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POT1 (Protection of telomeres protein 1) is a gene that drives cell growth when it is altered. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, a tumour suppressor and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Leukaemia, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Lung cancer and 5 more. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Component of the telomerase ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex that is essential for the replication of chromosome termini. Is a component of the double-stranded telomeric DNA-binding TRF1 complex which is involved in the regulation of telomere length by cis-inhibition of telomerase. Also acts as a single-stranded telomeric DNA-binding protein and thus may act as a downstream effector of the TRF1 complex and may transduce information about telomere maintenance and/or length to the telomere terminus. Component of the shelterin complex (telosome) that is involved in the regulation of telomere length and protection. Shelterin associates with arrays of double-stranded TTAGGG repeats added by telomerase and protects chromosome ends; without its protective activity, telomeres are no longer hidden from the DNA damage surveillance and chromosome ends are inappropriately processed by DNA repair pathways. Binds to two or more telomeric single-stranded 5'-TTAGGG-3' repeats (G-strand) and with high specificity to a minimal telomeric single-stranded 5'-TAGGGTTAG-3' sequence. Location: Nucleus; Chromosome, telomere (UniProt). Locus 7q31.33 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.70 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Open Targets association 0.68 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MONDO_0018908)
  • Lung cancer: Open Targets association 0.62 with lung cancer (MONDO_0008903)
  • Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.59 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
  • Sarcomas: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (SOFT_TISSUE)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
Class: oncogene · Gene: POT1 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"POT1" OR ABSTRACT:"POT1" OR TITLE:"protection of telomeres 1" OR ABSTRACT:"protection of telomeres 1" OR TITLE:"Protection of telomeres protein 1" OR ABSTRACT:"Protection of telomeres protein 1" OR TITLE:"hPot1" OR ABSTRACT:"hPot1" OR TITLE:"DKFZp586D211" OR ABSTRACT:"DKFZp586D211") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about POT1, not a curated reading list.

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