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: ZNF668
Gene Name: ZNF668
Protein Full Name: Zinc finger protein 668
Alias: FLJ13479; ZN668
Mass (Da): 67904
Number AA: 619
UniProt ID: Q96K58
Locus ID: 79759
COSMIC ID: ZNF668
Gene location on chromosome: 16p11.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20220
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.59
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: ZNF668 is a zinc finger protein that can bind DNA and may be involved in transcriptional regulation. Its function is unknown.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: no entry in AGO


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