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: BGN
Gene Name: BGN
Protein Full Name: Biglycan
Alias: Bone/cartilage proteoglycan I;PG-S1
Mass (Da): 41654
Number AA: 368
UniProt ID: P21810
Locus ID: 633
COSMIC ID: BGN
Gene location on chromosome: Xq28
Number of cancer specimens: 19688
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.39
Normal role description: May be involved in collagen fiber assembly.


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