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: DNMT1
Gene Name: DNMT1
Protein Full Name: DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 1
Alias: CXXC9; CXXC-type zinc finger protein 9; DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 1; DNA methyltransferase HsaI; DNA MTase HsaI; DNMT; MCMT
Mass (Da): 183165
Number AA: 1616
UniProt ID: P26358
Locus ID: 1786
COSMIC ID: DNMT1
Gene location on chromosome: 19p13.2
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20890
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.21
Normal role description: Establishment and regulation of tissue specific patterns of methylated cytosine residues.


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