SPOCK2

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Also known as KIAA0275testican-2

Summary

SPOCK2 (SPARC (osteonectin), cwcv and kazal like domains proteoglycan 2, HGNC:13564) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 10q22.1, encoding Testican-2 (Q92563). May participate in diverse steps of neurogenesis.

This gene encodes a protein which binds with glycosaminoglycans to form part of the extracellular matrix. The protein contains thyroglobulin type-1, follistatin-like, and calcium-binding domains, and has glycosaminoglycan attachment sites in the acidic C-terminal region. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different protein isoforms have been described for this gene.

Source: NCBI Gene 9806 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 5
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 75 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001244950

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:13564
Approved symbolSPOCK2
NameSPARC (osteonectin), cwcv and kazal like domains proteoglycan 2
Location10q22.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesKIAA0275, testican-2
Ensembl geneENSG00000107742
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM607988
Entrez9806

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 9 — 5 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined, 4 protein_coding

ENST00000317376, ENST00000373109, ENST00000412663, ENST00000460053, ENST00000463279, ENST00000469121, ENST00000483699, ENST00000495888, ENST00000885192

RefSeq mRNA: 3 — MANE Select: NM_001244950 NM_001134434, NM_001244950, NM_014767

CCDS: CCDS44431, CCDS7313

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000373109 — 11 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000007085647207031272070426
ENSE000007085667207214472072258
ENSE000007085697207250372072548
ENSE000014595267208814072088551
ENSE000024964067207290272072910
ENSE000034979997206417872064240
ENSE000036210837206302572063162
ENSE000036827187206818772068301
ENSE000036891007206690272067120
ENSE000036910137206761372067732
ENSE000038459177205903472062905

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 245 present calls, max score 99.61.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth broad, TPM avg 45.5254 / max 1785.9832, expressed in 568 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (17 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
10997126.3155453
1099707.5927395
1099726.5676324
1099781.0919222
1099730.9146195
1099690.7013208
1099680.6433205
1099740.5566173
1099790.3458147
1099670.3112131

Top tissues by expression

281 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
paraflocculusUBERON:000535199.61gold quality
lateral nuclear group of thalamusUBERON:000273699.33gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212998.94gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224598.94gold quality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489098.92gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203798.91gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 10UBERON:001354198.84gold quality
dorsal root ganglionUBERON:000004498.74gold quality
cerebellar vermisUBERON:000472098.72gold quality
middle frontal gyrusUBERON:000270298.59gold quality
dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerveUBERON:000287098.59gold quality
substantia nigra pars compactaUBERON:000196598.48gold quality
ponsUBERON:000098898.42gold quality
superior vestibular nucleusUBERON:000722798.42gold quality
inferior olivary complexUBERON:000212798.41gold quality
lateral globus pallidusUBERON:000247698.27gold quality
substantia nigra pars reticulataUBERON:000196698.20gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188298.12gold quality
ventral tegmental areaUBERON:000269198.06gold quality
frontal poleUBERON:000279598.06gold quality
hypothalamusUBERON:000189898.01gold quality
medulla oblongataUBERON:000189697.95gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281097.74gold quality
cingulate cortexUBERON:000302797.70gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983597.68gold quality
primary visual cortexUBERON:000243697.58gold quality
caudate nucleusUBERON:000187397.53gold quality
occipital lobeUBERON:000202197.53gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045197.47gold quality
postcentral gyrusUBERON:000258197.45gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 21 experiment(s), a significant marker in 18.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-CURD-122yes467.27
E-MTAB-6678yes398.61
E-MTAB-9221yes383.04
E-MTAB-7381yes332.11
E-CURD-112yes226.74
E-CURD-6yes110.84
E-HCAD-4yes62.30
E-CURD-88yes55.25
E-MTAB-8142yes39.98
E-HCAD-1yes36.41
E-HCAD-10yes36.06
E-MTAB-8410yes34.74
E-GEOD-135922yes25.48
E-CURD-46yes21.55
E-ANND-3yes11.91

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): EZH2

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

39 targeting SPOCK2, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-6825-5P99.9669.813431
HSA-MIR-6780B-5P99.9669.602562
HSA-MIR-211099.9666.681930
HSA-MIR-6857-5P99.8765.32985
HSA-MIR-3151-5P99.8663.831069
HSA-MIR-607999.8468.541170
HSA-MIR-132199.8465.301811
HSA-MIR-473999.8465.251832
HSA-MIR-4756-5P99.8464.981809
HSA-MIR-3150A-3P99.7664.441640
HSA-MIR-6763-5P99.7664.681767
HSA-MIR-6794-5P99.7666.381048
HSA-MIR-92A-2-5P99.7567.012164
HSA-MIR-442899.7366.411733
HSA-MIR-4524A-3P99.7266.852406
HSA-MIR-4716-3P99.6966.731022
HSA-MIR-317599.6566.302031
HSA-MIR-450299.6566.991021
HSA-MIR-9851-3P99.6369.681110
HSA-MIR-7152-5P99.6069.332094
HSA-MIR-7106-5P99.5367.473574
HSA-MIR-608099.4369.43373
HSA-MIR-5580-5P99.3866.961139
HSA-MIR-593-5P99.3469.50965
HSA-MIR-6828-5P99.3169.211433
HSA-MIR-3614-5P99.3065.25837
HSA-MIR-315498.9466.551455
HSA-MIR-6852-3P98.5467.601468
HSA-MIR-6784-3P98.3964.88662
HSA-MIR-6842-3P98.0766.331325

