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: CUX1
Gene Name: CUX1
Protein Full Name: Protein CASP
Alias: CUTL1; Homeobox protein cut-like 1
Mass (Da): 77455
Number AA: 678
UniProt ID: P39880
Locus ID: 1523
COSMIC ID: CUX1
Gene location on chromosome: 7q22.1
Number of cancer specimens: 22556
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.37
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with some point mutations , but no complex mutations, insertions or deletions.
Normal role description: Regulates gene expression, morphogenesis, differentiation and cell cycle progression.


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