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: SLC16A3
Gene Name: SLC16A3
Protein Full Name: Monocarboxylate transporter 4
Alias: MCT3; MCT4; MGC138472; MGC138474; monocarboxylic acid transporter 4; MOT4; solute carrier family 16, member 3; solute carrier family 16, member 3 (monocarboxylic acid transporter 4)
Mass (Da): 49469
Number AA: 465
UniProt ID: O15427
Locus ID: 9123
COSMIC ID: SLC16A3
Gene location on chromosome: 17q25.3
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.25
Normal role description: Proton-linked monocarboxylate transporter.


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