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: MUC5AC
Gene Name: MUC5AC
Protein Full Name: Mucin-5AC
Alias: Mucin-5 subtype AC, tracheobronchial
Mass (Da): 526590
Number AA: 5030
UniProt ID: P98088
Locus ID: 4586
COSMIC ID: MUC5AC
Gene location on chromosome: 11p15.5
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19603
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 3.84
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with point mutations but only 1 deletion.
Mutations observed as inherited: NA
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: NA
Deregulated in translocations: NA
Deregulated by viral insertion: NA
Transduced into viral genome: NA
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: NA
Normal role description: MUC5AC is a gel-forming glycoprotein in epithelium of the stomach and respiratory tract that protects the mucosa from infection and chemical damage. Its expressions have been found to increase in different cancers, but its function in cancer remains unknown.


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