MORC4

MORC family CW-type zinc finger 4 Q8TE76 MORC4_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr X Xq22.3 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 79710
Mutations
754
CL 81 · Tissue 660
Samples
357
CL 49 · Tissue 303
Peptides
321
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
2
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
Mutations75481660
Samples35749303
Peptides32136284

Function

MORC4 · MORC family CW-type zinc finger 4

In human, the four current members of the microrchidia (morc) gene family share an N-terminal ATPase-like ATP-binding region and a CW four-cysteine zinc-finger motif. The protein encoded by this gene also has a nuclear matrix binding domain and a two-stranded coiled-coil motif near its C-terminus. This gene is widely expressed at low levels in normal tissues and has elevated expression in placenta and testis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct proteins. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010].

Isoforms & Proteins

2 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
ENST00000355610 Q8TE76 404 309
ENST00000255495 Q8TE76-3 350 279

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
X
Cytoband
Xq22.3
Entrez ID
Aliases
ZCW4ZCWCC2dJ75H8.2

Recurrent Mutations

All 309 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000355610 · 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 MORC4 · 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 MORC4 – 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
Endometrial Carcinoma
7/42 17%
33/612 5%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2/40 5%
0/0 0%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
4/133 3%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
47/1899 2%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2/90 2%
0/0 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
2/35 6%
8/422 2%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
14/810 2%
Colorectal Carcinoma
7/143 5%
41/3239 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
7/304 2%
17/1390 1%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
20/1515 1%
Germ Cell Tumour
0/25 0%
2/169 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
9/956 1%
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
0/3 0%
1/112 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
6/752 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
7/950 1%
Other Sarcomas
2/69 3%
3/699 0%
Glioma
1/52 2%
13/2127 1%
Ewings Sarcoma
2/63 3%
0/262 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
10/1592 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
5/998 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
10/1809 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
4/769 1%
Rhabdomyosarcoma
0/33 0%
1/171 1%
Burkitts Lymphoma
1/32 3%
0/196 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
3/154 2%
0/577 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
5/1574 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
7/2550 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
7/2105 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where MORC4 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in MORC4 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 754 mutations in MORC4

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