MRPS18A

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S18A Q9NVS2 RT18A_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 6 6p21.1 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 55168
Mutations
130
CL 20 · Tissue 109
Samples
82
CL 15 · Tissue 66
Peptides
70
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
Mutations13020109
Samples821566
Peptides701258

Function

MRPS18A · Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S18A

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 28S subunit protein that belongs to the ribosomal protein S18P family. The encoded protein is one of three that has significant sequence similarity to bacterial S18 proteins. The primary sequences of the three human mitochondrial S18 proteins are no more closely related to each other than they are to the prokaryotic S18 proteins. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 3p. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, Jul 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
ENST00000372133 Q9NVS2 85 67
ENST00000372116 Q9NVS2-3 45 38

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
6
Cytoband
6p21.1
Entrez ID
Aliases
HumanS18bMRP-S18-3MRP-S18-aMRPS18-3S18bmtS18mt-a

Recurrent Mutations

All 67 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000372133 · 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 MRPS18A · 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 MRPS18A – 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%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
11/1899 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
1/44 2%
1/305 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
3/143 2%
14/3239 0%
Osteosarcoma
1/45 2%
0/166 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
0/42 0%
3/612 0%
Burkitts Lymphoma
0/32 0%
1/196 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
8/2210 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
2/304 1%
3/1390 0%
Other Sarcomas
0/69 0%
2/699 0%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
4/1515 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/57 2%
1/810 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
1/998 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
3/1592 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
1/769 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
1/74 1%
1/1809 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
1/956 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
1/950 0%
Breast Carcinoma
0/144 0%
3/3264 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/88 0%
2/2534 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
0/89 0%
1/1611 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
1/1574 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
1/2105 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
0/85 0%
1/1862 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
0/51 0%
1/2550 0%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1/55 2%
0/2640 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where MRPS18A is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in MRPS18A 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 130 mutations in MRPS18A

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