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: SKIL
Gene Name: SKIL
Protein Full Name: Ski-like protein
Alias: Ski-like protein
Mass (Da): 76986
Number AA: 684
UniProt ID: P12757
Locus ID: 6498
COSMIC ID: SKIL
Gene location on chromosome: 3q26
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.5
Normal role description: May regulate cell division or differentiation. Component of the SMAD pathway. SKIL binds to the promoter region of TGFB-responsive genes and recruits a nuclear repressor complex in absence of ligand for the TGFB receptor.


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