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: XDH
Gene Name: XDH
Protein Full Name: Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase
Alias: EC 1.17.1.4; EC 1.17.3.2; Xanthine oxidase; Xanthine oxidoreductase; XO; XOR
Mass (Da): 146424
Number AA: 1333
UniProt ID: P47989
Locus ID: 7498
COSMIC ID: XDH
Gene location on chromosome: 2p23.1
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19689
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.62
Normal role description: XDH is involved in oxidative metabolisms of purines. Reactions include hypoxanthine to xanthine and xanthine to uric acid.


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