| Identity |
| Other names | CAGE-1 (cancer-associated gene-1) |
| HGNC (Hugo) | CAGE1 |
| Location | 6p24.3 |
| Location_base_pair | Starts at 7271886 and ends at 7334941 bp from pter ( according to hg18-Mar_2006) [Mapping] |
| DNA/RNA |
| Description | spans 63 kb; 11 exons; ORF: 1920 bp |
| Protein |
| Description | 639 amino acids;73 kDa; carry 2 consensus glycosylation sites, 10 PKC dependent phosphorylation sites |
| Expression | testis-restricted in normal tissues; wide/high expression in various cancer tissues (lung, cervix, stomach) CAG1 is a probable member of the cancer/testis antigen family |
| Localisation | mainly nuclear |
| Function | may be involved in signaling pathway |
| Homology | with monkey genes with testis specific expression |
| Mutations |
| Somatic | may be associated with tumor progression . |
| External links |
| Bibliography |
| Identification and characterization of a novel cancer/testis antigen gene CAGE-1. |
| Park S, Lim Y, Lee D, Cho B, Bang YJ, Sung S, Kim HY, Kim DK, Lee YS, Song Y, Jeoung DI |
| Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2003 ; 1625 (2) : 173-182. |
| PMID 12531476 |
| REVIEW articles | automatic search in PubMed |
| Last year publications | automatic search in PubMed |
| Contributor(s) |
| Written | 07-2003 | Jean-Loup Huret, Sylvie Senon |
| Citation |
| This paper should be referenced as such : |
| Huret JL, Senon S . CAGE1 (cancer-associated gene-1). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. July 2003 . URL : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Genes/CAG1ID475.html |
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