NKX6-1

NK6 homeobox 1 P78426 NKX61_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 4 4q21.23 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 4825
Mutations
247
CL 58 · Tissue 185
Samples
193
CL 53 · Tissue 137
Peptides
150
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
Mutations24758185
Samples19353137
Peptides15041112

Function

NKX6-1 · NK6 homeobox 1

In the pancreas, NKX6.1 is required for the development of beta cells and is a potent bifunctional transcription regulator that binds to AT-rich sequences within the promoter region of target genes Iype et al. (2004) [PubMed 15056733].[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008].

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
ENST00000295886 P78426 198 147
ENST00000515820 F8VWZ9* 49 37

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
4
Cytoband
4q21.23
Entrez ID
Aliases
NKX6.1NKX6A

Recurrent Mutations

All 147 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000295886 · 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 NKX6-1 · 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 NKX6-1 – 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
3/40 8%
0/0 0%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
2/42 5%
8/612 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/16 12%
0/122 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
12/143 8%
28/3239 1%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
6/304 2%
10/1390 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
15/1592 1%
Melanoma
3/210 1%
16/1899 1%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/57 2%
6/810 1%
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
1/133 1%
Gastric Carcinoma
2/74 3%
10/1809 1%
Germ Cell Tumour
1/25 4%
0/169 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
1/35 3%
1/422 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2/46 4%
8/2210 0%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
5/1515 0%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
1/51 2%
7/2550 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
3/956 0%
Glioma
2/52 4%
4/2127 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
3/88 3%
4/2534 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
1/154 1%
1/577 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
2/752 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
4/1574 0%
Non-Cancerous
1/104 1%
1/830 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
1/998 0%
Neuroblastoma
2/87 2%
0/1331 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
1/769 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/950 0%
Breast Carcinoma
2/144 1%
1/3264 0%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2/55 4%
0/2640 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where NKX6-1 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in NKX6-1 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 51 healthy tissues

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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 247 mutations in NKX6-1

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