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: TP53BP1
Gene Name: TP53BP1
Protein Full Name: Tumor suppressor p53-binding protein 1
Alias: 53BP1; P202; P531; P53-binding protein 1; TP53B; TRP53BP1; Tumor protein p53 binding protein 1
Mass (Da): 213574
Number AA: 1972
UniProt ID: Q12888; Q3YL84
Locus ID: 7158
COSMIC ID: TP53BP1
Gene location on chromosome: 15q15.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19870
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.37
Normal role description: Enhances TP53 -mediated transcriptional activation and plays the role in reponse to DNA damage.


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