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: COL16A1
Gene Name: COL16A1
Protein Full Name: Collagen alpha-1(XVI) chain
Alias: 447AA; alpha 1 type XVI collagen; COGA1; collagen alpha-1; collagen, type XVI, alpha 1; XVI
Mass (Da): 157751
Number AA: 1604
UniProt ID: Q07092
Locus ID: 1307
COSMIC ID: COL16A1
Gene location on chromosome: 1p35.2
Number of cancer specimens: 19682
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.18
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with several point mutations, but no complex, insertion or deletion mutants.
Normal role description: Serve to maintain the intergrity of the extar cellular mtrix.


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