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: PTPRU
Gene Name: PTPRU
Protein Full Name: Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase U
Alias: EC 3.1.3.48; Fmi; Glepp1; Hptp-j; Pancreatic carcinoma phosphatase 2; PCP2; Protein-tyrosine phosphatase J; PTP-J; R-PTP-U
Mass (Da): 160228
Number AA: 1446
UniProt ID: Q92729
Locus ID: 10076
COSMIC ID: PTPRU
Gene location on chromosome: 1p35.3-p35.1
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19872
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.41
Normal role description: PTPRU is a protein-tyrosine phosphatase.


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