Overview

Location [1]
14q32.33
Pathway
PI3K/AKT1/MTOR
Synonyms [1]
AKT, PKB, RAC-ALPHA, RAC, PKB-ALPHA, PRKBA

AKT1 (v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1) is a gene that encodes for the protein RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase. AKT1 plays a key role in multiple cell processes, including growth, proliferation, survival, and angiogenesis. AKT1 mutations are observed in many cancer types.

Significance of AKT1 in Diseases

Malignant Solid Tumor +

Breast Carcinoma +

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Colorectal Carcinoma +

Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Melanoma +

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Cancer +

Endometrial Carcinoma +

Gastric Adenocarcinoma +

Hepatocellular Carcinoma +

Ovarian Carcinoma +

Pancreatic Carcinoma +

Prostate Carcinoma +

Renal Cell Carcinoma +

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Adenocarcinoma Of The Gastroesophageal Junction +

Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis +

B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Bile Duct Carcinoma +

Bladder Carcinoma +

Breast Adenocarcinoma +

Bronchogenic Carcinoma +

Cervical Carcinoma +

Cholangiocarcinoma +

Chondrosarcoma +

Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis +

Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Ewing Sarcoma +

Gallbladder Carcinoma +

Head And Neck Carcinoma +

Hematologic And Lymphocytic Disorder +

Hematopoietic And Lymphoid Malignancy +

Hematopoietic And Lymphoid System Neoplasm +

Histiocytic And Dendritic Cell Neoplasm +

Liposarcoma +

Lung Carcinoma +

Malignant Uterine Neoplasm +

Mast Cell Leukemia +

Multiple Myeloma +

Myelodysplastic Syndromes +

Myeloid Neoplasm +

Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Osteosarcoma +

Pecoma +

Peritoneal Mesothelioma +

Soft Tissue Sarcoma +

Systemic Mastocytosis With An Associated Hematological Neoplasm (SM-AHN) +

Thymic Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Carcinoma +

Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma +

Urothelial Carcinoma +

References

1. Hart R and Prlic A. Universal Transcript Archive Repository. Version uta_20180821. San Francisco CA: Github;2015. https://github.com/biocommons/uta

2. The UniProt Consortium. UniProt: a worldwide hub of protein knowledge. Nucleic Acids Research. 2019;47:D506-D515.

3. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

4. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.