Cancer Protein Description

This report provides a detailed description of a selected cancer protein with information collected from various sources, including UniProt, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC), and the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology.


Protein Name: KPNA5
Gene Name: KPNA5
Protein Full Name: Importin subunit alpha-6
Alias: Importin alpha 6; IPOA6; Karyopherin alpha 5; Karyopherin subunit alpha-5; SRP6
Mass (Da): 60349
Number AA: 536
UniProt ID: O15131
Locus ID: 3841
COSMIC ID: KPNA5
Gene location on chromosome: 6q22.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19880
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.44
Normal role description: KPNA5 belongs to the importin alpha protein family and is involved in Nuclear localization signal-dependent protein import into the nucleus by functioning as a scaffold protein for nuclear receptor KPNB1.


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