GABRA4

Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha4 P48169 GBRA4_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 4 4p12 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 2557
Mutations
609
CL 111 · Tissue 494
Samples
558
CL 102 · Tissue 452
Peptides
384
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
1
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
Mutations609111494
Samples558102452
Peptides38466343

Function

GABRA4 · Gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha4

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain where it acts at GABA-A receptors, which are ligand-gated chloride channels. Chloride conductance of these channels can be modulated by agents such as benzodiazepines that bind to the GABA-A receptor. At least 16 distinct subunits of GABA-A receptors have been identified. This gene encodes subunit alpha-4, which is involved in the etiology of autism and eventually increases autism risk through interaction with another subunit, gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor beta-1 (GABRB1). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found in this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011].

Isoforms & Proteins

1 transcript · 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
ENST00000264318 P48169 609 384

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
4
Cytoband
4p12
Entrez ID

Recurrent Mutations

All 384 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000264318 · 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 GABRA4 · 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 GABRA4 – 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-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/26 8%
0/0 0%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
3/40 8%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
7/42 17%
29/612 5%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
19/304 6%
54/1390 4%
Melanoma
4/210 2%
62/1899 3%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/16 12%
2/122 2%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
5/57 9%
19/810 2%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
11/154 7%
6/577 1%
Other Solid Cancers
4/94 4%
31/1515 2%
Glioblastoma
2/98 2%
0/0 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
20/956 2%
Colorectal Carcinoma
9/143 6%
43/3239 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
11/752 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
10/769 1%
Other Sarcomas
6/69 9%
3/699 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
1/74 1%
20/1809 1%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
1/90 1%
0/0 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
5/422 1%
Burkitts Lymphoma
2/32 6%
0/196 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
17/2127 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
8/998 1%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
2/54 4%
6/950 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
3/85 4%
10/1574 1%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
1/133 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
1/46 2%
16/2210 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
17/2550 1%
Breast Carcinoma
4/144 3%
18/3264 1%
Prostate Carcinoma
3/13 23%
9/2105 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
1/25 4%
0/169 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
1/89 1%
7/1611 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where GABRA4 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in GABRA4 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 51 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 609 mutations in GABRA4

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