KIF2A

Kinesin family member 2A O00139 KIF2A_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 5 5q12.1 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3796
Mutations
690
CL 80 · Tissue 601
Samples
232
CL 39 · Tissue 189
Peptides
236
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
4
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
Mutations69080601
Samples23239189
Peptides23632210

Function

KIF2A · Kinesin family member 2A

The protein encoded by this gene is a plus end-directed motor required for normal mitotic progression. The encoded protein is required for normal spindle activity during mitosis and is necessary for normal brain development. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011].

Isoforms & Proteins

4 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
ENST00000407818 O00139-4 256 200
ENST00000401507 O00139 208 173
ENST00000506857 O00139-2 205 170
ENST00000381103 O00139-1 21 15

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
5
Cytoband
5q12.1
Entrez ID
Aliases
CDCBM3HK2KIF2

Recurrent Mutations

All 200 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000407818 · 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 KIF2A · 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 KIF2A – 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
Endometrial Carcinoma
2/42 5%
17/612 3%
Unknown
0/10 0%
1/29 3%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1/40 2%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
31/1899 2%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
2/122 2%
Burkitts Lymphoma
0/32 0%
3/196 2%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
7/810 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
2/74 3%
13/1809 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
6/304 2%
7/1390 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
11/1592 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
3/422 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
5/143 4%
17/3239 1%
Ewings Sarcoma
2/63 3%
0/262 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
12/2210 1%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
8/1515 1%
Rhabdomyosarcoma
0/33 0%
1/171 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
5/956 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
2/998 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
9/2550 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
3/85 4%
5/1862 0%
Glioma
2/52 4%
7/2127 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
3/830 0%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
1/44 2%
0/305 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
2/154 1%
0/577 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
2/752 0%
Breast Carcinoma
1/144 1%
8/3264 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
2/769 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
2/950 0%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1/55 2%
4/2640 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where KIF2A is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in KIF2A 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 690 mutations in KIF2A

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