PAK6

P21 (RAC1) activated kinase 6 Q9NQU5 PAK6_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 15 15q15.1 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 56924
Mutations
1,200
CL 182 · Tissue 918
Samples
298
CL 72 · Tissue 220
Peptides
260
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
5
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
Mutations1,200182918
Samples29872220
Peptides26056194

Function

PAK6 · P21 (RAC1) activated kinase 6

This gene encodes a member of a family of p21-stimulated serine/threonine protein kinases, which contain an amino-terminal Cdc42/Rac interactive binding (CRIB) domain and a carboxyl-terminal kinase domain. These kinases function in a number of cellular processes, including cytoskeleton rearrangement, apoptosis, and the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling pathway. The protein encoded by this gene interacts with androgen receptor (AR) and translocates to the nucleus, where it is involved in transcriptional regulation. Changes in expression of this gene have been linked to prostate cancer. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015].

Isoforms & Proteins

5 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
ENST00000560346 Q9NQU5 329 251
ENST00000260404 Q9NQU5 294 231
ENST00000542403 Q9NQU5 294 231
ENST00000455577 Q9NQU5-2 282 223
ENST00000441369 Q9NQU5 1 1

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
15
Cytoband
15q15.1
Entrez ID

Recurrent Mutations

All 251 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000560346 · 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 PAK6 · 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 PAK6 – 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
5/40 12%
0/0 0%
Glioblastoma
4/98 4%
0/0 0%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
2/54 4%
0/0 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
3/90 3%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
3/42 7%
12/612 2%
Melanoma
4/210 2%
33/1899 2%
Gastric Carcinoma
5/74 7%
24/1809 1%
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
0/0 0%
1/71 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
6/422 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
9/304 3%
8/1390 1%
Colorectal Carcinoma
5/143 4%
26/3239 1%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
0/16 0%
1/122 1%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
1/54 2%
6/950 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
3/58 5%
4/956 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
6/810 1%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
5/752 1%
Glioma
0/52 0%
14/2127 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
2/44 5%
0/305 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
3/154 2%
1/577 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
3/998 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
8/1574 1%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
5/830 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
12/2210 1%
Other Sarcomas
1/69 1%
3/699 0%
Germ Cell Tumour
0/25 0%
1/169 1%
Rhabdomyosarcoma
1/33 3%
0/171 0%
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
0/165 0%
Other Solid Cancers
3/94 3%
4/1515 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
2/89 2%
5/1611 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
3/769 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where PAK6 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in PAK6 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

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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 1,200 mutations in PAK6

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