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: EphB3
Gene Name: EPHB3
Protein Full Name: Ephrin type-B receptor 3
Alias: Developmental kinase 5; EC 2.7.10.1; EPH receptor B3; Ephrin type-B receptor 3; ETK2; HEK2; Kinase EphB3; MDK5; SEK4; SEK-4; Tyro6; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor HEK-2; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor MDK-5
Mass (Da): 110330
Number AA: 998
UniProt ID: P54753
Locus ID: 2049
COSMIC ID: EPHB3
Gene location on chromosome: 3q27.1
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20525
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.97
Normal role description: EPHB3 is a receptor-tyrosine kinase that is activated upon binding ephrins.


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