Protein CIP2A

UniProtKB accession:  Q8TCG1

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UniProtKB description:  Acts as an inhibitor of protein phosphatase PP2A (PubMed:17632056). Promotes anchorage-independent cell growth and tumor formation by preventing dephosphorylation of MYC, thereby stabilizing MYC in human malignancies (PubMed:17632056). Together with TOPBP1, plays an essential role in the response to genome instability generated by the presence of acentric chromosome fragments derived from shattered chromosomes within micronuclei (PubMed:35121901, PubMed:35842428, PubMed:37165191, PubMed:37316668). Micronuclei, which are frequently found in cancer cells, consist of chromatin surrounded by their own nuclear membrane: following breakdown of the micronuclear envelope, a process associated with chromothripsis, the CIP2A-TOPBP1 complex tethers chromosome fragments during mitosis to ensure clustered segregation of the fragments to a single daughter cell nucleus, facilitating re-ligation with limited chromosome scattering and loss (PubMed:37165191, PubMed:37316668).