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: KCNK5
Gene Name: KCNK5
Protein Full Name: Potassium channel subfamily K member 5
Alias: Acid-sensitive potassium channel TASK-2; K2p5.1; Potassium channel, subfamily K, member 5; TASK2; TASK-2; TWIK-related acid-sensitive K ch
Mass (Da): 55130
Number AA: 499
UniProt ID: O95279
Locus ID: 8645
COSMIC ID: KCNK5
Gene location on chromosome: 6p21.2
Cancer protein type: NA
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: NA
Effect of active protein on cancer: NA
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.57
Normal role description: NA


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