PCDHAC2

Protocadherin alpha subfamily C, 2 Q9Y5I4 PCDC2_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 5 5q31.3 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 56134
Mutations
1,334
CL 174 · Tissue 1,135
Samples
681
CL 112 · Tissue 563
Peptides
529
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
3
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
Mutations1,3341741,135
Samples681112563
Peptides52984453

Function

PCDHAC2 · Protocadherin alpha subfamily C, 2

This gene is a member of the protocadherin alpha gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five that demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The alpha gene cluster is composed of 15 cadherin superfamily genes related to the mouse CNR genes and consists of 13 highly similar and 2 more distantly related coding sequences. The tandem array of 15 N-terminal exons, or variable exons, are followed by downstream C-terminal exons, or constant exons, which are shared by all genes in the cluster. The large, uninterrupted N-terminal exons each encode six cadherin ectodomains while the C-terminal exons encode the cytoplasmic domain. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins that most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. Alternative splicing has been observed and additional variants have been suggested but their full-length nature has yet to be determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

Isoforms & Proteins

3 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
ENST00000289269 Q9Y5I4 758 516
ENST00000615316 Q9Y5I4-2 571 415
ENST00000708329 Q9Y5I4-2 5 5

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
5
Cytoband
5q31.3
Entrez ID
Aliases
PCDH-ALPHA-C2

Recurrent Mutations

All 516 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000289269 · 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 PCDHAC2 · 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 PCDHAC2 – 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
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
3/25 12%
0/0 0%
T-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
3/26 12%
0/0 0%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
4/40 10%
0/0 0%
Melanoma
15/210 7%
110/1899 6%
Endometrial Carcinoma
3/42 7%
32/612 5%
Other Solid Cancers
2/94 2%
46/1515 3%
Gastric Carcinoma
8/74 11%
48/1809 3%
Colorectal Carcinoma
19/143 13%
75/3239 2%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
16/810 2%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/0 0%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
3/44 7%
3/305 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
8/304 3%
18/1390 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
12/769 2%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
1/16 6%
1/122 1%
Other Sarcomas
5/69 7%
6/699 1%
Non-Cancerous
0/104 0%
13/830 2%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
14/956 1%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2/46 4%
29/2210 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
1/85 1%
21/1574 1%
Chondrosarcoma
1/14 7%
0/75 0%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
10/950 1%
Burkitts Lymphoma
2/32 6%
0/196 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
4/422 1%
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
1/165 1%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
11/55 20%
10/2640 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
2/154 1%
3/577 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
1/45 2%
10/1592 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
4/51 8%
13/2550 1%
Glioma
0/52 0%
13/2127 1%

Mutation Distribution

Where PCDHAC2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in PCDHAC2 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 52 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 1,334 mutations in PCDHAC2

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