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MMAC1 or PTEN gene

Genetics: - chromosome 10q23.3 Laboratory: - PTEN gene in cancer

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mutated in multiple advanced cancers 1; protein tyrosine phosphatase PTEN; phosphatase & tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten; phosphatase & tensin homolog; phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase & dual-specificity protein phosphatase PTEN (PTEN, MMAC1, TEP1)

General

tumor suppressor gene or anti-oncogene

Properties

TEMPLATE-FOR: messenger RNA TEMPLATE-FOR: protein tyrosine phosphatase PTEN SIZE: entity length = 5.5 KB LOCUS: human chromosome-10 Q23.3 MOTIF: CpG island p53-response element transcriptional start site exon (9) intron (8) transcriptional termination site

Database Correlations

OMIM 601728 MORBIDMAP 601728

References

  1. Steck PA, Pershouse MA, Jasser SA et al. Identification of a candidate tumour suppressor gene, MMAC1, at chromosome 10q23.3 that is mutated in multiple advanced cancers. Nature Genetics 15:356-362 1997 PMID: 9090379
  2. Li J, Yen C, Liaw D, Podsypanina K et al. PTEN, a putative protein tyrosine phosphatase gene mutated in human brain, breast, and prostate cancer. Science. 1997 Mar 28;275(5308):1943-7. PMID: 9072974 Free Article
  3. Stambolic V, MacPherson D, Sas D et al. Regulation of PTEN transcription by p53. Molecular Cell 8:317-325 2001 PMID: 11545734 Free Article