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: PTPN7
Gene Name: PTPN7
Protein Full Name: Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 7
Alias: EC 3.1.3.48; LC-PTP; Protein-tyrosine phosphatase, non-receptor type 7; PTN7; PTPN7
Mass (Da): 40529
Number AA: 360
UniProt ID: P35236
Locus ID: 5778
COSMIC ID: PTPN7
Gene location on chromosome: 1q32.1
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.32
Normal role description: PTPN7 is a protein-tyrosine phosphatase.


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