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: GPC5
Gene Name: GPC5
Protein Full Name: Glypican-5
Alias: glypican 5; glypican proteoglycan 5; glypican-5
Mass (Da): 63707
Number AA: 572
UniProt ID: P78333
Locus ID: 2262
COSMIC ID: GPC5
Gene location on chromosome: 13q31.3
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19746
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.27
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: liposarcomas, breast cancers, neurologic tumors, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Normal role description: Cell division and growth regulation.


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