Stats by Source
Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)
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.
| Total | Cell line | Tissue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutations | 255 | 35 | 220 |
| Samples | 95 | 19 | 76 |
| Peptides | 106 | 16 | 93 |
Function
MAL · Mal, T cell differentiation protein (MAL blood group)
The protein encoded by this gene is a highly hydrophobic integral membrane protein belonging to the MAL family of proteolipids. The protein has been localized to the endoplasmic reticulum of T-cells and is a candidate linker protein in T-cell signal transduction. In addition, this proteolipid is localized in compact myelin of cells in the nervous system and has been implicated in myelin biogenesis and/or function. The protein plays a role in the formation, stabilization and maintenance of glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane microdomains. Down-regulation of this gene has been associated with a variety of human epithelial malignancies. Alternative splicing produces four transcript variants which vary from each other by the presence or absence of alternatively spliced exons 2 and 3. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012].
Isoforms & Proteins
4 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)
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.
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 76 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000309988 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom
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 MAL · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in MAL – 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 type | Cell lines | Tissue samples |
|---|---|---|
| Chordoma | 0/7 0% | 2/13 15% |
| Meningioma | 0/3 0% | 4/252 2% |
| Acute Myeloid Leukemia | 1/90 1% | 0/0 0% |
| Adrenocortical Carcinoma | 0/3 0% | 1/112 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 4/304 1% | 7/1390 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 0/143 0% | 17/3239 1% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 0/42 0% | 3/612 0% |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 0/32 0% | 1/196 1% |
| Mesothelioma | 0/62 0% | 1/165 1% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 1/74 1% | 6/1809 0% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 0/63 0% | 1/262 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 5/1574 0% |
| Melanoma | 5/210 2% | 1/1899 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 4/1515 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 5/2210 0% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 1/422 0% |
| Glioma | 1/52 2% | 3/2127 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 1/13 8% | 2/2105 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1/154 1% | 0/577 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 1/699 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 1/752 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 3/2550 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 1/810 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 1/830 0% |
| B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 2/55 4% | 1/2640 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 0/54 0% | 1/950 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 1/956 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 1/88 1% | 1/2534 0% |
| Neuroblastoma | 1/87 1% | 0/1331 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 1/144 1% | 1/3264 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where MAL is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in MAL 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
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 255 mutations in MAL
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.
| ID | Sample | Transcript | AA Change | CDS | Type | Source | Mutant Peptide | Wild-type Peptide |
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