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: FMOD
Gene Name: FMOD
Protein Full Name: Fibromodulin
Alias: Collagen-binding 59 kDa protein;Keratan sulfate proteoglycan fibromodulin
Mass (Da): 43179
Number AA: 376
UniProt ID: Q06828
Locus ID: 2331
COSMIC ID: FMOD
Gene location on chromosome: 1q32
Number of cancer specimens: 19670
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.53
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: Affects the rate of fibrils formation. May have a primary role in collagen fibrillogenesis 


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