IFNG

Interferon gamma P01579 IFNG_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 12 12q15 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3458
Mutations
168
CL 33 · Tissue 133
Samples
157
CL 30 · Tissue 125
Peptides
99
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
Mutations16833133
Samples15730125
Peptides991987

Function

IFNG · Interferon gamma

This gene encodes a soluble cytokine that is a member of the type II interferon class. The encoded protein is secreted by cells of both the innate and adaptive immune systems. The active protein is a homodimer that binds to the interferon gamma receptor which triggers a cellular response to viral and microbial infections. Mutations in this gene are associated with an increased susceptibility to viral, bacterial and parasitic infections and to several autoimmune diseases. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015].

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
ENST00000229135 P01579 168 99

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
12
Cytoband
12q15
Entrez ID
Aliases
IFGIFIIMD69

Recurrent Mutations

All 99 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000229135 · 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 IFNG · 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 IFNG – 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
2/40 5%
0/0 0%
Glioblastoma
4/98 4%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
3/42 7%
14/612 2%
Melanoma
0/210 0%
20/1899 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
11/143 8%
19/3239 1%
Burkitts Lymphoma
2/32 6%
0/196 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
14/1809 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
7/956 1%
Other Solid Cancers
2/94 2%
8/1515 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/304 0%
7/1390 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
2/422 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
2/450 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
2/154 1%
1/577 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
3/810 0%
Ewings Sarcoma
1/63 2%
0/262 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
6/2210 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
2/752 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
2/950 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
3/2127 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
3/2105 0%
Other Sarcomas
0/69 0%
1/699 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
1/769 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
2/1574 0%
Breast Carcinoma
1/144 1%
3/3264 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
1/830 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
0/85 0%
2/1862 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
0/109 0%
1/998 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
2/2550 0%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
0/55 0%
1/2640 0%

Mutation Distribution

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

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in IFNG 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 35 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 168 mutations in IFNG

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