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: SIAH2
Gene Name: SIAH2
Protein Full Name: E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase SIAH2
Alias: EC 6.3.2.-; HSiah2; Seven in absentia homologue 2; Siah-2
Mass (Da): 34615
Number AA: 324
UniProt ID: O43255
Locus ID: 6478
COSMIC ID: SIAH2
Gene location on chromosome: 3q25.1
Cancer protein type: OP
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: GAIN
Effect of active protein on cancer: PROMOTES
Number of cancer specimens: 19717
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.27
Normal role description: Involved in ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of specific proteins.


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