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: GALNS
Gene Name: GALNS
Protein Full Name: N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase
Alias: Chondroitinsulfatase;Galactose-6-sulfate sulfatase;N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase
Mass (Da): 58026
Number AA: 522
UniProt ID: P34059
Locus ID: 2588
COSMIC ID: GALNS
Gene location on chromosome: 16q24.3
Number of cancer specimens: 19689
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.36
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: no entry in AGO


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