EIF2S1

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit alpha P05198 IF2A_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 14 14q23.3 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 1965
Mutations
236
CL 18 · Tissue 208
Samples
123
CL 14 · Tissue 102
Peptides
92
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
2
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
Mutations23618208
Samples12314102
Peptides921276

Function

EIF2S1 · Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit alpha

The translation initiation factor EIF2 catalyzes the first regulated step of protein synthesis initiation, promoting the binding of the initiator tRNA to 40S ribosomal subunits. Binding occurs as a ternary complex of methionyl-tRNA, EIF2, and GTP. EIF2 is composed of 3 nonidentical subunits, the 36-kD EIF2-alpha subunit (EIF2S1), the 38-kD EIF2-beta subunit (EIF2S2; MIM 603908), and the 52-kD EIF2-gamma subunit (EIF2S3; MIM 300161). The rate of formation of the ternary complex is modulated by the phosphorylation state of EIF2-alpha (Ernst et al., 1987 [PubMed 2948954]).[supplied by OMIM, Feb 2010].

Isoforms & Proteins

2 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
ENST00000256383 P05198 127 92
ENST00000466499 P05198 109 79

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
14
Cytoband
14q23.3
Entrez ID
Aliases
EIF-2EIF-2AEIF-2alphaEIF2EIF2A

Recurrent Mutations

All 92 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000256383 · 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 EIF2S1 · 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 EIF2S1 – 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
Endometrial Carcinoma
1/42 2%
7/612 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
9/956 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
4/422 1%
Melanoma
3/210 1%
13/1899 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
7/1515 0%
Meningioma
1/3 33%
0/252 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
0/143 0%
13/3239 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
1/13 8%
7/2105 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
1/45 2%
5/1592 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
7/1809 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
6/1574 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
3/950 0%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
1/44 2%
0/305 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
2/154 1%
0/577 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
4/2127 0%
Breast Carcinoma
0/144 0%
7/3264 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
2/830 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
4/2550 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
1/752 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
1/769 0%
Other Sarcomas
0/69 0%
1/699 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
1/810 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/88 2%
1/2534 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
2/2210 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
0/109 0%
1/998 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
0/89 0%
1/1611 0%
Other Blood Cancers
0/61 0%
1/2725 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where EIF2S1 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in EIF2S1 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 236 mutations in EIF2S1

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