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: SEMA4B
Gene Name: SEMA4B
Protein Full Name: Semaphorin-4B
Alias: KIAA1745; MGC131831; SEM4B; Sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig) transmembrane domain (TM) and short cytoplasmic domain,; Sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig), transmembrane domain (TM) and short cytoplasmic domain, (semaphorin) 4B; Sema domain, immunoglobulin domain (Ig), transmembrane domain (TM) and short cytoplasmic domain, 4B; SEMAC; Semaphorin 4B; Semaphorin-4B; SemC
Mass (Da): 92193
Number AA: 832
UniProt ID: Q9NPR2
Locus ID: 10509
COSMIC ID: SEMA4B
Gene location on chromosome: 15q25
Number of cancer specimens: 19850
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.47
Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: Inhibits axonal extension by providing local signals to specify territories inaccessible for growing axons


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