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: CD53
Gene Name: CD53
Protein Full Name: Leukocyte surface antigen CD53
Alias: Cell surface glycoprotein CD53;Tetraspanin-25
Mass (Da): 24341
Number AA: 219
UniProt ID: P19397
Locus ID: 963
COSMIC ID: CD53
Gene location on chromosome: 1p13.3
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.3
Normal role description: May be involved in growth regulation in hematopoietic cells. It can complex with integrins and CD2. It is involved in signal transduction resulting in cell development, actiavtion, growth and motility.


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