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: NRG1
Gene Name: NRG1
Protein Full Name: Pro-neuregulin-1, membrane-bound isoform
Alias: acetylcholine receptor-inducing activity; ARIA; breast cancer cell differentiation factor p45; GGF; GGF2; glial growth factor; heregulin; HGL; HRG; HRG1; HRGA; NDF; Neu differentiation factor; neuregulin 1; Neuregulin-1; Pro-NRG1; sensory and motor neuron-derived factor; SMDF
Mass (Da): 70392
Number AA: 640
UniProt ID: Q02297
Locus ID: 3084
COSMIC ID: NRG1
Gene location on chromosome: 19p13.11
Number of cancer specimens: 20058
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.02
Normal role description: Ligand for ErbB2/ErbB3 receptors.


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