p53

p53, also known as Tumor protein P53, cellular tumor antigen p53 (UniProt name), or transformation-related protein 53 (TRP53) is a regulatory protein that is often mutated in human cancers. The p53 proteins (originally thought to be, and often spoken of as, a single protein) are crucial in vertebrates, where they prevent cancer formation. As such, p53 has been described as "the guardian of the genome" because of its role in conserving stability by preventing genome mutation. Hence TP53 is classified as a tumor suppressor gene.

TP53
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesTP53, BCC7, LFS1, P53, TRP53, tumor protein p53, BMFS5, Genes, p53
External IDsOMIM: 191170 MGI: 98834 HomoloGene: 460 GeneCards: TP53
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

7157

22059

Ensembl

ENSG00000141510

ENSMUSG00000059552

UniProt

P04637

P02340

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001127233
NM_011640

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001120705
NP_035770

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 7.66 – 7.69 MbChr 11: 69.47 – 69.48 Mb
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The TP53 gene is the most frequently mutated gene (>50%) in human cancer, indicating that the TP53 gene plays a crucial role in preventing cancer formation. TP53 gene encodes proteins that bind to DNA and regulate gene expression to prevent mutations of the genome. In addition to the full-length protein, the human TP53 gene encodes at least 15 protein isoforms.

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