HOXA4

Homeobox A4 Q00056 HXA4_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 7 7p15.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3201
Mutations
352
CL 62 · Tissue 282
Samples
180
CL 47 · Tissue 130
Peptides
126
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
Mutations35262282
Samples18047130
Peptides1263694

Function

HOXA4 · Homeobox A4

In vertebrates, the genes encoding the class of transcription factors called homeobox genes are found in clusters named A, B, C, and D on four separate chromosomes. Expression of these proteins is spatially and temporally regulated during embryonic development. This gene is part of the A cluster on chromosome 7 and encodes a DNA-binding transcription factor which may regulate gene expression, morphogenesis, and differentiation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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
ENST00000360046 Q00056 194 126
ENST00000610970 Q00056 158 103

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
7
Cytoband
7p15.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
HOX1HOX1D

Recurrent Mutations

All 126 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000360046 · 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 HOXA4 · 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 HOXA4 – 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%
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
2/25 8%
0/0 0%
Acute Monocytic Leukemia
0/1 0%
1/25 4%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
4/133 3%
Unknown
1/10 10%
0/29 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2/90 2%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
5/42 12%
5/612 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
1/35 3%
4/422 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
1/305 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
4/304 1%
9/1390 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
14/1809 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
4/154 3%
1/577 0%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
13/1899 1%
Other Sarcomas
3/69 4%
2/699 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
4/998 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
6/956 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
5/143 4%
12/3239 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
1/54 2%
4/950 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
3/752 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
8/2105 0%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
6/1515 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/57 2%
2/810 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
5/1574 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
6/2210 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
1/89 1%
3/1611 0%
Breast Carcinoma
1/144 1%
7/3264 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
3/1592 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
2/2550 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
2/2127 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where HOXA4 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in HOXA4 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 47 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 352 mutations in HOXA4

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