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: RBBP8
Gene Name: RBBP8
Protein Full Name: RBBP8 protein
Mass (Da): 102659
Number AA: 902
UniProt ID: Q99708
Locus ID: 5932
COSMIC ID: RBBP8
Gene location on chromosome: 18q11.2
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 20149
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.64
Normal role description: RBBP8 binds directly to retinoblastoma protein which regulates cell proliferation. It is also associated with BRCA1 and modulates its function in transcriptional regulation, DNA repair and cell cycle checkpoint control.


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