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Several cases of melanomas and renal cancer displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic and membranous positivity. Rare stomach and pancreatic cancers showed strong positivity. Few cases of colorectal, ovarian, cervical, thyroid, skin, testis and urothelial cancers showed moderate staining. Remaining cancers tissues were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
PTPRK (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
R-PTP-kappa
Description
Protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type, K (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family. PTPs are known to be signaling molecules that regulate a variety of cellular processes including cell growth, differentiation, mitotic cycle, and oncogenic transformation. This PTP possesses an extracellular region, a single transmembrane region, and two tandem catalytic domains, and thus represents a receptor-type PTP. The extracellular region contains a meprin-A5 antigen-PTP mu (MAM) domain, an Ig-like domain and four fibronectin type III-like repeats. This PTP was shown to mediate homophilic intercellular interaction, possibly through the interaction with beta- and gamma-catenin at adherens junctions. Expression of this gene was found to be stimulated by TGF-beta 1, which may be important for the inhibition of keratinocyte proliferation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Predicted intracellular proteins Cancer-related genes COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes COSMIC Somatic Mutations COSMIC Translocations Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Predicted intracellular proteins Cancer-related genes COSMIC somatic mutations in cancer genes COSMIC Somatic Mutations COSMIC Translocations Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)