MC2R

Melanocortin 2 receptor Q01718 ACTHR_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 18 18p11.21 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 4158
Mutations
245
CL 43 · Tissue 199
Samples
240
CL 43 · Tissue 194
Peptides
164
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
Mutations24543199
Samples24043194
Peptides16423145

Function

MC2R · Melanocortin 2 receptor

MC2R encodes one member of the five-member G-protein associated melanocortin receptor family. Melanocortins (melanocyte-stimulating hormones and adrenocorticotropic hormone) are peptides derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC). MC2R is selectively activated by adrenocorticotropic hormone, whereas the other four melanocortin receptors recognize a variety of melanocortin ligands. Mutations in MC2R can result in familial glucocorticoid deficiency. Alternate transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014].

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
ENST00000327606 Q01718 245 164

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
18
Cytoband
18p11.21
Entrez ID
Aliases
ACTHR

Recurrent Mutations

All 164 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000327606 · 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 MC2R · 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 MC2R – 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
2/40 5%
0/0 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
14/304 5%
24/1390 2%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2/90 2%
0/0 0%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/0 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/57 2%
14/810 2%
Melanoma
2/210 1%
25/1899 1%
Endometrial Carcinoma
0/42 0%
7/612 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Other Solid Cancers
2/94 2%
14/1515 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
2/35 6%
2/422 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
12/1809 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
2/143 1%
18/3239 1%
Germ Cell Tumour
1/25 4%
0/169 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
1/51 2%
12/2550 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
7/1574 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
4/998 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
0/85 0%
8/1862 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
2/154 1%
1/577 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
3/752 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
1/58 2%
3/956 0%
Other Sarcomas
2/69 3%
1/699 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
3/769 0%
Neuroblastoma
0/87 0%
5/1331 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
6/2127 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
2/89 2%
2/1611 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
2/13 15%
3/2105 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
5/2210 0%
Wilms Tumour
0/5 0%
1/474 0%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
2/830 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where MC2R is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in MC2R 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 5 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 245 mutations in MC2R

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