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 14)

  • Neurons are a major source of all of the testican family members in the normal brain. Abundant distribution of testican 2 may contribute to glioma invasion by inactivating other testican family members including N-Tes, which all inhibit MT-MMPs. (PMID:12810672)
  • purification and characterization of a recombinant testican-2 expressed in insect cells; the C1q subcomponent of complement component C1 was identified as a potential interacting partner of testican-2 (PMID:17950619)
  • candidate susceptibility gene for bronchopulmonary dysplasia; lung expression pattern indicates potential role in alveolarization (PMID:21836138)
  • The upregulation of SPOCK2-encoded Testican2 proteoglycan and of ectodysplasin (EDA) protein was coupled with a down-regulation of EDA2 receptor (EDA2R). (PMID:29708036)
  • Dysregulation of pseudogene/lncRNA-hsa-miR-363-3p-SPOCK2 pathway fuels stage progression of ovarian cancer. (PMID:31794425)
  • SPOCK2 Affects the Biological Behavior of Endometrial Cancer Cells by Regulation of MT1-MMP and MMP2. (PMID:32430715)
  • Downregulation of SPOCK2 promotes the proliferation, adhesion, and invasion of endometrial epithelial cells. (PMID:32851893)
  • Circulating testican-2 is a podocyte-derived marker of kidney health. (PMID:32958645)
  • Testican-2 Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Incident ESKD. (PMID:36288905)
  • SPOCK2 and SPRED1 function downstream of EZH2 to impede the malignant progression of lung adenocarcinoma in vitro and in vivo. (PMID:36629984)
  • Integrated bulk and single-cell RNA-sequencing reveals SPOCK2 as a novel biomarker gene in the development of congenital pulmonary airway malformation. (PMID:37165378)
  • SPOCK2 gene expression is downregulated in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells and correlates with prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer. (PMID:37188984)
  • The novel prognostic marker SPOCK2 regulates tumour progression in melanoma. (PMID:38888196)
  • SPOCK: Master regulator of malignant tumors (Review). (PMID:39392048)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriospock2ENSDARG00000075393
mus_musculusSpock2ENSMUSG00000058297
rattus_norvegicusSpock2ENSRNOG00000061544
drosophila_melanogasterCowFBGN0039054
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00016918

Paralogs (3): SPOCK1 (ENSG00000152377), SPOCK3 (ENSG00000196104), KIAA1210 (ENSG00000250423)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Testican-2Q92563 (reviewed: Q92563)

Alternative names: SPARC/osteonectin, CWCV, and Kazal-like domains proteoglycan 2

All UniProt accessions (1): Q92563

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. May participate in diverse steps of neurogenesis. Binds calcium.

Subcellular location. Secreted. Extracellular space. Extracellular matrix.

Tissue specificity. Highly expressed in brain. Also found in lung and testis.

Post-translational modifications. Contains chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate O-linked oligosaccharides.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q92563-11yes
Q92563-22

RefSeq proteins (3): NP_001127906, NP_001231879, NP_055582 (=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR000716Thyroglobulin_1Domain
IPR002350Kazal_domDomain
IPR011992EF-hand-dom_pairHomologous_superfamily
IPR019577SPARC/Testican_Ca-bd-domDomain
IPR036058Kazal_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR036857Thyroglobulin_1_sfHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF00086, PF07648, PF10591

UniProt features (22 total): disulfide bond 8, glycosylation site 3, splice variant 2, domain 2, signal peptide 1, chain 1, sequence variant 1, sequence conflict 1, region of interest 1, compositionally biased region 1, modified residue 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q92563-F167.370.09

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Post-translational modifications (1): 72

Disulfide bonds (8): 90–101, 95–111, 136–166, 139–159, 148–180, 313–337, 348–355, 357–376

