CERS2

Ceramide synthase 2 Q96G23 CERS2_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 1 1q21.3 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 29956
Mutations
450
CL 74 · Tissue 355
Samples
172
CL 40 · Tissue 124
Peptides
146
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
3
isoforms mutated

Stats by Source

Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)

How the counts split by source
Stats by Source

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.

TotalCell lineTissue
Mutations45074355
Samples17240124
Peptides14630111

Function

CERS2 · Ceramide synthase 2

This gene encodes a protein that has sequence similarity to yeast longevity assurance gene 1. Mutation or overexpression of the related gene in yeast has been shown to alter yeast lifespan. The human protein may play a role in the regulation of cell growth. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

Isoforms & Proteins

3 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)

About the isoform mapping
Isoforms & Proteins

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.

TranscriptUniProtMutationsPeptides
ENST00000368954 Q96G23 171 123
ENST00000271688 Q96G23 148 111
ENST00000561294 H0YNU7* 131 100

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
1
Cytoband
1q21.3
Entrez ID
Aliases
L3LASS2SP260TMSG1

Recurrent Mutations

All 123 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000368954 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom

What this lollipop shows
Recurrent Mutations

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 CERS2 · cell line vs tissue

How this frequency is counted
Cancer-type mutation frequency

For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in CERS2 – 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 typeCell linesTissue samples
T-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
1/26 4%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
5/42 12%
13/612 2%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1/40 2%
0/0 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
1/90 1%
0/0 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
1/25 4%
1/169 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
2/58 3%
8/956 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
5/143 4%
24/3239 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
4/45 9%
7/1592 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
2/154 1%
2/577 0%
Breast Carcinoma
6/144 4%
12/3264 0%
Other Sarcomas
1/69 1%
3/699 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
2/422 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
4/950 0%
Melanoma
2/210 1%
6/1899 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
3/769 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
7/1809 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
5/1574 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
3/810 0%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
5/1515 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
7/2210 0%
Glioma
0/52 0%
5/2127 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
2/830 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
1/998 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/304 0%
2/1390 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
0/89 0%
3/1611 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
1/13 8%
2/2105 0%
Neuroblastoma
2/87 2%
0/1331 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
2/2550 0%
Other Blood Cancers
1/61 2%
1/2725 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where CERS2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in CERS2 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

GTEx Portal ↗
About the expression data
GTEx Expression

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 450 mutations in CERS2

About the mutation list
Mutations

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.

IDSampleTranscriptAA Change CDSTypeSourceMutant PeptideWild-type Peptide