TP53 (glycosylated Ser149)

Full Name

Tumor protein p53

Keywords

P53; BCC7; LFS1; BMFS5; TRP53; cellular tumor antigen p53; antigen NY-CO-13; mutant tumor protein 53; p53 tumor suppressor; phosphoprotein p53; transformation-related protein 53; tumor protein 53; tumor supressor p53

Background

This gene encodes a tumor suppressor protein containing transcriptional activation, DNA binding, and oligomerization domains. The encoded protein responds to diverse cellular stresses to regulate expression of target genes, thereby inducing cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, senescence, DNA repair, or changes in metabolism. Mutations in this gene are associated with a variety of human cancers, including hereditary cancers such as Li-Fraumeni syndrome. Alternative splicing of this gene and the use of alternate promoters result in multiple transcript variants and isoforms.