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: MDK
Gene Name: MDK
Protein Full Name: Midkine
Alias: Amphiregulin-associated protein;Midgestation and kidney protein;Neurite outgrowth-promoting factor 2;Neurite outgrowth-promoting protein
Mass (Da): 15585
Number AA: 143
UniProt ID: P21741
Locus ID: 4192
COSMIC ID: MDK
Gene location on chromosome: 11p11.2
Cancer protein type: NA
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: NA
Effect of active protein on cancer: NA
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.05
Normal role description: NA


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