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: PDE4A
Gene Name: PDE4A
Protein Full Name: cAMP-specific 3',5'-cyclic phosphodiesterase 4A
Alias: DPDE2;PDE46
Mass (Da): 95240
Number AA: 886
UniProt ID: P27815
Locus ID: 5141
COSMIC ID: PDE4A
Gene location on chromosome: 19p13.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20057
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.57
Normal role description: Belongs to the phosphodiesterase family. Hydrolyzes cAMP and therby regulates many physiological processes.


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