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: DIRAS3
Gene Name: DIRAS3
Protein Full Name: GTP-binding protein Di-Ras3
Alias: Distinct subgroup of the Ras family member 3;Rho-related GTP-binding protein RhoI
Mass (Da): 25861
Number AA: 229
UniProt ID: O95661
Locus ID: 9077
COSMIC ID: DIRAS3
Gene location on chromosome: 1p31.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBITS
Number of cancer specimens: 20338
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.34
Normal role description: Regulates cell cycle, angeogenesis, autophagy and tumour dormancy.


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