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: BIRC3
Gene Name: BIRC3
Protein Full Name: Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing protein 3
Alias: AIP1; API2; Apoptosis inhibitor 2; Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 3; BIRC3; CIAP2; C-IAP2; HAIP1; HIAP1; HIAP-1; IAP homolog C; IAP1; Inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1; MALT2; Mammalian IAP C; MIHC; RNF49; TNFR2-TRAF signaling complex protein
Mass (Da): 68372
Number AA: 604
UniProt ID: Q13489
Locus ID: 330
COSMIC ID: BIRC3
Gene location on chromosome: 11q21
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 22737
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.87
Deregulated in translocations: B cell Non Hodgkin Lymphoma, Fusion partner MLT
Normal role description: Inhibits apoptosis probably via interfering with activation of caspase.


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