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: USP4
Gene Name: USP4
Protein Full Name: Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 4
Alias: Deubiquitinating enzyme 4; Ubiquitin specific peptidase 4 (proto-oncogene); Ubiquitin thioesterase 4; Ubiquitin-specific-processing protease 4; Ubiquitous nuclear protein homolog; UBP4; UNP; UNPH
Mass (Da): 108565
Number AA: 963
UniProt ID: Q13107
Locus ID: 7375
COSMIC ID: USP4
Gene location on chromosome: 3p21.3
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20149
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.62
Normal role description: Protease that deubiquitinates target proteins such as the receptor ADORA2A and TRIM21. Regulates quality control in the ER. Expression levels elevated in some lung tumors.


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