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 | 439 | 53 | 383 |
| Samples | 218 | 30 | 186 |
| Peptides | 160 | 27 | 141 |
Function
TUBA4A · Tubulin alpha 4a
Microtubules of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton perform essential and diverse functions and are composed of a heterodimer of alpha and beta tubulin. The genes encoding these microtubule constituents are part of the tubulin superfamily, which is composed of six distinct families. Genes from the alpha, beta and gamma tubulin families are found in all eukaryotes. The alpha and beta tubulins represent the major components of microtubules, while gamma tubulin plays a critical role in the nucleation of microtubule assembly. There are multiple alpha and beta tubulin genes and they are highly conserved among and between species. This gene encodes an alpha tubulin that is a highly conserved homolog of a rat testis-specific alpha tubulin. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2013].
Isoforms & Proteins
2 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 158 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000248437 · 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 TUBA4A · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in TUBA4A – 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 | 5/40 12% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 6/42 14% | 21/612 3% |
| Unknown | 0/10 0% | 1/29 3% |
| Acute Myeloid Leukemia | 2/90 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Osteosarcoma | 3/45 7% | 0/166 0% |
| Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma | 0/0 0% | 1/71 1% |
| Melanoma | 0/210 0% | 28/1899 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 5/143 4% | 29/3239 1% |
| Adrenocortical Carcinoma | 0/3 0% | 1/112 1% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 15/1809 1% |
| Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/16 0% | 1/122 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 3/422 1% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 2/109 2% | 5/998 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 3/304 1% | 7/1390 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 11/2210 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 7/1515 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 11/2550 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 1/54 2% | 3/950 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 1/57 2% | 2/810 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 7/2127 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 5/1574 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 3/956 0% |
| Thyroid Gland Carcinoma | 0/45 0% | 4/1592 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/88 0% | 6/2534 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 1/85 1% | 3/1862 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 2/830 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 0/13 0% | 4/2105 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 0/154 0% | 1/577 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 1/699 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 1/752 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where TUBA4A is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in TUBA4A 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 439 mutations in TUBA4A
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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