{"entity":{"id":"tmem17","kind":"target","name":"TMEM17","aka":["transmembrane protein 17","Transmembrane protein 17","FLJ34583"],"tldr":"TMEM17 (Transmembrane protein 17) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Prostate cancer.","summary":"Transmembrane component of the tectonic-like complex, a complex localised at the transition zone of primary cilia and acting as a barrier that prevents diffusion of transmembrane proteins between the cilia and plasma membranes. Required for ciliogenesis and sonic hedgehog/SHH signalling.\n\nOpen Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.54 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.90, genetic association 0.68).","asOf":"2026-09-23","links":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:26623","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:26623"},{"label":"UniProt Q86X19","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q86X19/entry"},{"label":"NCBI Gene 200728","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/200728"},{"label":"Ensembl ENSG00000186889","url":"https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000186889"}],"tags":["cancer-genes-wave"],"related":["open-targets"],"cancers":["prostate"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: none stated by the sources. Evidence tier \"association-only\" is the strongest of those signals.","Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate."],"provenance":{"editedBy":"scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts (CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC, UniProt)","editedOn":"2026-09-23"},"symbol":"TMEM17","role":[],"evidenceTier":"association-only","sources":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:26623","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:26623","note":"approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)"},{"label":"UniProt Q86X19","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q86X19/entry","note":"protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)"},{"label":"Open Targets ENSG00000186889","url":"https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000186889/associations","note":"association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.54; per-cancer scores at or above 0.5: prostate cancer 0.52 (GraphQL API, CC0)"}],"hgnc":"HGNC:26623","ensembl":"ENSG00000186889","uniprot":"Q86X19","entrez":"200728","biology":"Transmembrane component of the tectonic-like complex, a complex localised at the transition zone of primary cilia and acting as a barrier that prevents diffusion of transmembrane proteins between the cilia and plasma membranes. Required for ciliogenesis and sonic hedgehog/SHH signalling. Location: Cell projection, cilium membrane (UniProt). Locus 2p15 (HGNC).","whereFound":["Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315)"],"targetClass":"other","prevalence":[]},"route":"/targets/tmem17/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"open-targets","kind":"collection","name":"Open Targets Platform","route":"/collections/open-targets/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"prostate","kind":"cancer","name":"Prostate cancer","route":"/cancers/prostate/"}]}}