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: EPS15L1
Gene Name: EPS15L1
Protein Full Name: Epidermal growth factor receptor substrate protein
Alias: EP15R; Epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 15-like 1; Epidermal growth factor receptor substrate EPS15R; Eps15R; Eps15R protein; Eps15-related protein; EPS15RS; EPS15-RS
Mass (Da): 94255
Number AA: 864
UniProt ID: Q9UBC2
Locus ID: 58513
COSMIC ID: EPS15L1
Gene location on chromosome: 19p13.11
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.7
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: EPS15L1 appears to be a component of clathrin-coated pits required for receptor-mediated endocytosis.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: no entry in AGO


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