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: RARRES1
Gene Name: RARRES1
Protein Full Name: Retinoic acid receptor responder protein 1
Alias: RAR-responsive protein TIG1;Tazarotene-induced gene 1 protein
Mass (Da): 33285
Number AA: 294
UniProt ID: P49788
Locus ID: 5918
COSMIC ID: RARRES1
Gene location on chromosome: 3q25.32
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.19
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: Prostate carcinoma, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and leukemia
Normal role description: Transcription protein - Nuclear receptor. Negative regulation of cell proliferation.


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