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: PBX1
Gene Name: PBX1
Protein Full Name: Pre-B-cell leukemia transcription factor 1
Alias: Homeobox protein PBX1
Mass (Da): 46608
Number AA: 430
UniProt ID: P40424
Locus ID: 5087
COSMIC ID: PBX1
Gene location on chromosome: 1q23
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 20357
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.02
Deregulated in translocations: Acute pre-B-cell leukemias. Fusion partners include E2A.
Normal role description: Fusion protein formed via t(1:19) translocation. Transcription factor


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