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: NAT1
Gene Name: NAT1
Protein Full Name: Arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1
Alias: AAC1; ARY1; ARY2; Arylamide acetylase 1; Arylamine N-acetyltransferase; MNAT; Monomorphic arylamine N-acetyltransferase; N-acetyltransferase 1
Mass (Da): 33900
Number AA: 290
UniProt ID: P18440
Locus ID: 9
COSMIC ID: NAT1
Gene location on chromosome: 8p22
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: MIXED
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.14
Mutations observed as inherited: NA
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: NA
Deregulated in translocations: NA
Deregulated by viral insertion: NA
Transduced into viral genome: NA
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: NA
Normal role description: NAT1 is an arylamide acetylase that participates in the detoxification of multiple drugs such as hydrazine and arylamine, and may also activate several known carcinogens. Defects in the protein alter its activity - particularly, slow acetylation genotypes have been associated with increased lung cancer risk.


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