Basic information

Full name
telomerase reverse transcriptase
Ensembl
ENSG00000164362.21
Summary
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Annotation
Cancer driver (Oncogene) Cancer driver (TSG) Druggable target (Tier T4)

Protein product

  • ENST00000310581.10 Primary ENSP00000309572.5 (0 phosphosite)
  • ENST00000334602.10
Phosphosites on the primary protein product
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Tumor and normal comparison

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Signed p-values
Data type
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
RNA8.7e-84-3e-15--4.5e-134.9e-332.7e-30-1.4e-6-
protein-----------

* P-values are from Wilcoxon rank sum test and can be clicked to show the box plots. Positive values mean higher abundance in tumor. BRCA and GBM do not have normal samples.

mRNA expression at gene level
BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC012345678910log2(RSEM+1)tumornormal
Protein expression

* Mild outlier: filled circle; Extreme outlier: empty circle.

Phenotype and mutation association

Manhattan plot summarizing associations of phenotypes and mutations across all cohorts and omics data types

BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC012345678910111213140-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14Pan-cancer051015202530350-5-10-15-20-25-30-35proteinRNASCNVclinicalpathwaycell typegenomicmutation-log10 of P-value

* Data points of significant associations above and below the dotted lines can be hovered to show the phenotype.

Associations of the protein abundance of TERT with phenotypes and mutations

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Signed p-values
Phenotype
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
cibersort: B cell naive-----------
cibersort: B cell memory-----------
cibersort: B cell plasma-----------
cibersort: T cell CD8+-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ naive-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ memory resting-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ memory activated-----------
cibersort: T cell follicular helper-----------
cibersort: T cell regulatory (Tregs)-----------
cibersort: T cell gamma delta-----------
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* P-values could be from test for Spearman correlation, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test or Cox regression depending on the data type. P-values for individual cohorts can be clicked to show the data plots. The matrix icons in each row can be clicked to show a heatmap summary of associations across all cohorts and omics. The rows in the table can be expanded to show results from other omics.

Cis-association

Associations between omics data of TERT

BRCA0.24proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCCRCC0.270.120.10proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCOAD0.08proteinmRNASCNVmethylationGBM0.08-0.020.15proteinmRNASCNVmethylationHNSCC-0.08-0.100.22proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLSCC0.040.130.06proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLUAD-0.030.160.35proteinmRNASCNVmethylationOV-0.03proteinmRNASCNVmethylationPDAC0.180.090.33proteinmRNASCNVmethylationUCEC0.130.06-0.01proteinmRNASCNVmethylation

* The numbers are Spearman correlation coefficients and can be clicked to show the scatter plots. The color and size of the circles correlate with the coefficients.

Trans-association

Associations of the protein abundance of TERT and the protein abundance of other genes

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Signed p-values
Gene
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
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* P-values are from test for Spearman correlation. P-values for individual cohorts can be clicked to show the data plots. The matrix icons in each row can be clicked to show a heatmap summary of associations across all cohorts and omics. The rows in the table can be expanded to show results from other omics.

Gene set enrichment analysis

Submit genes and the common logarithm of the p-values of their association with to WebGestalt.