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 | 166 | 14 | 152 |
| Samples | 49 | 5 | 44 |
| Peptides | 54 | 5 | 49 |
Function
RPL36A · Ribosomal protein L36a
Cytoplasmic ribosomes, organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 60S subunit. The protein, which shares sequence similarity with yeast ribosomal protein L44, belongs to the L44E (L36AE) family of ribosomal proteins. Although this gene has been referred to as ribosomal protein L44 (RPL44), its official name is ribosomal protein L36a (RPL36A). This gene and the human gene officially named ribosomal protein L36a-like (RPL36AL) encode nearly identical proteins; however, they are distinct genes. As is typical for genes encoding ribosomal proteins, there are multiple processed pseudogenes of this gene dispersed through the genome. Naturally occurring read-through transcription occurs between this locus and the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein H2 (H') gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011].
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 28 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000553110 · 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 RPL36A · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in RPL36A – 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 | 0/42 0% | 8/612 1% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 6/1809 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 2/699 0% |
| Medulloblastoma | 0/0 0% | 1/450 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 0/143 0% | 6/3239 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 3/1862 0% |
| Glioma | 1/52 2% | 2/2127 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 1/810 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 2/85 2% | 0/1574 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 1/830 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 1/956 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 0/54 0% | 1/950 0% |
| Melanoma | 0/210 0% | 2/1899 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 0/144 0% | 3/3264 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 0/109 0% | 1/998 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 2/2550 0% |
| Neuroblastoma | 0/87 0% | 1/1331 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/304 0% | 1/1390 0% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 0/89 0% | 1/1611 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 1/2210 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where RPL36A is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in RPL36A 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 166 mutations in RPL36A
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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