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: MSN
Gene Name: MSN
Protein Full Name: Moesin
Alias: MOES
Mass (Da): 67820
Number AA: 577
UniProt ID: P26038
Locus ID: 4478
COSMIC ID: MSN
Gene location on chromosome: Xq11
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20264
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.61
Deregulated in translocations: t(X;2)(q11;p23): MSN-ALK
Normal role description: MSN binds to the plasma membrane and interacts with actin and myosin. Involved in cell-cell recognition and signalling. Fused to ALK in anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.


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