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: RAD50
Gene Name: RAD50
Protein Full Name: DNA repair protein RAD50
Alias: HRad50; HRAD50; RAD50-2; RAD50-2 protein
Mass (Da): 153892
Number AA: 1312
UniProt ID: Q92878
Locus ID: 10111
COSMIC ID: RAD50
Gene location on chromosome: 5q31.1
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20454
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.92
Normal role description: DNA damage response.


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