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: PTEN
Gene Name: PTEN
Protein Full Name: Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phospha
Alias: BZS; EC 3.1.3.16; EC 3.1.3.48; EC 3.1.3.67; MHAM; MMAC1; Mutated in multiple advanced cancers 1; Phosphatase and tensin; Phosphatase and tensin homolog gene; Protein-tyrosine phosphatase PTEN; PTEN1; TEP1
Mass (Da): 47166
Number AA: 403
UniProt ID: P60484
Locus ID: 5728
COSMIC ID: PTEN
Gene location on chromosome: 10q23.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 46849
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 6.94
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with point mutations, complex mutations, insertions and deletions over entire protein length.
Commonly recorded point mutations: R130G (116); R130Q (101);
Mutations observed as inherited: Cowden syndrome, breast and gastrointestinal carcinomas.
Normal role description: Phosphoinositide 3-phosphatase, protein-Tyr phosphatase.


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