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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P01023: Variant p.Cys972Tyr

Alpha-2-macroglobulin
Gene: A2M
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Variant information Variant position: help 972 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Type of variant: help LB/B The variants are classified into three categories: LP/P, LB/B and US.
  • LP/P: likely pathogenic or pathogenic.
  • LB/B: likely benign or benign.
  • US: uncertain significance

Residue change: help From Cysteine (C) to Tyrosine (Y) at position 972 (C972Y, p.Cys972Tyr). Indicates the amino acid change of the variant. The one-letter and three-letter codes for amino acids used in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot are those adopted by the commission on Biochemical Nomenclature of the IUPAC-IUB.
Physico-chemical properties: help Change from medium size and polar (C) to large size and aromatic (Y) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help -2 The score within a Blosum matrix for the corresponding wild-type to variant amino acid change. The log-odds score measures the logarithm for the ratio of the likelihood of two amino acids appearing by chance. The Blosum62 substitution matrix is used. This substitution matrix contains scores for all possible exchanges of one amino acid with another:
  • Lowest score: -4 (low probability of substitution).
  • Highest score: 11 (high probability of substitution).
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Variant description: help Probably interferes with the activity. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 972 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 1474 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help GDILGSAMQNTQNLLQMPYG C GEQNMVLFAPNIYVLDYLNE The residue change on the sequence. Unless the variant is located at the beginning or at the end of the protein sequence, both residues upstream (20) and downstream (20) of the variant will be shown.
Sequence annotation in neighborhood: help The regions or sites of interest surrounding the variant. In general the features listed are posttranslational modifications, binding sites, enzyme active sites, local secondary structure or other characteristics reported in the cited references. The "Sequence annotation in neighborhood" lines have a fixed format:
  • Type: the type of sequence feature.
  • Positions: endpoints of the sequence feature.
  • Description: contains additional information about the feature.
TypePositionsDescription
Chain 24 – 1474 Alpha-2-macroglobulin
Glycosylation 991 – 991 N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagine
Disulfide bond 921 – 1321
Cross 972 – 975 Isoglutamyl cysteine thioester (Cys-Gln)



Literature citations
Cloning of the human alpha 2-macroglobulin gene and detection of mutations in two functional domains: the bait region and the thiolester site.
Poller W.; Faber J.-P.; Klobeck G.; Olek K.;
Hum. Genet. 88:313-319(1992)
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 672-746; VARIANT TYR-972;
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