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: Grb14
Gene Name: GRB14
Protein Full Name: Growth factor receptor-bound protein 14
Alias: GRB14 adapter protein
Mass (Da): 60988
Number AA: 540
UniProt ID: Q14449
Locus ID: 2888
COSMIC ID: GRB14
Gene location on chromosome: 2q24.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBIT
Number of cancer specimens: 19905
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.7
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: GRB14 is an adapter protein that is involved in the repression of receptor tyrosine kinase signalling, notably the insulin receptor pathway. It decreases insulin-stimulated AKT1 and MAPK3 phosphorylation.


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