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: PPP1CA
Gene Name: PPP1CA
Protein Full Name: Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP1-alpha cat
Alias: EC 3.1.3.16; PP1A; PP-1A; PPP1A; Protein phosphatase 1, catalytic subunit, alpha isoform; Serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1-alpha 1 catalytic subunit; Serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1-alpha 1, catalytic subunit
Mass (Da): 37512
Number AA: 330
UniProt ID: P62136
Locus ID: 5499
COSMIC ID: PPP1CA
Gene location on chromosome: 11q13.2
Number of cancer specimens: 20149
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.24
Normal role description: PPP1CA is a protein-serine/threonine phosphatase.


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