CCDC6 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a coiled-coil domain-containing protein. The encoded protein is ubiquitously expressed and may function as a tumor suppressor. A chromosomal rearrangement resulting in the expression of a fusion gene containing a portion of this gene and the intracellular kinase-encoding domain of the ret proto-oncogene is the cause of thyroid papillary carcinoma.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]

CCDC6: Defects in CCDC6 are a cause of thyroid papillary carcinoma (TPC). TPC is a common tumor of the thyroid that typically arises as an irregular, solid or cystic mass from otherwise normal thyroid tissue. Papillary carcinomas are malignant neoplasm characterized by the formation of numerous, irregular, finger-like projections of fibrous stroma that is covered with a surface layer of neoplastic epithelial cells. A chromosomal aberration involving CCDC6 is found in thyroid papillary carcinomas. Inversion inv(10)(q11.2;q21) generates the RET/CCDC6 (PTC1) oncogene.

Protein type: Cytoskeletal; Oncoprotein; Apoptosis

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 10q21

Cellular Component: cytoplasm; cytoskeleton

Molecular Function: protein binding; SH3 domain binding; structural constituent of cytoskeleton

Disease: Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary