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: TCL1A
Gene Name: TCL1A
Protein Full Name: T-cell leukemia/lymphoma protein 1A
Alias: Uncharacterized protein
Mass (Da): 13460
Number AA: 114
UniProt ID: P56279
Locus ID: 8115
COSMIC ID: TCL1A
Gene location on chromosome: 14q32.1
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20237
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.22
Deregulated in translocations: t(14;14)(q12;q32.1): TCRA/D - TCL1 (T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, T- cell NHL, T-cell ALL); t(7;14)(q35;q32.1): TCRB - TCL1 (T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia)
Normal role description: Functions as coactivator of AKT kinases and promotes translocation of AKT1 to the nucleus. Implicated in cell proliferation and survival. Overexpression associated with development of mature T cell leukaemia.


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