The Secreted Protein Discovery Initiative (SPDI), a Large-Scale Effort to Identify Novel Human Secreted and Transmembrane Proteins: A Bioinformatics Assessment

Table 1.

Gene Categorization


Gene/domain category

No. of genes
7 Transmembrane domain receptors 9
Acyltransferases 4
Alcohol dehydrogenases 16
Amino oxidases 3
AMP binding proteins 3
C1q domain receptors 10
Cadherins 8
Carbonic anhydrases 3
Carboxylesterases 3
Carboxypeptidases 4
Claudins 7
Collagens 5
CUB/Sushi domain receptors 12
Cystatins 1
Cytochromes 5
Cytokines and chemokines 7
Epidermal growth factor receptors 12
Epidermal growth factors 10
Fibrinogens 11
Fibroblast growth factors 6
Fibronectins 12
Glypicans 2
Hormones 2
Integrins 2
Interferons 2
Laminins 3
Lectins 14
Leucine-rich repeat receptors 51
Lipocalins 3
Low-density lipoprotein receptors 5
Membrane channels 11
Olfactomedins 5
Peptidases 16
Phosphodiesterases 3
Proteases and protease inhibitors 14
Scavenger receptor domain proteins 2
Semaphorins and plexin repeat receptors 9
Thrombospondins and ADAMs 11
Transforming growth factors 2
Trypsins and trypsin inhibitors 17
Tumor necrosis factor receptors 10
Tumor necrosis factors 4
Tyrosine kinase receptors 1
Uteroglobins 1
WNT and WNT induced signaling proteins 5
Other immunoglobulin superfamily 64
Other secreted proteins 217
Other transmembrane proteins 252
Total number of secreted and transmembrane proteins 879
Galactosyltransferases 6
Glycosyltransferases 11
Kinases 1
Mitochondrial carrier proteins 3
Sulfatases 4
Sulfotransferases 3
Thioredoxins 7
Transcription factors 8
Other cytoplasmic and nuclear 93
Total number of cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins 136
Total number of proteins with unpredicted localization 6
Total number of SPDI genes
1021
  • Gene families and categories as determined by computational assessment of protein domains and sub-cellular localization, as well as curation.

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  1. Genome Res. 13: 2265-2270

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