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: DNAJB4
Gene Name: DNAJB4
Protein Full Name: DnaJ homologue subfamily B member 4
Alias: DJB4; DnaJ (Hsp40), subfamily B, member 4; DnaJ homolog subfamily B member 4; DNAJW; DNJB4; Heat shock 40 kDa protein 1 homolog; Heat shock protein 40 homolog; HLJ1; HSP40 homolog
Mass (Da): 37807
Number AA: 337
UniProt ID: Q6DKZ0
Locus ID: 11080
COSMIC ID: DNAJB4
Gene location on chromosome: 1p31.1
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.25
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: Probable chaperone. Homodimer. The C-terminal section interacts with the C-terminal tail of OPRM1. Interacts also with SDIM1.


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