DCAF4

DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 4 Q8WV16 DCAF4_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 14 14q24.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 26094
Mutations
1,201
CL 134 · Tissue 1,019
Samples
242
CL 42 · Tissue 189
Peptides
240
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
Mutations1,2011341,019
Samples24242189
Peptides24037201

Function

DCAF4 · DDB1 and CUL4 associated factor 4

This gene encodes a WD repeat-containing protein that interacts with the Cul4-Ddb1 E3 ligase macromolecular complex. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2009].

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
ENST00000358377 Q8WV16 259 185
ENST00000555042 Q8WV16-5 231 170
ENST00000509153 Q8WV16-3 212 154
ENST00000394234 Q8WV16-4 187 145
ENST00000553457 G3V3D6* 157 124
ENST00000353777 F6W423* 155 114

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
14
Cytoband
14q24.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
WDR21WDR21A

Recurrent Mutations

All 185 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000358377 · 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 DCAF4 · 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 DCAF4 – 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
1/25 4%
0/0 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2/90 2%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
6/42 14%
8/612 1%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
2/133 2%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
2/122 2%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
27/1809 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
6/143 4%
36/3239 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
2/305 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Burkitts Lymphoma
2/32 6%
0/196 0%
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
0/3 0%
1/112 1%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
17/1899 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
1/58 2%
6/956 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/304 0%
10/1390 1%
Ewings Sarcoma
1/63 2%
1/262 0%
Other Solid Cancers
1/94 1%
9/1515 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
5/810 1%
Non-Cancerous
1/104 1%
4/830 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
2/109 2%
4/998 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/9 11%
3/752 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
0/25 0%
1/169 1%
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
0/165 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
7/1574 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
4/950 0%
Other Sarcomas
1/69 1%
2/699 0%
Meningioma
1/3 33%
0/252 0%
Glioma
0/52 0%
8/2127 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
2/85 2%
4/1862 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/88 2%
6/2534 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
1/154 1%
1/577 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where DCAF4 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in DCAF4 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 1,201 mutations in DCAF4

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