Gene Information
Gene NameMUC16
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length14507
Protein NamesMucin-16 (MUC-16) (Ovarian cancer-related tumor marker CA125) (CA-125) (Ovarian carcinoma antigen CA125)
Target Namemucin-16
Target TypeNA
Gene Age244 ( ENSG00000181143 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBNA
Gene CardMUC16
Uniprot IDQ8WXI7
PfamPF01390
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.201073315)
Ortholog in AnimalsMouse_ Muc16 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in corneal and conjunctival epithelia (at protein level). Overexpressed in ovarian carcinomas and ovarian low malignant potential (LMP) tumors as compared to the expression in normal ovarian tissue and ovarian adenomas. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11369781, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12218296, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16384952}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 7SA9  (X-ray  1.69A 
DBSNP rs17000957  rs17000950  rs10411228  rs10406202  rs17000947  rs1596797  rs12611293  rs1596798  rs4520945  rs1108380  rs1574479  rs10407633  rs11085805  rs10410933  rs10416013  rs10402538  rs17000886  rs10407623  rs2591594  rs1559172  rs1559171  rs1862460  rs17000770  rs1867691  rs11670461 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane;
Single-pass type I membrane protein. Secreted, extracellular space. Note=May be liberated into the extracellular space following the phosphorylation of the intracellular C-terminus which induces the proteolytic cleavage and liberation of the extracellular domain.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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