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: KIAA1409
Gene Name: KIAA1409
Protein Full Name: Protein unc-79 homolog
Mass (Da): 295294
Number AA: 2635
UniProt ID: Q9P2D8
Locus ID: 57578
COSMIC ID: KIAA1409
Gene location on chromosome: 14q32.13
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19777
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 2.93
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with several mutations, and 1 insertion mutant.
Normal role description: Encodes for a component of the NALCN sodium channel complex.


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