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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P35498: Variant p.Val944Ala

Sodium channel protein type 1 subunit alpha
Gene: SCN1A
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Variant information Variant position: help 944 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 Valine (V) to Alanine (A) at position 944 (V944A, p.Val944Ala). 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 hydrophobic (V) to small size and hydrophobic (A) 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).
More information can be found on the following page

Variant description: help In DRVT and ICEGTC. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 944 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 2009 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help ASDCQLPRWHMNDFFHSFLI V FRVLCGEWIETMWDCMEVAG 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.
Residue conservation: help The multiple alignment of the region surrounding the variant against various orthologous sequences.
Human                         ASDCQLPRWHMNDFFHSFLIVFRVLCGEWIETMWDCMEVAG

Mouse                         ATDCKLPRWHMNDFFHSFLIVFRVLCGEWIETMWDCMEVAG

Rat                           ATDCKLPRWHMNDFFHSFLIVFRVLCGEWIETMWDCMEVAG

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 – 2009 Sodium channel protein type 1 subunit alpha
Intramembrane 937 – 957 Pore-forming
Repeat 750 – 1022 II
Helix 937 – 949



Literature citations
Mutations of neuronal voltage-gated Na+ channel alpha 1 subunit gene SCN1A in core severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI) and in borderline SMEI (SMEB).
Fukuma G.; Oguni H.; Shirasaka Y.; Watanabe K.; Miyajima T.; Yasumoto S.; Ohfu M.; Inoue T.; Watanachai A.; Kira R.; Matsuo M.; Muranaka H.; Sofue F.; Zhang B.; Kaneko S.; Mitsudome A.; Hirose S.;
Epilepsia 45:140-148(2004)
Cited for: VARIANTS DRVT GLN-101; ARG-190; ILE-934; ALA-944; CYS-946; HIS-946; PRO-1355; MET-1559 DEL; SER-1692; CYS-1694; PHE-1766 DEL AND CYS-1781; Prevalence of SCN1A mutations in children with suspected Dravet syndrome and intractable childhood epilepsy.
Wang J.W.; Shi X.Y.; Kurahashi H.; Hwang S.K.; Ishii A.; Higurashi N.; Kaneko S.; Hirose S.;
Epilepsy Res. 102:195-200(2012)
Cited for: VARIANTS DRVT CYS-84; GLN-101; TRP-101; ILE-105; ARG-179; ARG-190; ARG-226; SER-227; ARG-259; ARG-280; ALA-281; PRO-363; ARG-384; HIS-393; TRP-409; CYS-426; MET-875; ILE-876; PHE-896; ILE-934; PHE-940; CYS-946; HIS-946; LEU-987; GLY-1316; VAL-1339; MET-1344; PRO-1355; VAL-1385; GLY-1418; PRO-1427; CYS-1453; HIS-1462; SER-1472; TYR-1485; GLU-1503 DEL; LYS-1503; VAL-1545; ARG-1555; GLY-1608; LEU-1630; ASN-1638; SER-1642; VAL-1662; PRO-1667; PHE-1677; THR-1683; SER-1692; CYS-1694; GLY-1727; ARG-1741; PHE-1766 DEL; PHE-1771; THR-1783; VAL-1783 AND THR-1792; VARIANTS ICEGTC SER-90; GLN-101; SER-178; MET-252; ARG-290; HIS-393; ILE-896; ALA-944; GLN-1213; CYS-1254; THR-1325; PRO-1328; LEU-1357; ARG-1376; ASP-1429; HIS-1462; LYS-1511; VAL-1619; SER-1684; PRO-1724; CYS-1781 AND TRP-1861; VARIANTS GLN-542 AND CYS-1575;
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