Glycosylation sites (3): 225, 383, 388

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 pathways

MSigDB gene sets: 294 (showing top): GSE45365_CTRL_VS_MCMV_INFECTION_NK_CELL_UP, GSE18804_SPLEEN_MACROPHAGE_VS_COLON_TUMORAL_MACROPHAGE_DN, AHRARNT_01, WAMUNYOKOLI_OVARIAN_CANCER_LMP_DN, GAANYNYGACNY_UNKNOWN, GOBP_SYNAPSE_ASSEMBLY, GOBP_RESPONSE_TO_PEPTIDE, RORA1_01, AP4_Q6, AAAYRNCTG_UNKNOWN, CAGCTG_AP4_Q5, GOBP_POSITIVE_REGULATION_OF_CELL_ADHESION, MODULE_66, GTGCCTT_MIR506, TCF4_Q5

GO Biological Process (6): synapse assembly (GO:0007416), positive regulation of cell-substrate adhesion (GO:0010811), extracellular matrix organization (GO:0030198), regulation of cell differentiation (GO:0045595), cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor (GO:1990830), positive regulation of cell motility (GO:2000147)

GO Molecular Function (6): calcium ion binding (GO:0005509), collagen binding (GO:0005518), glycosaminoglycan binding (GO:0005539), metalloendopeptidase inhibitor activity (GO:0008191), extracellular matrix binding (GO:0050840), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (3): obsolete extracellular space (GO:0005615), extracellular matrix (GO:0031012), extracellular region (GO:0005576)

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
binding2
nervous system development1
cell junction assembly1
synapse organization1
regulation of cell-substrate adhesion1
cell-substrate adhesion1
positive regulation of cell adhesion1
extracellular structure organization1
external encapsulating structure organization1
cell differentiation1
regulation of developmental process1
regulation of cellular process1
cellular response to cytokine stimulus1
response to leukemia inhibitory factor1
positive regulation of locomotion1
positive regulation of cellular process1
cell motility1
regulation of cell motility1
metal ion binding1
protein-containing complex binding1
carbohydrate derivative binding1
metalloendopeptidase activity1
endopeptidase inhibitor activity1
external encapsulating structure1
cellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

1056 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
SPOCK2MMP16P51512817
SPOCK2FSTP19883733
SPOCK2TGP01266702
SPOCK2MMP14P50281612
SPOCK2MMP2P08253471
SPOCK2MMP1P03956427
SPOCK2SMOC1Q9H4F8358
SPOCK2MATN2O00339354
SPOCK2SS18L2Q9UHA2352
SPOCK2COL19A1Q14993344
SPOCK2ERBB2P04626338
SPOCK2VMA22Q96NT0335
SPOCK2NHSL2Q5HYW2330
SPOCK2MRPL51Q4U2R6327
SPOCK2ASPNQ9BXN1326

IntAct

9 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
ENKD1SPOCK2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
SPOCK2ENKD1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.560
SPOCK2UBA52psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.400
PLXNB3SPOCK2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
SPOCK2VPS4Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SPOCK2hutUpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
DSCR9SPOCK2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000

BioGRID (21): SPOCK3 (Affinity Capture-Western), SPOCK2 (Affinity Capture-Western), SPOCK2 (Proximity Label-MS), SPOCK2 (Affinity Capture-RNA), UXS1 (Affinity Capture-MS), VPS4B (Affinity Capture-MS), TEX15 (Affinity Capture-MS), RPL23 (Affinity Capture-MS), TPRKB (Affinity Capture-MS), ZNF146 (Affinity Capture-MS), SLC25A16 (Affinity Capture-MS), COL14A1 (Affinity Capture-MS), RPS14 (Affinity Capture-MS), EME1 (Affinity Capture-MS), SENP5 (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A2RUV9, F8W3R9, O18738, O43278, O54858, O88393, O97827, P00734, P00735, P0C5J5, P12259, P18292, P26342, P35054, P51511, Q08629, Q08E66, Q09101, Q14118, Q24567, Q24568, Q28685, Q29243, Q5R537, Q5RD69, Q62165, Q62288, Q640N1, Q66K79, Q701R2, Q7TQN3, Q80TS3, Q8BKV0, Q8IUX7, Q8N436, Q8R4V4, Q8TEU8, Q91ZV2, Q91ZV3, Q92563

Diamond homologs: A0A1D0C023, B3F211, B5DFC9, P04233, P04441, P10247, P10493, P31226, P81439, P84032, Q08629, Q14112, Q62288, Q8BKV0, Q8BLY1, Q8CD91, Q92563, Q9ER58, Q9H3U7, Q9H4F8, A0A075TXZ3, A0A0E4AET8, A0A8B0RBM2, A1CFK9, A7YN26, B2D0J5, D2D3B6, D6WMZ8, F1RRV3, O08710, O16168, O16169, O16170, O16171, O16172, O16173, O62760, O62761, O62763, O88322

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

75 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance60
Likely benign3
Benign4

