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: DUSP10
Gene Name: DUSP10
Protein Full Name: Dual specificity protein phosphatase 10
Alias: Dual specificity protein phosphatase 10; DUS10; DUSP10; EC 3.1.3.16; EC 3.1.3.48
Mass (Da): 52642
Number AA: 482
UniProt ID: Q9Y6W6
Locus ID: 11221
COSMIC ID: DUSP10
Gene location on chromosome: 1q41
Cancer protein type: TSP (possibly)
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBIT
Number of cancer specimens: 20150
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.5
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: DUSP10 is a protein-dual specificity phosphatase. It may be involved in the inactivation of MAP kinases, specifically for MAPK11/12/13/14. It can also dephosphorylate NK and p38. However, to date there have been no associations between DUSP10 levels and cancer.


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