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: RBL1
Gene Name: RBL1
Protein Full Name: Retinoblastoma-like protein 1
Alias: 107 kDa retinoblastoma-associated protein; Cp107; P107; PRB1; RBL1; Retinoblastoma-like 1
Mass (Da): 120847
Number AA: 1068
UniProt ID: P28749
Locus ID: 5933
COSMIC ID: RBL1
Gene location on chromosome: 20q11.2
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19906
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.89
Normal role description: Regulates entry into cell division and heterochromatin formation. Acts as transcriptional repressor by recruiting histone methyltransferases.


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