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 | 420 | 51 | 368 |
| Samples | 113 | 20 | 92 |
| Peptides | 91 | 15 | 77 |
Function
CASP3 · Caspase 3
The protein encoded by this gene is a cysteine-aspartic acid protease that plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. The encoded protein cleaves and inactivates poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase while it cleaves and activates sterol regulatory element binding proteins as well as caspases 6, 7, and 9. This protein itself is processed by caspases 8, 9, and 10. It is the predominant caspase involved in the cleavage of amyloid-beta 4A precursor protein, which is associated with neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017].
Isoforms & Proteins
5 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 82 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000308394 · 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 CASP3 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in CASP3 – 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 | 3/40 8% | 0/0 0% |
| Glioblastoma | 2/98 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 2/42 5% | 8/612 1% |
| Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma | 0/0 0% | 1/71 1% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 2/25 8% | 0/169 0% |
| Melanoma | 1/210 0% | 17/1899 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 3/304 1% | 8/1390 1% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 2/154 1% | 2/577 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 2/143 1% | 15/3239 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 3/752 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 6/1809 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 5/1592 0% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 1/63 2% | 0/262 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 3/956 0% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 0/44 0% | 1/305 0% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 1/422 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 2/830 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 3/1515 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 1/109 1% | 1/998 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 3/1574 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 3/2127 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 3/2210 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 1/810 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 1/144 1% | 2/3264 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 1/1862 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 0/13 0% | 1/2105 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 1/2550 0% |
| Other Blood Cancers | 0/61 0% | 1/2725 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/88 0% | 1/2534 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where CASP3 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in CASP3 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 420 mutations in CASP3
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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