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: TNFSF18
Gene Name: TNFSF18
Alias: Activation-inducible TNF-related ligand;Glucocorticoid-induced TNF-related ligand
Mass (Da): 20308
Number AA: 177
UniProt ID: Q9UNG2
Locus ID: 8995
COSMIC ID: TNFSF18
Gene location on chromosome: 1q25.1
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: 0.22
Normal role description: Only known ligand for GITR in lymphatic cells. Up on interaction with its receptor capable to transduce bidirectional signals.


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