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: PTP4A3
Gene Name: PTP4A3
Protein Full Name: Protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA 3
Alias:  EC 3.1.3.48; PRL-3; PRL-R; Protein-tyrosine phosphatase of regenerating liver-3; TP4A3
Mass (Da): 19535
Number AA: 173
UniProt ID: O75365
Locus ID: 11156
COSMIC ID: PTP4A3
Gene location on chromosome: 8q24.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.23
Normal role description: PTP4A3 is a protein-tyrosine phosphatase.


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