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: INTS6
Gene Name: INTS6
Protein Full Name: Integrator complex subunit 6
Alias: DBI-1; DDX26; DDX26A; DEAD box protein; DEAD/H (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp/His) box polypeptide 26; DICE1; HDB; INT6; Integrator complex subunit 6: Protein deleted in cancer 1: Protein DDX26: DBI-1: Integrator complex subunit 6, isoform CRAa: Putative uncharacterized protein INTS6; Notchl2; RNA helicase HDB
Mass (Da): 100390
Number AA: 887
UniProt ID: Q9UL03
Locus ID: 26512
COSMIC ID: INTS6
Gene location on chromosome: 13q14.3
Cancer protein type: TSP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: LOSS
Effect of active protein on cancer: INHIBITS
Number of cancer specimens: 19718
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.61
Gene undergoes hypermethylation: Lung & prostate cancer
Normal role description: INTS6 is an RNA helicase and a DEAD box protein that is part of a complex interacting with the C-terminus of RNA polymerase II. It is involved in 3' end processing of snRNAs and is a candidate tumour suppressor located in the critical region of loss of heterozygosity.


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