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: IGF1R
Gene Name: IGF1R
Protein Full Name: Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
Alias: CD221; EC 2.7.10.1; Insulin-like growth factor I receptor
Mass (Da): 154793
Number AA: 1367
UniProt ID: P08069
Locus ID: 3480
COSMIC ID: IGF1R
Gene location on chromosome: 15q26.3
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20769
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.16
Normal role description: IGF1R is a receptor-tyrosine kinase that is activated upon binding insulin-like growth factor 1.


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