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: LNPEP
Gene Name: LNPEP
Protein Full Name: Leucyl-cystinyl aminopeptidase
Alias: CAP; Cystinyl aminopeptidase; GP160; Insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase; Insulin-responsive aminopeptidase; LCAP; Leucyl/cystinyl aminopeptidase; Leucyl-cystinyl aminopeptidase; LNPEP; OTase; Oxytocinase; Placental leucine aminopeptidase; PLAP; P-LAP; Vesicle protein of 165 kDa; Vp165
Mass (Da): 117349
Number AA: 1025
UniProt ID: Q9UIQ6
Locus ID: 4012
COSMIC ID: LNPEP
Gene location on chromosome: 5q15
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.69
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: LNPEP is an aminopeptidase that can degrade peptide hormones such as oxytocin, vasopressin and angiotensin III. Its function in cancer is unknown.


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