Overproduction of components of the protein translocation machinery is associated with cancers of prostate, lung, head, and neck (Sec62) and with glioblastoma (Sec61γ) (Lu et al., 2009; Greiner et al., 2011; Linxweiler et al., 2012, 2013; Bochen et al., 2017). Here, SEC62 is linked to cancer.