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: CHD9
Gene Name: CHD9
Protein Full Name: Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 9
Alias: AD013; ATP-dependent helicase CHD9; BC022889; Chromatin-related mesenchymal modulator; Chromatin-remodeling factor CHROM1; Chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 9; CReMM; FLJ12178; KIAA0308; KISH2; Kismet homolog 2; Peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor A-interacting complex 320 kDa protein; PPAR-alpha-interacting complex protein 320 kDa; PRIC320
Mass (Da): 326022
Number AA: 2897
UniProt ID: Q3L8U1
Locus ID: 80205
COSMIC ID: CHD9
Gene location on chromosome: 16q12.2
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19851
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 1.6
Normal role description: CHD9 is a ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling protein. It also acts as a transcriptional regulator of many nuclear receptors such as PPARA. It is involved in differentiation of progenitors during osteogenesis and skeletal formation.


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