WARS1

Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase 1 P23381 SYWC_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 14 14q32.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 7453
Mutations
31
CL 15 · Tissue 0
Samples
25
CL 15 · Tissue 0
Peptides
31
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
2
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
Mutations31150
Samples25150
Peptides31150

Function

WARS1 · Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase 1

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA by their cognate amino acid. Because of their central role in linking amino acids with nucleotide triplets contained in tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are thought to be among the first proteins that appeared in evolution. Two forms of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase exist, a cytoplasmic form, named WARS, and a mitochondrial form, named WARS2. Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WARS) catalyzes the aminoacylation of tRNA(trp) with tryptophan and is induced by interferon. Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase belongs to the class I tRNA synthetase family. Four transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

Isoforms & Proteins

2 transcripts · 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
ENST00000355338 P23381 16 16
ENST00000392882 P23381 15 15

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
14
Cytoband
14q32.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
GAMMA-2HMN9HMND9IFI53IFP53NEDMSBA

Recurrent Mutations

All 14 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000392882 · 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 WARS1 · 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 WARS1 – 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
Endometrial Carcinoma
4/42 10%
1/612 0%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
1/422 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
6/143 4%
1/3239 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/304 0%
2/1390 0%
Non-Cancerous
1/104 1%
0/830 0%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
1/956 0%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
1/1899 0%
Ovarian Carcinoma
0/109 0%
1/998 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
1/1574 0%
Breast Carcinoma
2/144 1%
0/3264 0%
Kidney Carcinoma
1/85 1%
0/1862 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
0/74 0%
1/1809 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where WARS1 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in WARS1 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.

Mutations

All 31 mutations in WARS1

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