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: SUV39H2
Gene Name: SUV39H2
Protein Full Name: Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SUV39H2
Alias: EC 2.1.1.43; H3-K9-HMTase 2; Histone H3-K9 methyltransferase 2; Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase; KMT1B; Lysine N-methyltransferase 1B; Su(var)3-9 homologue 2; Suppressor of variegation 3-9 homologue 2; SUV92
Mass (Da): 46682
Number AA: 410
UniProt ID: Q9H5I1
Locus ID: 79723
COSMIC ID: SUV39H2
Gene location on chromosome: 10p13
Number of cancer specimens: 19780
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.34


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