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: XPC
Gene Name: XPC
Protein Full Name: DNA repair protein complementing XP-C cells
Alias: DNA repair protein complementing XP-C cells: Xeroderma pigmentosum group C-complementing protein: p125; DNA-repair protein complementing XP-C cells; P125; RAD4; Xeroderma pigmentosum group C complementing protein; Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein; Xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group C; XPCC
Mass (Da): 105981
Number AA: 940
UniProt ID: Q01831
Locus ID: 7508
COSMIC ID: XPC
Gene location on chromosome: 3p25
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20443
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.54
Mutations observed as inherited: Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP).
Normal role description: DNA repair helicase, nucleotide excision repair.


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