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 | 291 | 44 | 242 |
| Samples | 179 | 32 | 145 |
| Peptides | 151 | 29 | 123 |
Function
PLIN2 · Perilipin 2
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the perilipin family, members of which coat intracellular lipid storage droplets. This protein is associated with the lipid globule surface membrane material, and maybe involved in development and maintenance of adipose tissue. However, it is not restricted to adipocytes as previously thought, but is found in a wide range of cultured cell lines, including fibroblasts, endothelial and epithelial cells, and tissues, such as lactating mammary gland, adrenal cortex, Sertoli and Leydig cells, and hepatocytes in alcoholic liver cirrhosis, suggesting that it may serve as a marker of lipid accumulation in diverse cell types and diseases. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011].
Isoforms & Proteins
3 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 137 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000276914 · 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 PLIN2 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in PLIN2 – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 3/40 8% | 0/0 0% |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia | 1/25 4% | 0/0 0% |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 3/32 9% | 0/196 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 2/42 5% | 5/612 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 7/143 5% | 21/3239 1% |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 1/133 1% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 2/74 3% | 9/1809 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 12/2210 1% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 0/25 0% | 1/169 1% |
| Melanoma | 1/210 0% | 10/1899 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 2/94 2% | 6/1515 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 1/58 2% | 4/956 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 8/1592 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/304 0% | 8/1390 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 2/422 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 2/154 1% | 1/577 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 3/752 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 8/2127 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 1/85 1% | 5/1574 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 0/109 0% | 4/998 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 3/88 3% | 5/2534 0% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 0/63 0% | 1/262 0% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 0/44 0% | 1/305 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 2/699 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 0/144 0% | 9/3264 0% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 0/89 0% | 4/1611 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 1/51 2% | 5/2550 0% |
| Medulloblastoma | 0/0 0% | 1/450 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 4/1862 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 1/950 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where PLIN2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in PLIN2 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 291 mutations in PLIN2
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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