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: SDHC
Gene Name: SDHC
Protein Full Name: Succinate dehydrogenase cytochrome b560 subunit, m
Alias: Integral membrane protein CII-3;QPs-1;Succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit C;Succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase cytochrome B large subunit
Mass (Da): 18610
Number AA: 169
UniProt ID: Q99643
Locus ID: 6391
COSMIC ID: SDHC
Gene location on chromosome: 1q21
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBITS
Number of cancer specimens: 20262
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.08
Mutations observed as inherited: Hereditary paraganglioma type 3; Carney-Stratakis syndrome
Normal role description: Subunit of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) that functions as an anchor. SDH is involved in complex II of the mitochondrial electron transport chain.


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