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: MAFB
Gene Name: MAFB
Protein Full Name: Transcription factor MafB
Alias: Kreisler maf-related leucine zipper; MAFB; MAFB/Kreisler basic region/leucine zipper transcription factor; V-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene B; V-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homologue B (avian)
Mass (Da): 35792
Number AA: 323
UniProt ID: Q9Y5Q3
Locus ID: 9935
COSMIC ID: MAFB
Gene location on chromosome: 20q12
Number of cancer specimens: 20484
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.21


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