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: | SOX4 |
| Gene Name: | SOX4 |
| Protein Full Name: | Transcription factor SOX-4 |
| Alias: | SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 4 |
| Mass (Da): | 47263 |
| Number AA: | 474 |
| UniProt ID: | Q06945 |
| Locus ID: | 6659 |
| COSMIC ID: | SOX4 |
| Gene location on chromosome: | 6p22.3 |
| Cancer protein type: | Both |
| Effect of cancer mutation on protein: | UNCLEAR |
| Effect of active protein on cancer: | MIXED |
| Number of cancer specimens: | 19929 |
| Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: | 0.15 |
| Normal role description: | Transcriptional activator that binds with high affinity to the T-cell enhancer motif 5'-AACAAAG-3' motif. It is involved in embryonic development, determination of cell fate, regulation of apoptosis, tumorigenesis, parathyroid hormone mediated signalling and bone development. |