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: PCDH15
Gene Name: PCDH15
Protein Full Name: Protocadherin-15
Alias: DFNB23; PCD15; protocadherin 15; protocadherin-15; USH1F
Mass (Da): 216070
Number AA: 1955
UniProt ID: Q96QU1
Locus ID: 65217
COSMIC ID: PCDH15
Gene location on chromosome: 10q21.1
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19838
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 3.77
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with several point mutations, but no complex, insertion or deletion mutants.
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: PCDH15 is a calcium-dependent cell-adhesion protein. Its role in cancer is unknown
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: no entry in AGO


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