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: PTN
Gene Name: PTN
Protein Full Name: Pleiotrophin
Alias: Heparin-binding brain mitogen;Heparin-binding growth factor 8;Heparin-binding growth-associated molecule;Heparin-binding neurite outgrowth-promoting factor 1;Osteoblast-specific factor 1
Mass (Da): 18942
Number AA: 168
UniProt ID: P21246
Locus ID: 5764
COSMIC ID: PTN
Gene location on chromosome: 7q33
Cancer protein type: NA
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: NA
Effect of active protein on cancer: NA
Number of cancer specimens: 19746
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.34
Normal role description: NA


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