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: GLI1
Gene Name: GLI1
Protein Full Name: Zinc finger protein GLI1
Alias: Glioma-associated oncogene;Oncogene GLI
Mass (Da): 117904
Number AA: 1106
UniProt ID: P08151
Locus ID: 2735
COSMIC ID: GLI1
Gene location on chromosome: 12q13.2-q13.3
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20000
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.23
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: Glioblastomas; B-cell lymphoma; sarcoma
Deregulated in translocations: Pericytoma. Fusion partners include ACTB
Normal role description: DNA binding transcription factor and regulates stem cell proliferation


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