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: NIPBL
Gene Name: NIPBL
Protein Full Name: Nipped-B-like protein
Alias: Delangin; DKFZp434L1319; FLJ11203; FLJ12597; FLJ13354; FLJ13648; IDN3; Nipped-B; Nipped-B-like; SCC2; SCC2 homolog; Sister chromatid cohesion 2
Mass (Da): 316051
Number AA: 2804
UniProt ID: Q6KC79
Locus ID: 25836
COSMIC ID: NIPBL
Gene location on chromosome: 5p13.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19915
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 2.13
Commonly recorded point mutations: K603fs* (20)
Normal role description: Suggested to be involved in sister chromatid cohesion by interacting with the cohesin complex.


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