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: XIRP1
Gene Name: XIRP1
Protein Full Name: Xin actin-binding repeat-containing protein 1
Alias: Cardiomyopathy associated protein 1; Cardiomyopathy-associated protein 1; DKFZp451D042; Xin; Xin A; Xin actin-binding repeat containing 1; XIRP1
Mass (Da): 198561
Number AA: 1843
UniProt ID: Q702N8
Locus ID: 165904
COSMIC ID: XIRP1
Gene location on chromosome: 3p22.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19690
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.57
Normal role description: XIRP1 colocalizes with actin stress fibres and protects the actin filaments from depolymerization.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: 1/44 CNS samples was also mutated (Sanger COSMIC)


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