Stats by Source
Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)
Total = all mutations for this gene across every source.
Cell line = COSMIC Cell Lines Project + DepMap + PubMed.
Tissue = COSMIC primary-tissue (patient tumour) samples.
Total can exceed cell line + tissue: COSMIC tissue-derived models sit only in global, and a peptide can be shared across both.
| Total | Cell line | Tissue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutations | 498 | 99 | 391 |
| Samples | 467 | 93 | 367 |
| Peptides | 356 | 65 | 296 |
Function
AARS2 · Alanyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases play critical roles in mRNA translation by charging tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The encoded protein is a mitochondrial enzyme that specifically aminoacylates alanyl-tRNA. Mutations in this gene are a cause of combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 8. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011].
Isoforms & Proteins
1 transcript · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)
Each Ensembl transcript (ENST) this gene is mutated on, with its matched UniProt accession.
The mapping is sequence-verified: the UniProt sequence is identical to the transcript translation, so amino-acid positions line up exactly. A * marks an unreviewed (TrEMBL) entry.
Counts are mutations and unique mutant peptides on each transcript.
| Transcript | UniProt | Mutations | Peptides |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST00000244571 | Q5JTZ9 | 498 | 356 |
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 356 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000244571 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom
A lollipop / needle plot – the standard way to show recurrent mutations along a protein (as used by cBioPortal and MutationMapper).
X-axis = amino-acid position in the protein.
Needle height & head size = how often that exact amino-acid change was observed (its recurrence). Tall/large heads are mutational hotspots.
The most recurrent changes are labelled; hover any needle for the change, position and counts.
Mutation frequency across cancer types
% of samples with a missense/complex mutation in AARS2 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in AARS2 – counted as distinct samples (a sample counts once no matter how many mutations it has).
Split into cell line and tissue; each cell shows mutated / total and the percentage. Cohorts with <20 samples are omitted. Ordered by combined frequency.
| Cancer type | Cell lines | Tissue samples |
|---|---|---|
| Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia | 2/25 8% | 0/0 0% |
| T-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 2/26 8% | 0/0 0% |
| T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 3/40 8% | 0/0 0% |
| Oral Cavity Carcinoma | 3/54 6% | 0/0 0% |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 6/133 5% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 2/42 5% | 24/612 4% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 12/304 4% | 29/1390 2% |
| Melanoma | 6/210 3% | 44/1899 2% |
| Acute Myeloid Leukemia | 2/90 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 14/143 10% | 49/3239 2% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 2/154 1% | 11/577 2% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 2/35 6% | 6/422 1% |
| Adrenocortical Carcinoma | 2/3 67% | 0/112 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 2/57 4% | 13/810 2% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 5/74 7% | 26/1809 1% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 12/752 2% |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 0/32 0% | 3/196 2% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 3/94 3% | 18/1515 1% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 2/58 3% | 11/956 1% |
| Glioblastoma | 1/98 1% | 0/0 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 3/45 7% | 10/1592 1% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 3/109 3% | 5/998 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 4/13 31% | 11/2105 1% |
| Medulloblastoma | 0/0 0% | 3/450 1% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 1/46 2% | 14/2210 1% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 4/144 3% | 15/3264 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 5/830 1% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 0/25 0% | 1/169 1% |
| Other Sarcomas | 2/69 3% | 2/699 0% |
| Esophageal Carcinoma | 0/23 0% | 4/769 1% |
Mutation Distribution
Where AARS2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in AARS2 were found in each tissue, across the whole database.
Each bar is a tissue (cell-line and tissue names are merged to the standard tissue), split into cell line and tissue (patient tumour) contributions.
This shows the cancer-context where this gene is recurrently altered.
GTEx Expression
Median TPM across 54 healthy tissues
Median gene expression (TPM) in normal, non-cancer human tissues from the GTEx project.
Useful for judging tumour specificity – a strong neoantigen target ideally comes from a gene with low expression in healthy tissues.
Scroll or drag the mini-axis below the chart to browse all tissues.
Mutations
All 498 mutations in AARS2
Every mutation record for this gene, across all samples and sources.
The Sample column links to the cell line (cell-line samples) or the tissue type (tissue samples).
Use the Type / Source filters, the search box, and column sorting to explore; each CAN-IMMUNE ID opens the full mutation & peptide view.
| ID | Sample | Transcript | AA Change | CDS | Type | Source | Mutant Peptide | Wild-type Peptide |
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