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 | 692 | 90 | 598 |
| Samples | 255 | 52 | 201 |
| Peptides | 210 | 41 | 172 |
Function
EARS2 · Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial
This gene encodes a member of the class I family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. These enzymes play a critical role in protein biosynthesis by charging tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. This protein is encoded by the nuclear genome but is likely to be imported to the mitochondrion where it is thought to catalyze the ligation of glutamate to tRNA molecules. Mutations in this gene have been associated with combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 12 (COXPD12). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2015].
Isoforms & Proteins
3 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 193 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000449606 · 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 EARS2 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in EARS2 – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 5/133 4% |
| Acute Myeloid Leukemia | 2/90 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Glioblastoma | 2/98 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 2/42 5% | 11/612 2% |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 0/32 0% | 4/196 2% |
| Melanoma | 6/210 3% | 22/1899 1% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 5/154 3% | 3/577 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 6/304 2% | 12/1390 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 7/143 5% | 27/3239 1% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 1/57 2% | 7/810 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 4/422 1% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 0/44 0% | 3/305 1% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 2/58 3% | 6/956 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 1/94 1% | 11/1515 1% |
| Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/16 0% | 1/122 1% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 7/144 5% | 17/3264 1% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 1/63 2% | 1/262 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 5/950 1% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 10/1574 1% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 1/74 1% | 9/1809 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 4/752 1% |
| Other Sarcomas | 1/69 1% | 3/699 0% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 0/25 0% | 1/169 1% |
| Rhabdomyosarcoma | 0/33 0% | 1/171 1% |
| Esophageal Carcinoma | 0/23 0% | 3/769 0% |
| Glioma | 1/52 2% | 6/2127 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 1/51 2% | 7/2550 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 5/2210 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/88 0% | 5/2534 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 1/45 2% | 2/1592 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where EARS2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in EARS2 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 692 mutations in EARS2
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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