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: SIPA1
Gene Name: SIPA1
Protein Full Name: Signal-induced proliferation-associated protein 1
Alias: GTPase-activating protein Spa-1; Signal-induced proliferation-associated protein 1: GTPase-activating protein Spa-1: p130 SPA-1
Mass (Da): 112149
Number AA: 1042
UniProt ID: Q96FS4
Locus ID: 6494
COSMIC ID: SIPA1
Gene location on chromosome: 11q13.1
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19626
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.52
Normal role description: SIPA1 is a mitogen induced GTPase activating protein (GAP). SIPA1 has a specific GAP-activity for the Ras-related regulatory proteins, Rap1 and Rap2. Germline muations in this gene are associated with breast cancer metastasis.


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