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: BFSP2
Gene Name: BFSP2
Protein Full Name: Phakinin
Alias: 49 kDa cytoskeletal protein; Beaded filament structural 2; Beaded filament structural protein 2; Beaded filament structural protein 2, phakinin; CP 47; CP47; CP49; Lens fiber cell beaded filament protein CP 49; Lens intermediate filament-like light; LIFL-L
Mass (Da): 45861
Number AA: 415
UniProt ID: Q13515
Locus ID: 8419
COSMIC ID: BFSP2
Gene location on chromosome: 3q22.1
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.44
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: No entry in Atlasgeneticsoncology.org


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