KAT2A

Lysine acetyltransferase 2A Q92830 KAT2A_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 17 17q21.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 2648
Mutations
350
CL 65 · Tissue 274
Samples
340
CL 61 · Tissue 269
Peptides
262
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
Mutations35065274
Samples34061269
Peptides26244223

Function

KAT2A · Lysine acetyltransferase 2A

KAT2A, or GCN5, is a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) that functions primarily as a transcriptional activator. It also functions as a repressor of NF-kappa-B (see MIM 164011) by promoting ubiquitination of the NF-kappa-B subunit RELA (MIM 164014) in a HAT-independent manner (Mao et al., 2009 [PubMed 19339690]).[supplied by OMIM, Sep 2009].

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
ENST00000225916 Q92830 350 262

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
17
Cytoband
17q21.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
GCN5GCN5L2PCAF-bhGCN5

Recurrent Mutations

All 262 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000225916 · 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 KAT2A · 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 KAT2A – 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%
Endometrial Carcinoma
2/42 5%
21/612 3%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1/40 2%
0/0 0%
Glioblastoma
2/98 2%
0/0 0%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
2/210 1%
36/1899 2%
Colorectal Carcinoma
12/143 8%
43/3239 1%
Osteosarcoma
2/45 4%
1/166 1%
Ewings Sarcoma
3/63 5%
1/262 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
3/74 4%
20/1809 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
5/422 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
1/58 2%
9/956 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
1/45 2%
15/1592 1%
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
1/165 1%
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
0/3 0%
1/112 1%
Other Solid Cancers
1/94 1%
13/1515 1%
Meningioma
0/3 0%
2/252 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
5/998 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
16/2210 1%
Kidney Carcinoma
0/85 0%
13/1862 1%
Other Sarcomas
0/69 0%
5/699 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
4/85 5%
6/1574 0%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
0/305 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/304 0%
8/1390 1%
Germ Cell Tumour
1/25 4%
0/169 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
4/810 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
2/450 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
4/830 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
9/2105 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
11/2550 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where KAT2A is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in KAT2A 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 350 mutations in KAT2A

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