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: SUZ12
Gene Name: SUZ12
Protein Full Name: Polycomb protein SUZ12
Alias: CHET9; JJAZ1; KIAA0160; Polycomb protein Suz12; suppressor of zeste 12; suppressor of zeste 12 homolog (Drosophila); Suppressor of zeste 12 protein homolog
Mass (Da): 83050
Number AA: 739
UniProt ID: Q15022
Locus ID: 23512
COSMIC ID: SUZ12
Gene location on chromosome: 17q11.2
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20496
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.5
Deregulated in translocations: Endometrial stromal neoplasms. Fusion partners include JJAZ1
Normal role description: Component of the PRC2 complex.


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