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: SLC38A2
Gene Name: SLC38A2
Protein Full Name: Sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2
Alias: Amino acid transporter system A2; ATA2; ATA2, KIAA1382, Amino acid transporter system A; ATA2, KIAA1382, amino acid transporter system A; KIAA1382; SAT2; SNAT2; Solute carrier family 38, member 2
Mass (Da): 56026
Number AA: 506
UniProt ID: Q96QD8
Locus ID: 54407
COSMIC ID: SLC38A2
Gene location on chromosome: 12q13.11
Cancer protein type: NA
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: NA
Effect of active protein on cancer: NA
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.41
Normal role description: NA


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