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: RNF8
Gene Name: RNF8
Protein Full Name: E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RNF8
Alias: EC 6.3.2.-; KIAA0646; KIAA0646, ubiquitin ligase protein RNF8; RING finger protein 8
Mass (Da): 55518
Number AA: 485
UniProt ID: O76064
Locus ID: 9025
COSMIC ID: RNF8
Gene location on chromosome: 6p21.2
Number of cancer specimens: 19719
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.39


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