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: FANCE
Gene Name: FANCE
Protein Full Name: Fanconi anemia group E protein
Alias: FACE; FAE; Fanconi anemia, complementation group E
Mass (Da): 58711
Number AA: 536
UniProt ID: Q9HB96
Locus ID: 2178
COSMIC ID: FANCE
Gene location on chromosome: 6p21
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBIT
Number of cancer specimens: 20417
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.37
Mutations observed as inherited: NA
Found in amplified chromosomal regions in human cancers: NA
Deregulated in translocations: NA
Deregulated by viral insertion: NA
Transduced into viral genome: NA
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: NA
Normal role description: FANCE plays a part in the Fanconi anemia complex in DNA cross-link repair and protection against chromosome breakages. Defects have been associated with predisposition to malignancy development such as leukemia


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