MAPK4

Mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 P31152 MK04_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 18 18q21.1-q21.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 5596
Mutations
1,174
CL 140 · Tissue 1,016
Samples
485
CL 85 · Tissue 393
Peptides
339
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
Mutations1,1741401,016
Samples48585393
Peptides33963289

Function

MAPK4 · Mitogen-activated protein kinase 4

Mitogen-activated protein kinase 4 is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family. Tyrosine kinase growth factor receptors activate mitogen-activated protein kinases which then translocate into the nucleus and phosphorylate nuclear targets. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014].

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
ENST00000400384 P31152 518 317
ENST00000540640 B4DEW2* 273 182
ENST00000592595 K7ELV1* 203 124
ENST00000588540 K7EN18* 180 111

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
18
Cytoband
18q21.1-q21.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
ERK-4ERK4PRKM4p63-MAPKp63MAPK

Recurrent Mutations

All 317 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000400384 · 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 MAPK4 · 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 MAPK4 – 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
5/40 12%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
9/210 4%
101/1899 5%
Endometrial Carcinoma
8/42 19%
18/612 3%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
3/133 2%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2/90 2%
0/0 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
8/304 3%
19/1390 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
6/143 4%
47/3239 1%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
8/154 5%
3/577 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
28/1809 2%
Cervical Carcinoma
2/35 6%
4/422 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
11/810 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
2/305 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
18/1592 1%
Other Sarcomas
4/69 6%
4/699 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
2/58 3%
8/956 1%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
16/1515 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
4/85 5%
11/1574 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
7/950 1%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
6/88 7%
12/2534 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
5/752 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
17/2550 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
3/46 7%
11/2210 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
2/89 2%
8/1611 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
5/830 1%
Breast Carcinoma
2/144 1%
14/3264 0%
Glioma
2/52 4%
8/2127 0%
Burkitts Lymphoma
1/32 3%
0/196 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
2/109 2%
2/998 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where MAPK4 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in MAPK4 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 1,174 mutations in MAPK4

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