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: TAOK1
Gene Name: TAOK1
Protein Full Name: Serine/threonine-protein kinase TAO1
Alias: EC 2.7.11.1; FLJ14314; HKFC-B; KIAA1361; MAP3K16; MARKK; PSK2; Serine,threonine kinase TAO1; Serine/threonine kinase TAO1; STE20-like kinase PSK2; TAO kinase 1; TAOK1
Mass (Da): 116070
Number AA: 1001
UniProt ID: Q7L7X3
Locus ID: 57551
COSMIC ID: TAOK1
Gene location on chromosome: 17q11.2
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19535
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.68
Normal role description: Protein kinase.


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