KRT5

Keratin 5 P13647 K2C5_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 12 12q13.13 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3852
Mutations
514
CL 82 · Tissue 428
Samples
484
CL 78 · Tissue 402
Peptides
321
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
Mutations51482428
Samples48478402
Peptides32152286

Function

KRT5 · Keratin 5

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 specifically expressed in the basal layer of the epidermis with family member KRT14. Mutations in these genes have been associated with a complex of diseases termed epidermolysis bullosa simplex. 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
ENST00000252242 P13647 514 321

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
12
Cytoband
12q13.13
Entrez ID
Aliases
CK5DDDDDD1EBS1EBS2EBS2A

Recurrent Mutations

All 321 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000252242 · 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 KRT5 · 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 KRT5 – 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
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
2/25 8%
0/0 0%
Chordoma
1/7 14%
0/13 0%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
6/133 5%
Melanoma
10/210 5%
71/1899 4%
Endometrial Carcinoma
1/42 2%
20/612 3%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1/40 2%
0/0 0%
Glioblastoma
2/98 2%
0/0 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
13/304 4%
19/1390 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
4/143 3%
51/3239 2%
Gastric Carcinoma
2/74 3%
28/1809 2%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
16/956 2%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
11/752 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
7/154 5%
3/577 1%
Other Solid Cancers
3/94 3%
19/1515 1%
Mesothelioma
3/62 5%
0/165 0%
Chondrosarcoma
1/14 7%
0/75 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
1/54 2%
10/950 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2/46 4%
20/2210 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
5/85 6%
11/1574 1%
Non-Cancerous
1/104 1%
8/830 1%
Osteosarcoma
2/45 4%
0/166 0%
Other Sarcomas
2/69 3%
5/699 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
20/2550 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/57 2%
6/810 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
3/422 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
5/769 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
0/44 0%
2/305 1%
Kidney Carcinoma
1/85 1%
9/1862 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
10/2127 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where KRT5 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in KRT5 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 514 mutations in KRT5

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