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: SLC23A1
Gene Name: SLC23A1
Protein Full Name: Solute carrier family 23 member 1
Alias: HSVCT1; L-ascorbic acid transporter 1; Na; Na(+)/L-ascorbic acid transporter 1; S23A1; SLC23A2; Sodium-dependent vitamin C transporter 1; Solute carrier family 23 (nucleobase transporters) member 1; SVCT1; Yolk sac permease-like molecule 3; YSPL3
Mass (Da): 64797
Number AA: 598
UniProt ID: Q9UHI7
Locus ID: 9963
COSMIC ID: SLC23A1
Gene location on chromosome: 5q31.2
Number of cancer specimens: 19625
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.48


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