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: IL4R
Gene Name: IL4R
Protein Full Name: Interleukin-4 receptor subunit alpha
Alias: 582J2.1; CD124; CD124 antigen; IL4RA; IL-4R-alpha; Interleukin 4 receptor; Interleukin-4 receptor alpha chain precursor; Soluble interleukin-4 receptor alpha chain
Mass (Da): 89658
Number AA: 825
UniProt ID: P24394
Locus ID: 3566
COSMIC ID: IL4R
Gene location on chromosome: 16q12.1
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.72
Normal role description: Receptor - for cytokine interleukin-4.


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