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: FAT3
Protein Full Name: Rab11 family-interacting protein 5
Alias: PTMS-related
Mass (Da): 507119
UniProt ID: Q8TDW7
Locus ID: 120114
Gene location on chromosome: 11q14.3
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19700
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.7
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with many several mutations, but no complex, insertion or deletion mutants.
Normal role description: FAT3 is a single-pass type I membrane protein that may play a role in neurite interaction during development.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: * 2/2 laryngeal samples were also mutated (mis-sense & silent)


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