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: ASNS
Gene Name: ASNS
Protein Full Name: Asparagine synthetase [glutamine-hydrolyzing]
Alias: Asparagine synthetase; Asparagine synthetase glutamine-hydrolyzing; Cell cycle control protein TS11; EC 6.3.5.4; Glutamine-dependent asparagine synthetase; TS11; TS11 cell cycle control
Mass (Da): 64370
Number AA: 561
UniProt ID: P08243
Locus ID: 440
COSMIC ID: ASNS
Gene location on chromosome: 7q21.3
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.37
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: None of the reported SNPs have been associated with tumor initiation or progression.


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