Melanoma (Homo sapiens)
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Melanoma, or malignant melanoma, is a highly aggressive cancer that develops in melanocytes. Many genes have been found to be mutated or amplified in melanoma, with the most commonly mutated genes being BRAF, CDKN2A, NRAS and TP53. MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling are central to melanoma.
This pathway is a summary of information from figures 1 and 2 from Kunz and Vera and supplemented with information from KEGG.
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DataNodes
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| Name | Type | Database reference | Comment |
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| AKT1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000142208 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:11651 |
| AKT2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000105221 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:11652 |
| AKT3 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000117020 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:23797 |
| ARAF | GeneProduct | ENSG00000078061 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| BAD | GeneProduct | ENSG00000002330 (Ensembl) ![]() |
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| BAK1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000030110 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| BAX | GeneProduct | ENSG00000087088 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| BRAF | GeneProduct | 673 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| Binimetinib | Metabolite | Q19903515 (Wikidata) ![]() | |
| CALM1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000198668 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CALM2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000143933 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CALM3 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000160014 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CALML3 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000178363 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CALML4 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000129007 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CALML5 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000178372 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CALML6 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000169885 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CCND1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000110092 (Ensembl) ![]() | CCND3; cyclin D3 |
| CDK4 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000135446 (Ensembl) ![]() | CDK4; cyclin-dependent kinase 4 [EC:2.7.1.-] |
| CDK6 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000105810 (Ensembl) ![]() | CDK6; cyclin-dependent kinase 6 [EC:2.7.1.-] |
| CDKN1A | GeneProduct | ENSG00000124762 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CDKN2A | GeneProduct | ENSG00000147889 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| CREB1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000118260 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| Cobimetinib | Metabolite | Q15708292 (Wikidata) ![]() | |
| DDB2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000134574 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| Dabrafenib | Metabolite | CHEBI:75045 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
| E2F1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000101412 (Ensembl) ![]() | E2F1; E2F transcription factor 1 |
| E2F2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000007968 (Ensembl) ![]() | E2F2; E2F transcription factor 2 |
| E2F3 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000112242 (Ensembl) ![]() | E2F3; E2F transcription factor 3 |
| ELK1 | GeneProduct | 2002 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| ERBB4 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000178568 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| ETS1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000134954 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| FOS | GeneProduct | 2353 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| GADD45A | GeneProduct | ENSG00000116717 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| GADD45B | GeneProduct | ENSG00000099860 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| GADD45G | GeneProduct | ENSG00000130222 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| GRB2 | GeneProduct | 2885 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| GRIN2A | GeneProduct | ENSG00000183454 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| GRM3 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000198822 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| HRAS | GeneProduct | ENSG00000174775 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| KDR | GeneProduct | ENSG00000128052 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| KIT | GeneProduct | ENSG00000157404 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| KRAS | GeneProduct | 3845 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| MAP2K1 | GeneProduct | 5604 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| MAP2K2 | GeneProduct | 5605 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| MAPK1 | GeneProduct | 5594 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| MAPK3 | GeneProduct | 5595 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| MDM2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000135679 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| MP1 | GeneProduct | 8649 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| NF1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000196712 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| NRAS | GeneProduct | 4893 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| PAK1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000149269 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| PIK3CA | GeneProduct | ENSG00000121879 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:18706 |
| PIK3CB | GeneProduct | ENSG00000051382 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:74769 |
| PIK3CD | GeneProduct | ENSG00000171608 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:18707 |
| PIK3R1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000145675 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:18708 |
| PIK3R2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000105647 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:18709 |
| PIK3R3 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000117461 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:75669 |
| PIP3 | Metabolite | HMDB0004249 (HMDB) ![]() | |
| POLK | GeneProduct | ENSG00000122008 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| PREX2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000046889 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| PTEN | GeneProduct | ENSG00000171862 (Ensembl) ![]() | Homology Mapping from Mus musculus to Homo sapiens: Original ID = L:19211 |
| RAC1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000136238 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| RAF1 | GeneProduct | 5894 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| RB1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000139687 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| Regorafenib | Metabolite | CHEBI:68647 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
| Regulation of Actin Cytoskeleton | Pathway | WP51 (WikiPathways) ![]() | |
| SHC2 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000129946 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| SOS1 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000115904 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| SOS2 | GeneProduct | 6655 (Entrez Gene) ![]() | |
| STK19 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000204344 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| Sorafenib | Metabolite | HMDB0014542 (HMDB) ![]() | |
| TP53 | GeneProduct | ENSG00000141510 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| VCL | GeneProduct | ENSG00000035403 (Ensembl) ![]() | |
| Vemurafenib | Metabolite | CHEBI:63637 (ChEBI) ![]() | |
| p38 MAPK Signaling | Pathway | WP400 (WikiPathways) ![]() |
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