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: CDKN1C
Gene Name: CDKN1C
Protein Full Name: Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1C
Alias: BWCR; BWS; CDKN1C; CDN1C; CDNC; Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p57; KIP2; P57; p57, Kip2
Mass (Da): 32177
Number AA: 316
UniProt ID: P49918
Locus ID: 1028
COSMIC ID: CDKN1C
Gene location on chromosome: 11p15.5
Number of cancer specimens: 19905
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.08
Mutations observed as inherited: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS).
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: Gastric, pancreatic, hepatic and AML.
Normal role description: Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, cell cycle regulator.


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