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: FOXP1
Gene Name: FOXP1
Protein Full Name: Forkhead box protein P1
Alias: 12CC4; Fork head-related protein like B; Forkhead box P1; Glutamine-rich factor 1; HSPC215; PAX5/FOXP1 fusion protein; QRF1
Mass (Da): 75320
Number AA: 677
UniProt ID: Q9H334
Locus ID: 27086
COSMIC ID: FOXP1
Gene location on chromosome: 3p14.1
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20113
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.79
Deregulated in translocations: B-progenitor Acute Lymphoid Leukemia. Fusion partners include PAX5; Marginal Zone B-cell lymphoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Fusion partners include IGH, MALT1 and BCL-10
Normal role description: Acts as a transcription repressor and regulate tissue and cell type specific gene transcription during both development and adult hood.


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