FAR2

Fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2 Q96K12 FACR2_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 12 12p11.22 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 55711
Mutations
604
CL 86 · Tissue 513
Samples
228
CL 49 · Tissue 176
Peptides
182
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
Mutations60486513
Samples22849176
Peptides18233152

Function

FAR2 · Fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2

This gene belongs to the short chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily. It encodes a reductase enzyme involved in the first step of wax biosynthesis wherein fatty acids are converted to fatty alcohols. The encoded peroxisomal protein utilizes saturated fatty acids of 16 or 18 carbons as preferred substrates. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed for this gene. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 2, 14 and 22. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012].

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
ENST00000536681 Q96K12 233 177
ENST00000182377 Q96K12 204 166
ENST00000547116 Q96K12-2 167 134

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
12
Cytoband
12p11.22
Entrez ID
Aliases
HEL-S-81MLSTD1SDR10E2

Recurrent Mutations

All 177 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000536681 · 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 FAR2 · 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 FAR2 – 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-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
4/40 10%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
3/42 7%
12/612 2%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
11/304 4%
17/1390 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
21/1809 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
20/1899 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
6/154 4%
1/577 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
6/143 4%
26/3239 1%
Osteosarcoma
2/45 4%
0/166 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
3/57 5%
5/810 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
1/305 0%
Other Solid Cancers
3/94 3%
8/1515 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
6/956 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
13/2210 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
4/752 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
4/769 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
8/1592 0%
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
0/165 0%
Other Sarcomas
1/69 1%
2/699 0%
Ewings Sarcoma
0/63 0%
1/262 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
2/950 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
4/2105 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
3/1574 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
3/2127 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
1/89 1%
2/1611 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
4/2550 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/88 2%
2/2534 0%
Neuroblastoma
0/87 0%
2/1331 0%
Other Blood Cancers
1/61 2%
2/2725 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where FAR2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in FAR2 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 604 mutations in FAR2

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