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: CAV1
Gene Name: CAV1
Protein Full Name: Caveolin-1
Alias: CAV; CAV1; caveolin 1, caveolae protein, 22kDa
Mass (Da): 20472
Number AA: 178
UniProt ID: Q03135
Locus ID: 857
COSMIC ID: CAV1
Gene location on chromosome: 7q31.2
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20057
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.15
Normal role description: Links intergrin subunits to the tyrosine kinase FYN, and initiate coupling intergrin to Ras-Erk pathway.


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