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 | 973 | 167 | 773 |
| Samples | 355 | 94 | 250 |
| Peptides | 241 | 31 | 206 |
Function
USP21 · Ubiquitin specific peptidase 21
This gene encodes a member of the C19 peptidase family, also known as family 2 of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolases. The encoded protein cleaves ubiquitin from ubiquitinated proteins for recycling in intracellular protein degradation. The encoded protein is also able to release NEDD8, a ubiquitin-like protein, from NEDD8-conjugated proteins. This gene has been referred to as USP16 and USP23 but is now known as USP21. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016].
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 233 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000368002 · 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 USP21 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in USP21 – 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% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 1/42 2% | 20/612 3% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 23/956 2% |
| Melanoma | 7/210 3% | 40/1899 2% |
| Acute Myeloid Leukemia | 2/90 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Glioblastoma | 2/98 2% | 0/0 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 9/74 12% | 27/1809 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 21/304 7% | 10/1390 1% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 6/57 11% | 8/810 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 9/143 6% | 44/3239 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 1/35 3% | 6/422 1% |
| Chondrosarcoma | 1/14 7% | 0/75 0% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 1/25 4% | 1/169 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 3/94 3% | 12/1515 1% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 4/109 4% | 5/998 0% |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 1/133 1% |
| Hodgkins Lymphoma | 1/16 6% | 0/122 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 2/154 1% | 3/577 1% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 0/54 0% | 5/950 1% |
| Rhabdomyosarcoma | 1/33 3% | 0/171 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 3/85 4% | 5/1574 0% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 4/89 4% | 4/1611 0% |
| Mesothelioma | 1/62 2% | 0/165 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 4/830 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 7/2127 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 8/2550 0% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 0/63 0% | 1/262 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 2/699 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 2/46 4% | 3/2210 0% |
| B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 4/55 7% | 2/2640 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where USP21 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in USP21 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 973 mutations in USP21
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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