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WFDC10A

WAP four-disulfide core domain protein 10A

Also known as: C20orf146, dJ688G8.3, WAP10, WF10A_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9H1F0
Gene
WFDC10A
Ensembl
ENSG00000180305
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
79 aa
Protein class
Predicted secreted proteins
Secretome location
Secreted in male reproductive system

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes a member of the WAP-type four-disulfide core (WFDC) domain family. The WFDC domain, or WAP signature motif, contains eight cysteines forming four disulfide bonds at the core of the protein, and functions as a protease inhibitor. Most WFDC gene members are localized to chromosome 20q12-q13 in two clusters: centromeric and telomeric. This gene belongs to the telomeric cluster. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

79 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9H1F0|WFDC10A
     1  MAPQTLLPVL VLCVLLLQAQ GGYRDKKRMQ KTQLSPEIKV CQQQPKLYLC KHLCESHRDC
    61  QANNICCSTY CGNVCMSIL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against WFDC10A 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
Secreted
Secreted
Yes
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.5
Highest tissue expression
271 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • epididymis: 271 nTPM
  • seminal vesicle: 0.6 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0.2 nTPM
  • stomach: 0.1 nTPM
  • testis: 0.1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • epididymal principal cells: 492 nCPM
  • epididymal basal cells: 5.9 nCPM
  • oocytes: 4.6 nCPM
  • epididymal clear cells: 4.1 nCPM
  • late spermatids: 3.7 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct ciliated cells: 2.5 nCPM

Immune cell

  • naive CD4 T-cell: 0.1 nTPM
  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebral cortex: 0.5 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 0.2 nTPM
  • white matter: 0.2 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0.1 nTPM
  • hippocampal formation: 0.1 nTPM
  • pons: 0.1 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)
1.94
gnomAD pLI
0.01
gnomAD missense Z
-0.05
DepMap mean gene effect
0.1
DepMap dependency class
none

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

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads WFDC10A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against WFDC10A could matter depends on whether native WFDC10A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

WFDC10A is annotated as secreted, so native WFDC10A circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label WFDC10A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/WFDC10A. 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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