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: CYP7A1
Gene Name: CYP7A1
Protein Full Name: Cholesterol 7-alpha-monooxygenase
Alias: CYPVII;Cholesterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase;Cytochrome P450 7A1
Mass (Da): 57661
Number AA: 504
UniProt ID: P22680
Locus ID: 1581
COSMIC ID: CYP7A1
Gene location on chromosome: 8q12.1
Number of cancer specimens: 19626
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.71
Normal role description: Catalyses many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids.


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