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: Shc4
Gene Name: SHC4
Protein Full Name: SHC-transforming protein 4
Alias: rai-like protein; RaLP; SHC (Src homology 2 domain containing) family, member 4; SHC (Srcy 2 domain containing) family, member 4
Mass (Da): 68785
Number AA: 630
UniProt ID: Q6S5L8
Locus ID: 399694
COSMIC ID: SHC4
Gene location on chromosome: 15q21.1
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: 0.58
Normal role description: SHC4 is participates in many signalling pathways. It interacts with Ras and MAPK pathways to induce migration and invasive phenotype in cancer, particularly melanoma.


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