This gene is a member of the prenyltransferase family and encodes a protein with geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) synthase activity. The enzyme catalyzes the synthesis of GGPP from farnesyl diphosphate and isopentenyl diphosphate. GGPP is an important molecule responsible for the C20-prenylation of proteins and for the regulation of a nuclear hormone receptor. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, both protein-coding and non-protein-coding, have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]
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Tissue specific distribution
Cancer specific in breast cancer subtype (ER; LumA; PR)
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Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
1.11 (Driver)
Gscore (Del):
0.24
Recurrently amplified in 4 cancer type(s)
Recurrently deleted in 1 cancer type(s)
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Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.00
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Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
2
Fusions detected in 1 cancer type(s)
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Tissue specific
CRISPR: COMMON ESSENTIAL
Functional class:
Enzyme
JensenLab PubMed score:
189.98 (Percentile rank: 81.19%)
PubTator score:
38.29 (Percentile rank: 63.53%)
Target development/druggability level:
TchemThese targets have activities in ChEMBL or DrugCentral that satisfy the activity thresholds detailed below.
Tractability (small molecule):
Discovery PrecedenceTargets with ligands; Targets with crystal structures with ligands
