{"entity":{"id":"ppp2r5a","kind":"target","name":"PPP2R5A","aka":["protein phosphatase 2 regulatory subunit B'alpha","Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 56 kDa regulatory subunit alpha isoform","PR61A","B56A","B56alpha"],"tldr":"PPP2R5A (Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 56 kDa regulatory subunit alpha isoform) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role.","summary":"The B regulatory subunit might modulate substrate selectivity and catalytic activity, and might also direct the localisation of the catalytic enzyme to a particular subcellular compartment.\n\nOpen Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.59 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.69, affected pathway 0.89, animal model 0.62, genetic association 0.19).","asOf":"2026-09-23","links":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:9309","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:9309"},{"label":"UniProt Q15172","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q15172/entry"},{"label":"NCBI Gene 5525","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/5525"},{"label":"Ensembl ENSG00000066027","url":"https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000066027"}],"tags":["cancer-genes-wave"],"related":["open-targets"],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: none stated by the sources. Evidence tier \"association-only\" is the strongest of those signals.","Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate."],"provenance":{"editedBy":"scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts (CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC, UniProt)","editedOn":"2026-09-23"},"symbol":"PPP2R5A","role":[],"evidenceTier":"association-only","sources":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:9309","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:9309","note":"approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)"},{"label":"UniProt Q15172","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q15172/entry","note":"protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)"},{"label":"Open Targets ENSG00000066027","url":"https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000066027/associations","note":"association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.59;  (GraphQL API, CC0)"}],"hgnc":"HGNC:9309","ensembl":"ENSG00000066027","uniprot":"Q15172","entrez":"5525","biology":"The B regulatory subunit might modulate substrate selectivity and catalytic activity, and might also direct the localisation of the catalytic enzyme to a particular subcellular compartment. Location: Cytoplasm; Nucleus; Chromosome, centromere (UniProt). Locus 1q32.3 (HGNC).","whereFound":[],"targetClass":"other","prevalence":[]},"route":"/targets/ppp2r5a/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"open-targets","kind":"collection","name":"Open Targets Platform","route":"/collections/open-targets/"}]}}