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 | 407 | 34 | 366 |
| Samples | 117 | 15 | 99 |
| Peptides | 128 | 10 | 111 |
Function
RAD51 · RAD51 recombinase
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the RAD51 protein family. RAD51 family members are highly similar to bacterial RecA and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51, and are known to be involved in the homologous recombination and repair of DNA. This protein can interact with the ssDNA-binding protein RPA and RAD52, and it is thought to play roles in homologous pairing and strand transfer of DNA. This protein is also found to interact with BRCA1 and BRCA2, which may be important for the cellular response to DNA damage. BRCA2 is shown to regulate both the intracellular localization and DNA-binding ability of this protein. Loss of these controls following BRCA2 inactivation may be a key event leading to genomic instability and tumorigenesis. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009].
Isoforms & Proteins
5 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 100 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000267868 · 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 RAD51 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in RAD51 – 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 | 2/40 5% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 3/42 7% | 8/612 1% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 11/956 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 3/422 1% |
| Melanoma | 0/210 0% | 13/1899 1% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 0/25 0% | 1/169 1% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 4/810 0% |
| Burkitts Lymphoma | 0/32 0% | 1/196 1% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 3/109 3% | 1/998 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 4/143 3% | 7/3239 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 6/1809 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 6/2127 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 2/752 0% |
| Other Blood Cancers | 0/61 0% | 7/2725 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 5/2210 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 2/830 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 1/144 1% | 6/3264 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 5/2550 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/304 0% | 3/1390 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 3/1862 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 1/699 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 2/1592 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 2/1515 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 0/13 0% | 2/2105 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 2/88 2% | 0/2534 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 1/1574 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where RAD51 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in RAD51 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 407 mutations in RAD51
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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