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: SPA17
Gene Name: SPA17
Protein Full Name: Sperm surface protein Sp17
Alias: Cancer/testis antigen 22;Sp17-1;Sperm autoantigenic protein 17
Mass (Da): 17406
Number AA: 151
UniProt ID: Q15506
Locus ID: 53340
COSMIC ID: SPA17
Gene location on chromosome: 11q24.2
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.16
Normal role description: Mediates binding of sperm to the zona pellucida of the oocyte and cell-cell adhesion functions.


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