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: RECQL4
Gene Name: RECQL4
Protein Full Name: ATP-dependent DNA helicase Q4
Alias: DNA helicase, RecQ-like type 4;RTS;RecQ protein-like 4
Mass (Da): 133077
Number AA: 1208
UniProt ID: O94761
Locus ID: 9401
COSMIC ID: RECQL4
Gene location on chromosome: 8q24.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20442
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.82
Mutations observed as inherited: Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome and RAPADILINO Syndrome (high risk of developing osteosarcoma)
Normal role description: DNA helicase of the RecQ family. May modulate chromosome segregation.


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