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: PTP4A2
Gene Name: PTP4A2
Protein Full Name: Protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA 2
Alias: CAAXII; EC 3.1.3.48; HH13; HH7-2; HU-PP-1; OV-1; PRL2; PRL-2; Protein tyrosine phosphatase type IVA, member 2; PTP; PTP4A; PTPCAAX2; Ptp-IV1a; TP4A2
Mass (Da): 19127
Number AA: 167
UniProt ID: Q12974
Locus ID: 8073
COSMIC ID: PTP4A2
Gene location on chromosome: 1p35.2
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.11
Normal role description: PTP4A2 is a protein-tyrosine phosphatase.


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