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 | 178 | 35 | 142 |
| Samples | 172 | 34 | 137 |
| Peptides | 123 | 23 | 101 |
Function
METTL21C · Methyltransferase 21C, AARS1 lysine
Enables heat shock protein binding activity and protein-lysine N-methyltransferase activity. Involved in protein methylation. Located in nucleus. Part of protein-containing complex. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Isoforms & Proteins
1 transcript · 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.
| Transcript | UniProt | Mutations | Peptides |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST00000267273 | Q5VZV1 | 178 | 123 |
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 123 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000267273 · 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 METTL21C · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in METTL21C – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acute Monocytic Leukemia | 0/1 0% | 1/25 4% |
| T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 1/40 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 3/133 2% |
| Oral Cavity Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 1/42 2% | 9/612 1% |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 3/32 9% | 0/196 0% |
| Melanoma | 0/210 0% | 22/1899 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 1/94 1% | 10/1515 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 6/304 2% | 5/1390 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 6/956 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 5/143 4% | 14/3239 0% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 1/25 4% | 0/169 0% |
| Rhabdomyosarcoma | 1/33 3% | 0/171 0% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 2/422 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 10/2550 0% |
| Esophageal Carcinoma | 0/23 0% | 3/769 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 2/85 2% | 4/1574 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 3/810 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 7/2210 0% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 1/63 2% | 0/262 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 0/54 0% | 3/950 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 5/1809 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 1/109 1% | 2/998 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1/154 1% | 1/577 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 2/752 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 2/13 15% | 3/2105 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 4/88 5% | 2/2534 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 0/144 0% | 7/3264 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 2/45 4% | 1/1592 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 3/1862 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where METTL21C is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in METTL21C 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 11 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 178 mutations in METTL21C
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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