APC:1Assay
ThemostcommonlydetectedAPCinactivationmutationsaremainlycomposedoftruncationmutations(duetononsensemutationsandframeshiftmutations)andpointmutationsbetweencodons1250and1578.
BRAF:1Assay
ThemostimportantBRAFmutationinpancreaticcancerleadstoincreasedkinaseactivity,thep.V600Emutation.
CDKN2A:3Assays
ThetopCDKN2Aloss-of-functionmutationsoccurintheconsensusankyrindomain,whichleadstoinabilitytoformstablecomplexeswithitstargets.
CTNNB1:9Assays
ThemostfrequentlydetectedCTNNB1/beta-cateninmutationsresultinabnormalsignalingintheWNTsignalingpathway.Themutatedcodonsaremainlyseveralserine/threonineresiduestargetedforphosphorylationbyGSK-3beta.
KRAS:10Assays
ThemutationassaysincludethemostfrequentlyoccurringmutationsinKRAScodons12,13,and61.MutationsatthesepositionsresultinreducedintrinsicGTPaseactivityand/orcauseKRAStobecomeunresponsivetoRasGAP.
NRAS:2Assays
ThemostimportantNRASmutationsinpancreaticcanceroccuratcodon61.
PIK3CA:3Assays
ThemostfrequentlyoccurringPIK3CAmutationsmainlybelongtotwoclasses:gain-of-functionkinasedomainactivatingmutationsandhelicaldomainmutationsthatmimicactivationbygrowthfactors.
SMAD4:1Assay
SMAD4encodesamemberoftheSmadfamilyofsignaltransductionproteins.Mutationsordeletionsinthisgenehavebeenshowntoresultinpancreaticcancer,juvenilepolyposissyndrome,andhereditaryhemorrhagictelangiectasiasyndrome.
TP53:8Assays
ThemostfrequentlydetectedsomaticmutationsinTP53arelargelycomposedofDNA-bindingdomainmutationswhichdisrupteitherDNAbindingorproteinstructure.