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: HOXC13
Gene Name: HOXC13
Protein Full Name: Homeobox protein Hox-C13
Alias: Homeobox protein Hox-3G
Mass (Da): 35379
Number AA: 330
UniProt ID: P31276
Locus ID: 3229
COSMIC ID: HOXC13
Gene location on chromosome: 12q13.13
Number of cancer specimens: 20262
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.01
Deregulated in translocations: t(11;12)(p15;q13): NUP98-HOXC13
Normal role description: Transcription factor, involved in developmental regulation and ebryonic patterning. Plays a role in leukemiogenesis of myeloid cells and differentiation of erythroleukemia cells.


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