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: EGF
Gene Name: EGF
Protein Full Name: Pro-epidermal growth factor
Alias: Beta-urogastrone; Epidermal growth factor
Mass (Da): 133950
Number AA: 1207
UniProt ID: P01133
Locus ID: 1950
COSMIC ID: EGF
Gene location on chromosome: 4q25
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20058
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.07
Normal role description: Potent mitogenic factor and plays an important role in cell growth, proliferation and differentiation via activating mitogen activated pathway.


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