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: Bcr
Gene Name: BCR
Protein Full Name: Breakpoint cluster region protein
Alias: ALL; BCR; BCR1; Breakpoint cluster region; CML; D22S11; D22S662; PHL; Renal carcinoma antigen NY-REN-26
Mass (Da): 142819
Number AA: 1271
UniProt ID: P11274; Q12843; Q12845; Q12848; Q14020; Q13846
Locus ID: 613
COSMIC ID: BCR
Gene location on chromosome: 22q11.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20651
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.82
Deregulated in translocations: t(9;22)(q34;q11): BCR-ABL; t(8;22)(p11;q11): BCR-FGFR1; t(4;22)(q12;q11): BCR-PDGFRA; t(9;22)(p24;q11): BCR-JAK2
Normal role description: BCR is a protein-serine/threonine kinase - Atypical. Bcr and abl fusion protein triggers unregulated cell growth. The function of physiological BCR remains unclear.


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