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: IGFBP5
Gene Name: IGFBP5
Protein Full Name: Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5
Alias: IBP- 5; IBP5; IGF-binding protein 5; IGFBP5; insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5; Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 5 precursor
Mass (Da): 30570
Number AA: 272
UniProt ID: P24593
Locus ID: 3488
COSMIC ID: IGFBP5
Gene location on chromosome: 2q33-q36
Number of cancer specimens: 20057
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.14
Normal role description: IGFBP5 is a secreted growth factor binding protein.


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.