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: SFMBT2
Gene Name: SFMBT2
Protein Full Name: Scm-like with four MBT domains protein 2
Alias: KIAA1617; Scm-like with four mbt domains 2; Scm-related gene containing four mbt domains 2; SMBT2
Mass (Da): 100563
Number AA: 894
UniProt ID: Q5VUG0
Locus ID: 57713
COSMIC ID: SFMBT2
Gene location on chromosome: 10p14
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19792
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.53
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with some point mutations, but no complex, insertion or deletion mutations.
Mutations observed as inherited: NA
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: NA
Deregulated in translocations: NA
Deregulated by viral insertion: NA
Transduced into viral genome: NA
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: NA
Normal role description: SFMBT2 is a transcription regulator, but its function is unknown.
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: no entry in AGO


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