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 | 268 | 27 | 236 |
| Samples | 62 | 11 | 50 |
| Peptides | 63 | 11 | 51 |
Function
MRPL42 · Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L42
Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a protein identified as belonging to both the 28S and the 39S subunits. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 4q, 6p, 6q, 7p, and 15q. [provided by RefSeq, May 2011].
Isoforms & Proteins
5 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 49 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000549982 · 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 MRPL42 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in MRPL42 – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 1/42 2% | 4/612 1% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 6/1592 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 3/810 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 6/143 4% | 6/3239 0% |
| Melanoma | 0/210 0% | 6/1899 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1/154 1% | 1/577 0% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 1/422 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/304 0% | 3/1390 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 4/2127 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 0/109 0% | 2/998 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 3/1809 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 1/699 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 1/85 1% | 1/1574 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 1/830 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 2/2210 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 1/51 2% | 1/2550 0% |
| Neuroblastoma | 0/87 0% | 1/1331 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 0/144 0% | 2/3264 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 1/1515 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 1/13 8% | 0/2105 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 1/1862 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/88 0% | 1/2534 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where MRPL42 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in MRPL42 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 268 mutations in MRPL42
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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