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: MST1R
Gene Name: MST1R
Protein Full Name: Macrophage-stimulating protein receptor
Alias: CD136; CD136 antigen; CDW136; C-met-related tyrosine kinase; EC 2.7.10.1K; Kinase RON; Macrophage stimulating 1 receptor; Macrophage-stimulating protein receptor precursor; MSP receptor; MST1R; P185-Ron; PTK8; RON; ST; Stem cell-derived tyrosine kinase; STK
Mass (Da): 152227
Number AA: 1400
UniProt ID: Q04912
Locus ID: 4486
COSMIC ID: MST1R
Gene location on chromosome: 3p21.31
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20660
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.94
Normal role description: MST1R is a receptor-tyrosine kinase that is activated upon binding macrophage stimulating 1 factor. Homolog to the MET RTK oncogene and implicated in cancer via similar intracellular signalling pathways.


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