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 | 1,774 | 175 | 1,590 |
| Samples | 484 | 86 | 393 |
| Peptides | 303 | 51 | 261 |
Function
BCL6 · BCL6 transcription repressor
The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcription factor and contains an N-terminal POZ domain. This protein acts as a sequence-specific repressor of transcription, and has been shown to modulate the transcription of STAT-dependent IL-4 responses of B cells. This protein can interact with a variety of POZ-containing proteins that function as transcription corepressors. This gene is found to be frequently translocated and hypermutated in diffuse large-cell lymphoma (DLCL), and may be involved in the pathogenesis of DLCL. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different protein isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015].
Isoforms & Proteins
4 transcripts · 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.
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 297 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000406870 · 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 BCL6 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in BCL6 – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 6/32 19% | 14/196 7% |
| T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 2/40 5% | 0/0 0% |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia | 1/25 4% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 1/42 2% | 25/612 4% |
| Acute Myeloid Leukemia | 3/90 3% | 0/0 0% |
| Hodgkins Lymphoma | 3/16 19% | 1/122 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 13/143 9% | 58/3239 2% |
| Melanoma | 4/210 2% | 40/1899 2% |
| Oral Cavity Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 3/304 1% | 23/1390 2% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 4/74 5% | 21/1809 1% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 2/57 4% | 8/810 1% |
| Other Blood Cancers | 2/61 3% | 30/2725 1% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 10/88 11% | 20/2534 1% |
| Glioblastoma | 1/98 1% | 0/0 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 2/58 3% | 7/956 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 4/422 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 14/1515 1% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 2/44 5% | 1/305 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 2/85 2% | 12/1574 1% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 4/109 4% | 5/998 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 6/699 1% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 12/1592 1% |
| Medulloblastoma | 0/0 0% | 3/450 1% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 4/51 8% | 13/2550 1% |
| Non-Cancerous | 1/104 1% | 5/830 1% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 5/950 1% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 13/2127 1% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 13/2210 1% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 2/154 1% | 2/577 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where BCL6 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in BCL6 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 1,774 mutations in BCL6
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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