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: KIAA1632
Gene Name: KIAA1632
Protein Full Name: UPF0493 protein KIAA1632
Mass (Da): 292481
Number AA: 2579
UniProt ID: Q9HCE0
Locus ID: 57724
COSMIC ID: KIAA1632
Gene location on chromosome: 18q12.3
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 582
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.7182130584
Normal role description: KIAA1632 may play a role in the degradation step of the autophagy pathway.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: 2/468 CNS-, and 1/1 pharyngeal tumour samples were also mutated. Only 2 ovarian-, 1 oral- and 1 melanoma sample were included in Sanger COSMIC.


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