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: SPTAN1
Gene Name: SPTAN1
Protein Full Name: Uncharacterized protein
Mass (Da): 284948
Number AA: 2477
UniProt ID: Q13813
Locus ID: 6709
COSMIC ID: SPTAN1
Gene location on chromosome: 9q33-q34
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19748
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.63
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with point mutations and a couple of inserts, but no complex mutations or deletions over entire protein length.
Normal role description: SPTAN1 is involved in regulation of DNA repair, cell proliferation and cytoskeleton reorganization. It has been shown to be overexpressed in gastric cancers.


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