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: NR4A3
Gene Name: NR4A3
Protein Full Name: Nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 3
Alias: CHN; CSMF; MINOR; Mitogen-induced nuclear orphan receptor; Neuron-derived orphan receptor 1; NOR1; Nuclear receptor subfamily 4, group A, member 3 (NOR1); Orphan nuclear receptor TEC
Mass (Da): 68230
Number AA: 626
UniProt ID: P43354
Locus ID: 8013
COSMIC ID: NR4A3
Gene location on chromosome: 9q22
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.78
Deregulated in translocations: Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Fusion partners include EWSR1, TAF2N and TCF12
Normal role description: Binds to the B1A response-element.


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