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: PPP1R16B
Gene Name: PPP1R16B
Protein Full Name: Protein phosphatase 1 regulatory inhibitor subunit
Alias: ANKRD4; Ankyrin repeat domain 4; Ankyrin repeat domain protein 4; CAAX box TIMAP; KIAA0823; PP16B; Protein phosphatase 1 regulatory inhibitor 16B; Protein phosphatase 1, regulatory (inhibitor) subunit 16B; TGF-beta-inhibited membrane-associated; TGF-beta-inhibited membrane-associated protein; TIMAP
Mass (Da): 63551
Number AA: 567
UniProt ID: Q96T49
Locus ID: 26051
COSMIC ID: PPP1R16B
Gene location on chromosome: 20q11.23
Cancer protein type: UNCLEAR
Effect of cancer mutation on protein: UNCLEAR
Effect of active protein on cancer: UNCLEAR
Number of cancer specimens: 19925
Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: 0.93
Normal role description: PPP1R16B is a protein-serine/threonine phosphatase regulatory protein. It promotes interaction of PPP1CA with RPSA/LMAR1 resulting in dephosphorylation. It is involved in pulmonary endothelial cell barrier function and filopodia extension.


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