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 | 192 | 36 | 155 |
| Samples | 181 | 35 | 145 |
| Peptides | 122 | 22 | 104 |
Function
ACER1 · Alkaline ceramidase 1
Ceramides are synthesized during epidermal differentiation and accumulate within the interstices of the stratum corneum, where they represent critical components of the epidermal permeability barrier. Excess cellular ceramide can trigger antimitogenic signals and induce apoptosis, and the ceramide metabolites sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) are important bioregulatory molecules. Ceramide hydrolysis in the nucleated cell layers regulates keratinocyte proliferation and apoptosis in response to external stress. Ceramide hydrolysis also occurs at the stratum corneum, releasing free sphingoid base that functions as an endogenous antimicrobial agent. ACER1 is highly expressed in epidermis and catalyzes the hydrolysis of very long chain ceramides to generate sphingosine (Houben et al., 2006 [PubMed 16477081]; Sun et al., 2008 [PubMed 17713573]).[supplied by OMIM, Jul 2010].
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST00000301452 | Q8TDN7 | 192 | 122 |
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 122 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000301452 · 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 ACER1 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in ACER1 – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 2/40 5% | 0/0 0% |
| Glioblastoma | 4/98 4% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 5/42 12% | 10/612 2% |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 2/133 2% |
| Melanoma | 0/210 0% | 21/1899 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 3/143 2% | 20/3239 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 3/422 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 6/304 2% | 5/1390 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 2/69 3% | 3/699 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 11/1809 1% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 1/57 2% | 4/810 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 2/94 2% | 6/1515 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 5/956 1% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 0/89 0% | 8/1611 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 3/752 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 3/830 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 6/1862 0% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 1/44 2% | 0/305 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1/154 1% | 1/577 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 7/2550 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 1/85 1% | 3/1574 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 4/1592 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 2/88 2% | 4/2534 0% |
| Medulloblastoma | 0/0 0% | 1/450 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 1/950 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 2/144 1% | 4/3264 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 2/109 2% | 0/998 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 4/2210 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 3/2127 0% |
| Other Blood Cancers | 0/61 0% | 3/2725 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where ACER1 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in ACER1 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 192 mutations in ACER1
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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