Cancer Protein Description

This report provides a detailed description of a selected cancer protein with information collected from various sources, including UniProt, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC), and the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology.


Protein Name: ZEB2
Gene Name: ZEB2
Protein Full Name: Zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 2
Alias: KIAA0569; SIP1; SIP-1; Smad interacting-protein 1; Smad-interacting 1; Smad-interacting protein 1; SMADIP1; ZEB2; ZFX1B; Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 2; Zinc finger E-box-binding 2; Zinc finger homeobox 1b; Zinc finger homeobox protein 1b
Mass (Da): 136447
Number AA: 1214
UniProt ID: O60315
Locus ID: 9839
COSMIC ID: ZEB2
Gene location on chromosome: 2q22.3
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20644
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.58
Normal role description: Encodes for a transcriptional repressor, which interacts with activated SMADs. Binds to the DNA sequence 5'-CACCT-3' and represses transcription of E-cadherin.


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