GAGE1 Products

GAGE1 belongs to a family of genes that are expressed in a variety of tumors but not in normal tissues, except for the testis. The sequences of the family members are highly related but differ by scattered nucleotide substitutions. The GAGE1 cDNA contains a 143-bp insertion, located in the coding sequence near the termination codon, that is absent from the other cDNAs.The antigenic peptide YRPRPRRY, which is also encoded by several other family members, is recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes. Nothing is presently known about the function of this protein. An alternatively spliced transcript variant has been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq]