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: TAF1
Gene Name: TAF1
Protein Full Name: Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 1
Alias: BA2R; CCG1; CCGS; Cell cycle gene 1 protein; DYT3; DYT3/TAF1; KAT4; Kinase TAF1; NSCL2; P250; T2D1; TAF1 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor; TAF2A; TAFII250; TAFII-250; TBP-associated factor 250 kDa; Transcription initiation factor TFIID 250 kDa subunit
Mass (Da): 212677
Number AA: 1872
UniProt ID: P21675
Locus ID: 6872
COSMIC ID: TAF1
Gene location on chromosome: Xq13.1
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20094
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.62
Normal role description: Initiation of transcription, serves as coactivators of transcription.


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