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: ERCC3
Gene Name: ERCC3
Protein Full Name: TFIIH basal transcription factor complex helicase
Alias: Basic transcription factor 2 89 kDa subunit; BTF2; BTF2-p89; DNA excision repair protein ERCC3; DNA excision repair protein ERCC-3; DNA-repair protein complementing XP-B cells; ERCC3; Excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency, complementation group 3; Excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency, complementation group 3 (xeroderma pigmentosum group B complementing); GTF2H; RAD25; TFIIH; TFIIH 89 kDa subunit; TFIIH basal transcription factor complex helicase XPB subunit; Xeroderma pigmentosum group B complementing; Xeroderma pigmentosum group B complementing protein; XPBC
Mass (Da): 89278
Number AA: 782
UniProt ID: P19447
Locus ID: 2071
COSMIC ID: ERCC3
Gene location on chromosome: 2q21
Number of cancer specimens: 20386
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.64
Normal role description: Involved in DNA excision repair and initiate basal transcription


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