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: TRAP1
Gene Name: TRAP1
Protein Full Name: Heat shock protein 75 kDa, mitochondrial
Alias: Hsp75; TRAP-1; Tumor necrosis factor type 1 receptor-associated protein
Mass (Da): 80110
Number AA: 704
UniProt ID: Q12931
Locus ID: 10131
COSMIC ID: TRAP1
Gene location on chromosome: 16p13.3
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.53
Mutations observed as inherited: NA
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: NA
Deregulated in translocations: NA
Deregulated by viral insertion: NA
Transduced into viral genome: NA
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: NA
Normal role description: TRAP1 is a chaperone protein that may be associated with the TNF receptor and play a role in the signalling cascade, including upregulating genes involved in cell cycle, cell motility, cell survival and metastasis. It may also exert ATPase activity.


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