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

1528 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
10:72063158:GATGC:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
10:72063159:ATGC:Aacceptor_gain1.0000
10:72063161:GC:Gacceptor_gain1.0000
10:72063162:CC:Cacceptor_gain1.0000
10:72063163:C:CCacceptor_gain1.0000
10:72063163:C:CGacceptor_loss1.0000
10:72063167:A:ACacceptor_gain1.0000
10:72064177:CCTGG:Cdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066894:GCAC:Gdonor_loss1.0000
10:72066895:CACT:Cdonor_loss1.0000
10:72066896:ACTC:Adonor_loss1.0000
10:72066897:CT:Cdonor_loss1.0000
10:72066898:TCACT:Tdonor_loss1.0000
10:72066899:CACTC:Cdonor_loss1.0000
10:72066900:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066900:ACT:Adonor_gain1.0000
10:72066900:ACTCT:Adonor_gain1.0000
10:72066901:C:CGdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066901:CT:Cdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066901:CTC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066901:CTCT:Cdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066901:CTCTC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066904:T:Adonor_gain1.0000
10:72066905:C:CAdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066930:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066930:AG:Adonor_gain1.0000
10:72066931:G:Cdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066949:T:TAdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066998:A:ACdonor_gain1.0000
10:72066999:C:CCdonor_gain1.0000

AlphaMissense

2814 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
10:72066924:C:AW302C1.000
10:72066924:C:GW302C1.000
10:72066926:A:GW302R1.000
10:72066926:A:TW302R1.000
10:72066964:C:TC289Y1.000
10:72066987:G:CC281W1.000
10:72066988:C:TC281Y1.000
10:72066989:A:GC281R1.000
10:72067069:A:CF254C1.000
10:72067680:C:AW214C1.000
10:72067680:C:GW214C1.000
10:72067690:A:GL211P1.000
10:72072170:G:CC111W1.000
10:72072171:C:GC111S1.000
10:72072172:A:GC111R1.000
10:72072172:A:TC111S1.000
10:72072200:G:CC101W1.000
10:72072201:C:GC101S1.000
10:72072201:C:TC101Y1.000
10:72072202:A:GC101R1.000
10:72072202:A:TC101S1.000
10:72072219:C:GC95S1.000
10:72072220:A:GC95R1.000
10:72072220:A:TC95S1.000
10:72072234:C:GC90S1.000
10:72072235:A:TC90S1.000
10:72088155:C:AW58C1.000
10:72088155:C:GW58C1.000
10:72063143:G:CC337W0.999
10:72063144:C:GC337S0.999

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000111162 (10:72082172 T>C), RS1000159281 (10:72086594 A>G), RS1000199926 (10:72085320 A>G), RS1000274800 (10:72085630 T>G), RS1000533952 (10:72087083 G>A,T), RS1000609237 (10:72087391 T>A), RS1000717814 (10:72080863 C>G,T), RS1000737905 (10:72063228 AC>A), RS1000768517 (10:72069428 A>C), RS1000799446 (10:72075101 A>G), RS1000997611 (10:72068754 C>T), RS1001008190 (10:72075004 C>T), RS1001044892 (10:72080600 G>A), RS1001153018 (10:72063101 G>A), RS1001279021 (10:72084181 T>C)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:607988 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

5 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST000937_5Insulin-like growth factors5.000000e-07
GCST001539_5Smoking behavior8.000000e-07
GCST006585_323Blood protein levels3.000000e-17
GCST010796_5336Electrocardiogram morphology (amplitude at temporal datapoints)3.000000e-08
GCST012255_1Response to antioxidants and zinc in age-related macular degeneration (disease progression)3.000000e-06

EFO canonical traits (4, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004627IGF-1 measurement
EFO:0004318smoking behavior
EFO:0004327electrocardiography
EFO:0008336disease progression measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

28 total (human), top 28 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Benzo(a)pyreneincreases expression, increases methylation2
Cisplatinaffects cotreatment, increases expression, decreases expression2
Nickelincreases expression2
Valproic Acidaffects expression, increases methylation2
aristolochic acid Iincreases expression1
bufotalindecreases expression1
propionaldehydeincreases expression1
sodium arsenitedecreases expression1
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)cysteineaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
arsenic disulfideaffects expression1
Acetaminophenincreases expression1
Air Pollutantsincreases expression, increases abundance1
Atrazineincreases expression1
Benzeneincreases expression1
Caffeinedecreases phosphorylation1
Carbamazepineaffects expression1
Estradiolaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Lipopolysaccharidesaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Smokedecreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutionaffects expression1
7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxideincreases expression1
8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphateincreases expression1
1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridiniumincreases expression1
Paclitaxelaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Antirheumatic Agentsdecreases expression1
Acrylamidedecreases expression1
p-Chloromercuribenzoic Acidincreases expression1
Particulate Matterincreases abundance, increases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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