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: | FAT4 |
| Gene Name: | FAT4 |
| Protein Full Name: | Protocadherin Fat 4 |
| Alias: | Cadherin family member 14;FAT tumor suppressor homolog 4;Fat-like cadherin protein FAT-J |
| Mass (Da): | 351191 |
| Number AA: | 4981 |
| UniProt ID: | Q6V0I7 |
| Locus ID: | 79633 |
| COSMIC ID: | FAT4 |
| Gene location on chromosome: | 4q28.1 |
| Cancer protein type: | TSP |
| Effect of cancer mutation on protein: | LOSS |
| Effect of active protein on cancer: | INHIBIT |
| Number of cancer specimens: | 19832 |
| Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: | 5.58 |
| General distribution of mutations: | Multi-site |
| Location of most mutations: | Broad distribution of mutation sites with point mutations but no insertions or deletions. |
| 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: | FAT4 is a cadherin involved in cell-cell interaction. It appears to play a role in cell proliferation as well, as loss of FAT4 resulted in disorganized cell divisions and tubule elongation. |