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 | 334 | 66 | 262 |
| Samples | 229 | 47 | 178 |
| Peptides | 181 | 32 | 157 |
Function
WARS2 · Tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial
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. This gene encodes the mitochondrial tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase. Two alternative transcripts encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
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 172 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000235521 · 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 WARS2 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in WARS2 – 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% |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia | 1/25 4% | 0/0 0% |
| Oral Cavity Carcinoma | 2/54 4% | 0/0 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 0/42 0% | 10/612 2% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 10/304 3% | 14/1390 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 12/143 8% | 34/3239 1% |
| Melanoma | 3/210 1% | 25/1899 1% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 25/1809 1% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 4/85 5% | 10/1574 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 12/1515 1% |
| Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/16 0% | 1/122 1% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 1/57 2% | 4/810 0% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 2/44 5% | 0/305 0% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 2/422 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 3/752 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 3/699 0% |
| Glioma | 1/52 2% | 7/2127 0% |
| Ovarian Carcinoma | 0/109 0% | 3/998 0% |
| Esophageal Carcinoma | 0/23 0% | 2/769 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 2/85 2% | 2/1862 0% |
| Non-Cancerous | 0/104 0% | 2/830 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 0/58 0% | 2/956 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 0/54 0% | 2/950 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 1/51 2% | 4/2550 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1/154 1% | 0/577 0% |
| Other Blood Cancers | 0/61 0% | 4/2725 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 1/46 2% | 2/2210 0% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 1/89 1% | 1/1611 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 0/13 0% | 2/2105 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/88 0% | 2/2534 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where WARS2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in WARS2 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 334 mutations in WARS2
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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