KRT2

Keratin 2 P35908 K22E_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 12 12q13.13 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3849
Mutations
444
CL 92 · Tissue 344
Samples
422
CL 86 · Tissue 329
Peptides
295
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
Mutations44492344
Samples42286329
Peptides29560245

Function

KRT2 · Keratin 2

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. The type II cytokeratins consist of basic or neutral proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains coexpressed during differentiation of simple and stratified epithelial tissues. This type II cytokeratin is expressed largely in the upper spinous layer of epidermal keratinocytes and mutations in this gene have been associated with bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma. The type II cytokeratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q12-q13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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
ENST00000309680 P35908 444 295

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
12
Cytoband
12q13.13
Entrez ID
Aliases
CK-2eK2eKRT2AKRT2EKRTE

Recurrent Mutations

All 295 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000309680 · 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 KRT2 · 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 KRT2 – 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%
Endometrial Carcinoma
6/42 14%
17/612 3%
Melanoma
11/210 5%
61/1899 3%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
15/304 5%
24/1390 2%
Other Solid Cancers
2/94 2%
31/1515 2%
Colorectal Carcinoma
11/143 8%
42/3239 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
2/35 6%
5/422 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
2/122 2%
Gastric Carcinoma
1/74 1%
25/1809 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
11/810 1%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
1/90 1%
0/0 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
4/154 3%
4/577 1%
Rhabdomyosarcoma
2/33 6%
0/171 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
1/45 2%
15/1592 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
7/752 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
9/956 1%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
1/133 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
4/46 9%
12/2210 1%
Breast Carcinoma
7/144 5%
14/3264 0%
Other Sarcomas
2/69 3%
2/699 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
0/25 0%
1/169 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
4/769 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
7/1574 0%
Osteosarcoma
1/45 2%
0/166 0%
Burkitts Lymphoma
1/32 3%
0/196 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
8/2127 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
1/54 2%
3/950 0%
Meningioma
0/3 0%
1/252 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
1/88 1%
7/2534 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where KRT2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in KRT2 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 444 mutations in KRT2

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