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: HSPB1
Gene Name: HSPB1
Protein Full Name: Heat shock protein beta-1
Alias: 28 kDa heat shock protein; Estrogen-regulated 24 kDa protein; Growth-related 25 kDa protein; Heat shock 27 kDa protein; Heat shock 27kDa protein 1; Hs.76067; HSP 27; HSP25; HSP28; P25; SRP27; Stress-responsive protein 27
Mass (Da): 22783
Number AA: 205
UniProt ID: P04792
Locus ID: 3315
COSMIC ID: HSPB1
Gene location on chromosome: 7q11.23
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20149
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.1
Normal role description: Involved in stress resistance and actin organization. Anti-apoptotic.


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