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: HSPH1
Gene Name: HSPH1
Protein Full Name: Heat shock protein 105 kDa
Alias: 42 degrees C-HSP; Antigen NY-CO-25; H105; Heat shock 105kDa/110kDa protein 1; Heat shock 110 kDa protein; Heat shock-related 100 kDa protein E7I; Heat-shock protein 105 kDa; HS105; Hsp105 alpha; HSP105A; HSP105B; HSP110; HSP-E7I; KIAA0201; NY-CO-25
Mass (Da): 96865
Number AA: 858
UniProt ID: Q92598
Locus ID: 10808
COSMIC ID: HSPH1
Gene location on chromosome: 13q12.3
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.63
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: HSPH1 is a heat shock protein that prevents the aggregation of denatured proteins in cells under severe stress. It is overexpressed in cancer cells, but its role is unknown.


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