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: | FOXG1 |
| Gene Name: | FOXG1 |
| Protein Full Name: | Forkhead box protein G1 |
| Alias: | BF1; BF2; Brain factor 1; Brain factor 2; FKHL1; FKHL2; FKHL3; Forkhead box protein G1A; Forkhead box protein G1B; Forkhead box protein G1C; Forkhead-related protein FKHL1; Forkhead-related protein FKHL2; Forkhead-related protein FKHL3; HBF-2; HFK1; HFK2; HFK3; Transcription factor BF-1; Transcription factor BF-2 |
| Mass (Da): | 52352 |
| Number AA: | 489 |
| UniProt ID: | P55316 |
| Locus ID: | 2290 |
| COSMIC ID: | FOXG1 |
| Gene location on chromosome: | 14q13 |
| Cancer protein type: | UNCLEAR |
| Effect of cancer mutation on protein: | UNCLEAR |
| Effect of active protein on cancer: | UNCLEAR |
| Number of cancer specimens: | 20151 |
| Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: | 0.84 |
| Normal role description: | Is a member of the forkhead transcription factor family. Suggested to play an important role in brain and telencephalon development. However the exact function is unknown. |