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: LPP
Protein Full Name: 5 kDa protein
Mass (Da): 4925
UniProt ID: Q93052
Locus ID: 4026
Gene location on chromosome: 3q27-q28
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20357
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.54
Deregulated in translocations: t(3;12)(q27;q15): HMGA2-LPP; t(3;12)(q27q15):C12ORF9-LPP; t(3;11)(q27;q23): MLL-LPP; t(3;3)(q27;q27): BCL6-LPP; t(3;6)(q27;p21): HMGA1-LPP
Normal role description: Suggested to be involved in cell adhesion, signalling events and direct activation of gene transcription. Precise function not fully understood. Fusion protein HMGA2/LPP due to translocations is involved in benign tumors of lung, adipose tissue and cartilage. MLL/LPP fusion protein in AML.


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