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: SDHB
Gene Name: SDHB
Protein Full Name: Succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur s
Alias: Ip
Mass (Da): 31612
Number AA: 280
UniProt ID: P21912
Locus ID: 6390
COSMIC ID: SDHB
Gene location on chromosome: 1p36.1-p35
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20262
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.13
Mutations observed as inherited: Hereditary paraganglioma, non-familial paraganglioma, familial and sporadic pheochromocytoma
Normal role description: Complex II of the respiratory chain and specifically involved in the oxidation of succinate, carries electrons from FADH to CoQ.


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