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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P45381: Variant p.Arg168His

Aspartoacylase
Gene: ASPA
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Variant information Variant position: help 168 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 Arginine (R) to Histidine (H) at position 168 (R168H, p.Arg168His). 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 large size and basic (R) to medium size and polar (H) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help 0 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 In CAND. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 168 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 313 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help APLPCYVYLIEHPSLKYATT R SIAKYPVGIEVGPQPQGVLR 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 1 – 313 Aspartoacylase
Active site 178 – 178 Proton donor/acceptor
Binding site 164 – 164
Binding site 168 – 168
Mutagenesis 164 – 164 Y -> F. Reduces activity by 99%.
Mutagenesis 168 – 168 R -> K. Reduces activity by 99%.
Mutagenesis 178 – 178 E -> A. Reduces activity by 99%.
Mutagenesis 178 – 178 E -> D. Abolishes enzymatic activity.
Mutagenesis 178 – 178 E -> Q. Abolishes enzymatic activity.
Helix 167 – 170



Literature citations
Mutation detection in the aspartoacylase gene in 17 patients with Canavan disease: four new mutations in the non-Jewish population.
Sistermans E.A.; de Coo R.F.; van Beerendonk H.M.; Poll-The B.T.; Kleijer W.J.; van Oost B.A.;
Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 8:557-560(2000)
Cited for: VARIANTS CAND PRO-21; THR-57; HIS-168 AND THR-181;
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