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: MYH1
Gene Name: MYH1
Protein Full Name: Myosin-1
Alias: MGC133384; MYHa; MyHC-2X/D; MyHC-IIx/d; MYHSA1; Myosin heavy chain 1; Myosin heavy chain 2x; Myosin heavy chain IIx/d; Myosin heavy chain, skeletal muscle, adult 1; Myosin, heavy chain 1, skeletal muscle, adult
Mass (Da): 223145
Number AA: 1939
UniProt ID: P12882
Locus ID: 4619
COSMIC ID: MYH1
Gene location on chromosome: 17p13.1
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19811
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 3.01
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with point mutations over protein length, but no insertions or deletions.
Normal role description: Involved in muscle contraction.


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