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: EPHA1
Gene Name: EPHA1
Protein Full Name: Ephrin type-A receptor 1
Alias: EC 2.7.10.1; EPA1; EPH; EPH receptor A1; Ephrin type-A receptor 1; EPHT; EPHT1; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor EPH
Mass (Da): 108067
Number AA: 976
UniProt ID: P21709
Locus ID: 2041
COSMIC ID: EPHA1
Gene location on chromosome: 7q34-35
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19994
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.94
Normal role description: EPHA1 is a receptor-tyrosine kinase that is activated upon binding ephrins.


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