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: LHFP
Gene Name: LHFP
Protein Full Name: Lipoma HMGIC fusion partner
Mass (Da): 21598
Number AA: 200
UniProt ID: Q9Y693
Locus ID: 10186
COSMIC ID: LHFP
Gene location on chromosome: 13q12
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20262
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.27
Deregulated in translocations: HMGA2 -> LHFP translocation in solitary lipomas
Normal role description: LHFP is a tetraspanning transmembrane protein, which is often found fused to HMGIC in lipomas.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: 1/185 breast- and 1/145 lung cancer samples were also mutated (mis-sense)


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