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: IL2RG
Gene Name: IL2RG
Protein Full Name: Cytokine receptor common subunit gamma
Alias: CD132; Common cytokine receptor gamma chain; Cytokine receptor common gamma chain; Gamma-C; IL-2R gamma; IMD4; Interleukin 2 receptor, gamma (severe combined immunodeficiency); Interleukin-2 receptor gamma; SCIDX; SCIDX1
Mass (Da): 42287
Number AA: 369
UniProt ID: P31785
Locus ID: 3561
COSMIC ID: IL2RG
Gene location on chromosome: Xq13.1
Cancer protein type: NA
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: NA
Effect of active protein on cancer: NA
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.4
Normal role description: NA


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