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: FANCM
Gene Name: FANCM
Protein Full Name: Fanconi anemia group M protein
Alias: ATP-dependent RNA helicase FANCM; FAAP250; FACM; Fanconi anemia, complementation group M; Fanconi anemia-associated polypeptide of 250 kDa; Hef; KIAA1596
Mass (Da): 232190
Number AA: 2048
UniProt ID: Q8IYD8
Locus ID: 57697
COSMIC ID: FANCM
Gene location on chromosome: 14q21.2
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBITS
Number of cancer specimens: 20224
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.59
Normal role description: FANCM binds to ssDNA, but not dsDNA. Required for FNACD2 ubiquitination, which is a crucial step in DNA repair.


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