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SERINC2
serine incorporator 2
Chromosome 1 · 1p35.2
NCBI Gene: 347735Ensembl: ENSG00000168528.13HGNC: HGNC:23231UniProt: Q96IM8
24PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
plasma membraneextracellular exosomephospholipid scramblase activityplasma membrane phospholipid scramblingMODYacute lung injurypapillary thyroid carcinomacervical cancer
✦AI Summary

SERINC2 (serine incorporator 2) is a transmembrane protein that functions as a non-ATP-dependent lipid transporter and scramblase, facilitating bidirectional flipping of phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylcholine, and phosphatidylethanolamine across membranes 1. Beyond its established lipid transport role, SERINC2 demonstrates significant involvement in cellular metabolism and disease pathogenesis. In cancer contexts, SERINC2 promotes tumor progression through multiple mechanisms: it enhances serine metabolism and serine-associated lipid synthesis, creates immunosuppressive microenvironments by competing with CD8+ T cells for serine and inducing T cell exhaustion, and activates the Myc pathway to drive cervical cancer cell proliferation and metastasis 23. SERINC2 also localizes to lysosomes where it regulates amino acid/mTORC1 signaling, with its deficiency leading to pathological cardiac hypertrophy through enhanced mTORC1 activity and protein synthesis 4. In neuropsychiatric disorders, SERINC2 deficits in microglia impair phospholipid synthesis and synaptic pruning, contributing to bipolar disorder pathogenesis 5. Genome-wide association studies have identified SERINC2 as a significant risk locus for alcohol dependence in European populations 67. Pan-cancer analyses reveal SERINC2 overexpression correlates with poor prognosis and altered immune infiltration across multiple tumor types 8.

Sources cited
1
SERINC2 functions as a non-ATP-dependent lipid transporter and scramblase for phospholipids
PMID: 33883219
2
SERINC2 promotes cervical cancer progression through serine metabolism and T cell exhaustion
PMID: 39897034
3
SERINC2 drives cervical cancer progression via the Myc pathway
PMID: 39417376
4
SERINC2 localizes to lysosomes and regulates amino acid/mTORC1 signaling in cardiac hypertrophy
PMID: 39756712
5
SERINC2 deficits in microglia contribute to bipolar disorder through impaired phospholipid synthesis
PMID: 40920917
6
SERINC2 is a genome-wide significant risk locus for alcohol dependence in Europeans
PMID: 23455491
7
SERINC2 variants are associated with alcohol dependence across multiple GWAS samples
PMID: 25278008
8
SERINC2 overexpression correlates with poor prognosis across multiple cancer types
PMID: 41846290
Disease Associationsⓘ20
MODYOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
acute lung injuryOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
papillary thyroid carcinomaOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
cervical cancerOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
type 1 diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
lung adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 4Open Targets
0.05Suggestive
diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal, 2Open Targets
0.05Suggestive
maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2Open Targets
0.05Suggestive
maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 6Open Targets
0.05Suggestive
maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 3Open Targets
0.05Suggestive
alcohol dependenceOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 10Open Targets
0.04Suggestive
gliomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
cervical carcinomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
thyroid cancerOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
glioblastoma multiformeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
central nervous system cancerOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
lumbar disc degenerationOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
SERINC5Shared pathway50%PLSCR5Shared pathway50%CLPTM1LShared pathway50%SERINC1Shared pathway33%PLSCR4Shared pathway33%TMEM41BShared pathway25%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Liver
100%
Lung
17%
Brain
10%
Bone Marrow
2%
Heart
2%
Ovary
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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SERINC2SERINC5PLSCR5CLPTM1LSERINC1PLSCR4TMEM41B
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q96IM8
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.28LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF1.01 [0.81–1.28]
RankingsWhere SERINC2 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #13,299of 20,598
    Most Researched24
  • #13,467of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.28
Genes detectedSERINC2
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
SERINC2-mediated serine metabolism promotes cervical cancer progression and drives T cell exhaustion.
PMID: 39897034
Int J Biol Sci · 2025
1.00
2
Microglia contribute to bipolar depression through Serinc2-dependent phospholipid synthesis.
PMID: 40920917
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2025
0.90
3
NKAIN1-SERINC2 is a functional, replicable and genome-wide significant risk gene region specific for alcohol dependence in subjects of European descent.
PMID: 23455491
Drug Alcohol Depend · 2013
0.80
4
Serinc2 antagonizes pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy via regulating the amino acid/mTORC1 signaling pathway.
PMID: 39756712
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis · 2025
0.70
5
Genome-wide association discoveries of alcohol dependence.
PMID: 25278008
Am J Addict · 2014
0.60