Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

XAGE5

X antigen family member 5

Also known as: CT12.5, GAGED5, XAGE-5, XAGE5_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q8WWM1
Gene
XAGE5
Ensembl
ENSG00000171405
Chromosome
X
Canonical length
108 aa
Protein class
Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Vesicles

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene is a member of the XAGE subfamily, which belongs to the GAGE family. The GAGE genes are expressed in a variety of tumors and in some fetal and reproductive tissues. The protein encoded by this gene shares a sequence similarity with other GAGE/PAGE proteins. Because of the expression pattern and the sequence similarity, this protein also belongs to a family of CT (cancer-testis) antigens. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

108 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q8WWM1|XAGE5
     1  MSWRGRRYRP RRCLRLAQLV GPMLEPSVPE PQQEEPPTES QDHTPGQKRE DDQGAAEIQV
    61  PNLEADLQEL SQSKTGDECG DSPDVQGKIL PKSEQFKMPE GGEGKPQL

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against XAGE5 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)
0.68
Highest tissue expression
1.1 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • testis: 1.1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 0 nTPM
  • adrenal gland: 0 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • appendix: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • differentiating spermatogonia: 16 nCPM
  • early primary spermatocytes: 9.8 nCPM
  • undifferentiated spermatogonia: 9.2 nCPM
  • schwann cells: 1.8 nCPM
  • syncytiotrophoblasts: 1.4 nCPM
  • adrenal cortex cells: 0.4 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

  • medulla oblongata: 0.1 nTPM
  • amygdala: 0 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 0 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 0 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 0 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 0 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)
1.87
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
-1.14
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.05
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 2% 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 XAGE5 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against XAGE5 could matter depends on whether native XAGE5 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

XAGE5 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 XAGE5 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/XAGE5. 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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