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: FOXO4
Gene Name: FOXO4
Protein Full Name: Forkhead box protein O4
Alias: Afx; Afx1; Afxh; Forkhead box O4; Forkhead domain AFX1; Foxo4; Mllt7; Myeloid/lymphoid or mixed-lineage leukemia (trithorax homolog, Drosophila); Translocated to, 7 (AFX1)
Mass (Da): 53684
Number AA: 505
UniProt ID: P98177
Locus ID: 4303
COSMIC ID: FOXO4
Gene location on chromosome: Xq13
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20145
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.43
Deregulated in translocations: Acute leukemias. Fusion partners include MLL
Normal role description: Transcription of proteins involve in cell growth and differentiation.


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