SPTSSA

Serine palmitoyltransferase small subunit A Q969W0 SPTSA_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 14 14q13.1 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 171546
Mutations
27
CL 3 · Tissue 24
Samples
27
CL 3 · Tissue 24
Peptides
22
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
1
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
Mutations27324
Samples27324
Peptides22319

Function

SPTSSA · Serine palmitoyltransferase small subunit A

Serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT; EC 2.3.1.50) catalyzes the first committed and rate-limiting step in sphingolipid biosynthesis. SSSPTA is a small SPT subunit that stimulates SPT activity and confers acyl-CoA preference to the SPT catalytic heterodimer of SPTLC1 (MIM 605712) and either SPTLC2 (MIM 605713) or SPTLC3 (MIM 611120) (Han et al., 2009 [PubMed 19416851]).[supplied by OMIM, Nov 2010].

Isoforms & Proteins

1 transcript · 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
ENST00000298130 Q969W0 27 22

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
14
Cytoband
14q13.1
Entrez ID
Aliases
C14orf147SPG90ASPG90BSSSPTA

Recurrent Mutations

All 22 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000298130 · 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 SPTSSA · 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 SPTSSA – 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
Mesothelioma
1/62 2%
0/165 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
1/304 0%
3/1390 0%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
0/45 0%
3/1592 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
3/1809 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
0/154 0%
1/577 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
3/2210 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
1/810 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
1/950 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
1/956 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
1/109 1%
0/998 0%
Glioma
0/52 0%
2/2127 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
0/89 0%
1/1611 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
0/143 0%
2/3239 0%
Breast Carcinoma
0/144 0%
2/3264 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
0/85 0%
1/1862 0%

Mutation Distribution

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

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in SPTSSA 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

GTEx Portal ↗
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 27 mutations in SPTSSA

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