CES5A

Carboxylesterase 5A Q6NT32 EST5A_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 16 16q12.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 221223
Mutations
2,113
CL 313 · Tissue 1,778
Samples
432
CL 103 · Tissue 325
Peptides
354
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
6
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
Mutations2,1133131,778
Samples432103325
Peptides35475286

Function

CES5A · Carboxylesterase 5A

This gene encodes a member of the carboxylesterase large family. The family members are responsible for the hydrolysis or transesterification of various xenobiotics, such as cocaine and heroin, and endogenous substrates with ester, thioester, or amide bonds. They also participate in fatty acyl and cholesterol ester metabolism, and may play a role in the blood-brain barrier system. This gene, also called CES5, is predominantly expressed in peripheral tissues, including brain, kidney, lung and testis. It encodes a secreted enzyme. Because of high levels in the urine of male domestic cats, this enzyme is also called cauxin (carboxylesterase-like urinary excreted protein). The enzyme functions in regulating the production of a pheromone precursor and may contribute to lipid and cholesterol transfer processes within male reproductive fluids. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2010].

Isoforms & Proteins

6 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
ENST00000290567 Q6NT32 452 307
ENST00000521992 Q6NT32-4 391 286
ENST00000520435 E5RFG9* 379 272
ENST00000319165 Q6NT32-2 354 261
ENST00000518005 Q6NT32-3 312 231
ENST00000541580 A0A0J9YW16* 225 159

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
16
Cytoband
16q12.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
CAUXINCES4C1CES5CES7HEL126

Recurrent Mutations

All 307 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000290567 · 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 CES5A · 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 CES5A – 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
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
4/25 16%
0/0 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
3/90 3%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
10/210 5%
56/1899 3%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
17/304 6%
35/1390 3%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
4/133 3%
Endometrial Carcinoma
6/42 14%
12/612 2%
Colorectal Carcinoma
12/143 8%
53/3239 2%
Ovarian Carcinoma
6/109 6%
10/998 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/57 2%
11/810 1%
Other Solid Cancers
4/94 4%
17/1515 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
4/74 5%
17/1809 1%
Non-Cancerous
1/104 1%
9/830 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
8/769 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/9 11%
6/752 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
1/35 3%
3/422 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
5/51 10%
17/2550 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
3/85 4%
11/1574 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
5/154 3%
1/577 0%
Other Sarcomas
1/69 1%
4/699 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
0/305 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
1/25 4%
0/169 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
8/1592 0%
Osteosarcoma
1/45 2%
0/166 0%
Breast Carcinoma
1/144 1%
14/3264 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
4/950 0%
Other Blood Cancers
1/61 2%
10/2725 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
5/88 6%
5/2534 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
2/13 15%
6/2105 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
3/46 7%
3/2210 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
2/89 2%
1/1611 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where CES5A is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in CES5A 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 33 healthy tissues

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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 2,113 mutations in CES5A

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