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: SEMA5B
Gene Name: SEMA5B
Protein Full Name: Semaphorin-5B
Alias: SEM5B; SEMAG; SemG
Mass (Da): 125913
Number AA: 1151
UniProt ID: Q9P283
Locus ID: 54437
COSMIC ID: SEMA5B
Gene location on chromosome: 3q21.1
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19777
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.29
General distribution of mutations: Multi-site
Location of most mutations: Broad distribution of mutation sites with some point mutations , but no complex mutations, insertions or deletions.
Normal role description: SEMA5B is involved in regulation of neuronal development and axonal guidance. Expression is upregulated in many renal cancers and is involved in angiogenesis and migration.


Provide the gene name, protein name, UniProt ID or Locus ID as a search term. Click on Retrieve Info button to obtain information on the selected cancer protein.