisome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

1905 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>A3KMH1|VWA8
     1  MQSRLLLLGA PGGHGGPASR RMRLLLRQVV QRRPGGDRQR PEVRLLHAGS GADTGDTVNI
    61  GDVSYKLKIP KNPELVPQNY ISDSLAQSVV QHLRWIMQKD LLGQDVFLIG PPGPLRRSIA
   121  MQYLELTKRE VEYIALSRDT TETDLKQRRE IRAGTAFYID QCAVRAATEG RTLILEGLEK
   181  AERNVLPVLN NLLENREMQL EDGRFLMSAE RYDKLLRDHT KKELDSWKIV RVSENFRVIA
   241  LGLPVPRYSG NPLDPPLRSR FQARDIYYLP FKDQLKLLYS IGANVSAEKV SQLLSFATTL
   301  CSQESSTLGL PDFPLDSLAA AVQILDSFPM MPIKHAIQWL YPYSILLGHE GKMAVEGVLK
   361  RFELQDSGSS LLPKEIVKVE KMMENHVSQA SVTIRIADKE VTIKVPAGTR LLSQPCASDR
   421  FIQTLSHKQL QAEMMQSHMV KDICLIGGKG CGKTVIAKNF ADTLGYNIEP IMLYQDMTAR
   481  DLLQQRYTLP NGDTAWRSSP LVNAALEGKL VLLDGIHRVN AGTLAVLQRL IHDRELSLYD
   541  GSRLLREDRY MRLKEELQLS DEQLQKRSIF PIHPSFRIIA LAEPPVIGST AHQWLGPEFL
   601  TMFFFHYMKP LVKSEEIQVI KEKVPNVPQE ALDKLLSFTH KLRETQDPTA QSLAASLSTR
   661  QLLRISRRLS QYPNENLHSA VTKACLSRFL PSLARSALEK NLADATIEIN TDDNLEPELK
   721  DYKCEVTSGT LRIGAVSAPI YNAHEKMKVP DVLFYDNIQH VIVMEDMLKD FLLGEHLLLV
   781  GNQGVGKNKI VDRFLHLLNR PREYIQLHRD TTVQTLTLQP SVKDGLIVYE DSPLVKAVKL
   841  GHILVVDEAD KAPTNVTCIL KTLVENGEMI LADGRRIVAN SANVNGRENV VVIHPDFRMI
   901  VLANRPGFPF LGNDFFGTLG DIFSCHAVDN PKPHSELEML RQYGPNVPEP ILQKLVAAFG
   961  ELRSLADQGI INYPYSTREV VNIVKHLQKF PTEGLSSVVR NVFDFDSYNN DMREILINTL
  1021  HKYGIPIGAK PTSVQLAKEL TLPEQTFMGY WTIGQARSGM QKLLCPVETH HIDIKGPALI
  1081  NIQEYPIERH EERSLNFTEE CASWRIPLDE INIICDIATS HENEQNTLYV VTCNPASLYF
  1141  MNMTGKSGFF VDFFDIFPRT ANGVWHPFVT VAPLGSPLKG QVVLHEQQSN VILLLDTTGR
  1201  ALHRLILPSE KFTSKKPFWW NKEEAETYKM CKEFSHKNWL VFYKEKGNSL TVLDVLEGRT
  1261  HTISLPINLK TVFLVAEDKW LLVESKTNQK YLLTKPAHIE SEGSGVCQLY VLKEEPPSTG
  1321  FGVTQETEFS IPHKISSDQL SSEHLSSAVE QKIASPNRIL SDEKNYATIV VGFPDLMSPS
  1381  EVYSWKRPSS LHKRSGTDTS FYRGKKKRGT PKQSNCVTLL DTNQVVRILP PGEVPLKDIY
  1441  PKDVTPPQTS GYIEVTDLQS KKLRYIPIPR SESLSPYTTW LSTISDTDAL LAEWDKSGVV
  1501  TVDMGGHIRL WETGLERLQR SLMEWRNMIG QDDRNMQITI NRDSGEDVSS PKHGKEDPDN
  1561  MPHVGGNTWA GGTGGRDTAG LGGKGGPYRL DAGHTVYQVS QAEKDAVPEE VKRAAREMGQ
  1621  RAFQQRLKEI QMSEYDAATY ERFSGAVRRQ VHSLRIILDN LQAKGKERQW LRHQATGELD
  1681  DAKIIDGLTG EKAIYKRRGE LEPQLGSPQQ KPKRLRLVVD VSGSMYRFNR MDGRLERTME
  1741  AVCMVMEAFE NYEEKFQYDI VGHSGDGYNI GLVPMNKIPK DNKQRLEILK TMHAHSQFCM
  1801  SGDHTLEGTE HAIKEIVKEE ADEYFVIVLS DANLSRYGIH PAKFAQILTR DPQVNAFAIF
  1861  IGSLGDQATR LQRTLPAGRS FVAMDTKDIP QILQQIFTST MLSSV

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against VWA8 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)
0.26
Highest tissue expression
33 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • tongue: 33 nTPM
  • skeletal muscle: 28 nTPM
  • liver: 20 nTPM
  • kidney: 17 nTPM
  • retina: 14 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 14 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • myonuclei: 1,172 nCPM
  • rod photoreceptor cells: 867 nCPM
  • choroid plexus epithelial cells: 761 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 618 nCPM
  • neutrophils: 609 nCPM
  • cone photoreceptor cells: 557 nCPM

Immune cell

  • MAIT T-cell: 1.6 nTPM
  • NK-cell: 1.6 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 1.2 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 1.1 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 1 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 1 nTPM

Brain region

  • choroid plexus: 44 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 33 nTPM
  • thalamus: 30 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 27 nTPM
  • midbrain: 27 nTPM
  • pons: 26 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about VWA8.

Disease | AllUniProt

Conditions VWA8 is implicated in, by any mechanism.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

3 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 241 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)
1.15
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-0.21
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.12
DepMap dependency class
selective

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).

OntologyGO

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of VWA8 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 VWA8 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against VWA8 could matter depends on whether native VWA8 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

VWA8 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 VWA8 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/VWA8. 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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