cancer-up-regulated gene 2 protein (CENPW, C6orf173, CUG2)

Function

• acts as an oncogene (putative)

Compartment

nucleus

Expression

• highly expressed in ovary, liver, lung & pancreas & to a lower extent in breast & gastrointestinal tract cancers including colon, rectum & stomach
• expressed in many cancer cell types
• up-regulated in many cancer tissues

More general terms

• nuclear protein
• proto oncogene protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q5EE01.html