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: CEBPB
Gene Name: CEBPB
Protein Full Name: CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta
Alias: AGP/EBP; C/EBP beta; C/EBP-related protein 2; CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) beta; CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta; CRP2; IL6DBP; IL-6DBP; Interleukin 6-dependent DNA-binding protein; Interleukin-6- dependent binding protein; LAP; Liver activator protein; Liver-enriched transcriptional activator; Liver-enriched transcriptional activator protein; NFIL6; Nuclear factor NF-IL6; Nuclear factor of interleukin 6; SFB; SF-B; Silencer factor B; TCF5; Transcription factor 5
Mass (Da): 36106
Number AA: 345
UniProt ID: P17676
Locus ID: 1051
COSMIC ID: CEBPB
Gene location on chromosome: 20q13.13
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.05


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