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: DUSP16
Gene Name: DUSP16
Protein Full Name: Dual specificity protein phosphatase 16
Alias: Dual specificity phosphatase 16; DUS16; EC 3.1.3.16; EC 3.1.3.48; KIAA1700; MAP kinase phosphatase 7; MAP kinase phosphatase-7; MAPK phosphatase-7; Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 7; MKP7
Mass (Da): 73102
Number AA: 665
UniProt ID: Q9BY84
Locus ID: 80824
COSMIC ID: DUSP16
Gene location on chromosome: 12p13
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.56
Normal role description: DUSP16 is a protein-dual specificity phosphatase.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: No entry in Atlasgeneticsoncology.org


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