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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P00441: Variant p.Gly38Arg

Superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn]
Gene: SOD1
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Variant information Variant position: help 38 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Type of variant: help LP/P [Disclaimer] 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 Glycine (G) to Arginine (R) at position 38 (G38R, p.Gly38Arg). 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 glycine (G) to large size and basic (R) 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).
More information can be found on the following page

Variant description: help In ALS1; mild form; ubiquitinated by RNF19A. Ubiquitinated by MARCHF5; leading to the degradation of mitochondrial SOD1. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 38 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 154 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help IINFEQKESNGPVKVWGSIK G LTEGLHGFHVHEFGDNTAGC 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 2 – 154 Superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn]
Binding site 47 – 47
Binding site 49 – 49
Cross 33 – 33 1-(tryptophan-3-yl)-tryptophan (Trp-Trp) (interchain with W-33)
Mutagenesis 58 – 58 C -> A. Exhibits very slow copper acquisition.
Mutagenesis 58 – 58 C -> S. Enhances formation of fibrillar aggregates in the absence of bound zinc; when associated with S-7; S-112 and S-147.
Beta strand 30 – 38



Literature citations
Subunit asymmetry in the three-dimensional structure of a human CuZnSOD mutant found in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Hart P.J.; Liu H.; Pellegrini M.; Nersissian A.M.; Gralla E.B.; Valentine J.S.; Eisenberg D.;
Protein Sci. 7:545-555(1998)
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.9 ANGSTROMS) OF VARIANT ALS1 ARG-38; Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Rosen D.R.; Siddique T.; Patterson D.; Figlewicz D.A.; Sapp P.; Hentati A.; Donaldson D.; Goto J.; O'Regan J.P.; Deng H.-X.; Rahmani Z.; Krizus A.; McKenna-Yasek D.; Cayabyab A.; Gaston S.M.; Berger R.; Tanzi R.E.; Halperin J.J.; Herzfeldt B.; van den Bergh R.; Hung W.-Y.; Bird T.; Deng G.; Mulder D.W.; Smyth C.; Laing N.G.; Soriano E.; Pericak-Vance M.A.; Haines J.; Rouleau G.A.; Gusella J.S.; Horvitz H.R.; Brown R.H. Jr.;
Nature 362:59-62(1993)
Cited for: VARIANTS ALS1 ARG-38; VAL-39; ASP-42; SER-42; ARG-44; ARG-86; ALA-94; CYS-94; GLY-101; VAL-107 AND THR-114; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and structural defects in Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase.
Deng H.-X.; Hentati A.; Tainer J.A.; Iqbal Z.; Cayabyab A.; Hung W.-Y.; Getzoff E.D.; Hu P.; Herzfeldt B.; Roos R.P.; Warner C.; Deng G.; Soriano E.; Smyth C.; Parge H.E.; Ahmed A.; Roses A.D.; Hallewell R.A.; Pericak-Vance M.A.; Siddique T.;
Science 261:1047-1051(1993)
Cited for: VARIANTS ALS1 VAL-5; ARG-38; VAL-39; ASP-42; SER-42; ARG-44; ARG-86; ALA-94; CYS-94; GLY-101; VAL-107; THR-114; PHE-145 AND GLY-149; Identification of new mutations in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Pramatarova A.; Figlewicz D.A.; Krizus A.; Han F.Y.; Ceballos-Picot I.; Nicole A.; Dib M.; Meininger V.; Brown R.H. Jr.; Rouleau G.A.;
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 56:592-596(1995)
Cited for: VARIANTS ALS1 VAL-5; ARG-38; THR-114; LYS-140; PHE-145 AND THR-150; Variation in the biochemical/biophysical properties of mutant superoxide dismutase 1 enzymes and the rate of disease progression in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis kindreds.
Ratovitski T.; Corson L.B.; Strain J.; Wong P.; Cleveland D.W.; Culotta V.C.; Borchelt D.R.;
Hum. Mol. Genet. 8:1451-1460(1999)
Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS ALS1 VAL-5; ARG-38; ARG-47; GLN-49; ARG-86 AND THR-114; Dorfin ubiquitylates mutant SOD1 and prevents mutant SOD1-mediated neurotoxicity.
Niwa J.; Ishigaki S.; Hishikawa N.; Yamamoto M.; Doyu M.; Murata S.; Tanaka K.; Taniguchi N.; Sobue G.;
J. Biol. Chem. 277:36793-36798(2002)
Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS ALS1 ARG-38; ARG-47; ARG-86 AND ALA-94; INTERACTION WITH RNF19A; UBIQUITINATION; Molecular analysis of the superoxide dismutase 1 gene in Spanish patients with sporadic or familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Garcia-Redondo A.; Bustos F.; Juan Y Seva B.; Del Hoyo P.; Jimenez S.; Campos Y.; Martin M.A.; Rubio J.C.; Canadillas F.; Arenas J.; Esteban J.;
Muscle Nerve 26:274-278(2002)
Cited for: VARIANTS ALS1 ARG-38; SER-66 AND MET-113; Complete loss of post-translational modifications triggers fibrillar aggregation of SOD1 in the familial form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Furukawa Y.; Kaneko K.; Yamanaka K.; O'Halloran T.V.; Nukina N.;
J. Biol. Chem. 283:24167-24176(2008)
Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS ALS1 ARG-38; ARG-86 AND ARG-94; MUTAGENESIS OF CYS-7; 51-PHE-GLY-52; CYS-58; HIS-81; ASP-84; CYS-112 AND CYS-147; IDENTIFICATION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY;
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