GCK

Glucokinase P35557 HXK4_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 7 7p13 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 2645
Mutations
880
CL 128 · Tissue 740
Samples
314
CL 65 · Tissue 245
Peptides
245
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
5
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
Mutations880128740
Samples31465245
Peptides24548210

Function

GCK · Glucokinase

This gene encodes a member of the hexokinase family of proteins. Hexokinases phosphorylate glucose to produce glucose-6-phosphate, the first step in most glucose metabolism pathways. In contrast to other forms of hexokinase, this enzyme is not inhibited by its product glucose-6-phosphate but remains active while glucose is abundant. The use of multiple promoters and alternative splicing of this gene result in distinct protein isoforms that exhibit tissue-specific expression in the pancreas and liver. In the pancreas, this enzyme plays a role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, while in the liver, this enzyme is important in glucose uptake and conversion to glycogen. Mutations in this gene that alter enzyme activity have been associated with multiple types of diabetes and hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017].

Isoforms & Proteins

5 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
ENST00000403799 P35557 317 213
ENST00000345378 P35557-2 275 192
ENST00000437084 C9JQD1* 272 191
ENST00000616242 A0A8C8PZE6* 14 9
ENST00000294066 Q12851 2 1

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
7
Cytoband
7p13
Entrez ID
Aliases
FGQTL3GKGLKHHF3HK4HKIV

Recurrent Mutations

All 213 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000403799 · 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 GCK · 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 GCK – 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
3/40 8%
0/0 0%
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
1/25 4%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
6/210 3%
44/1899 2%
Endometrial Carcinoma
3/42 7%
10/612 2%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
15/304 5%
14/1390 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
11/143 8%
42/3239 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
13/810 2%
Gastric Carcinoma
2/74 3%
18/1809 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
4/154 3%
3/577 1%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
13/1515 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
6/752 1%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
1/133 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
3/58 5%
4/956 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
1/35 3%
2/422 0%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
0/44 0%
2/305 1%
Glioma
1/52 2%
10/2127 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
2/85 2%
6/1574 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
0/89 0%
8/1611 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
3/13 23%
7/2105 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
9/2550 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2/46 4%
7/2210 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
3/998 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
3/950 0%
Other Sarcomas
0/69 0%
2/699 0%
Breast Carcinoma
0/144 0%
9/3264 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
2/45 4%
2/1592 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/88 2%
3/2534 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
0/85 0%
3/1862 0%
Other Blood Cancers
1/61 2%
2/2725 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
1/830 0%

Mutation Distribution

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

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in GCK 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 880 mutations in GCK

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