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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q02161: Variant p.Trp16Cys

Blood group Rh(D) polypeptide
Gene: RHD
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Variant information Variant position: help 16 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 Tryptophan (W) to Cysteine (C) at position 16 (W16C, p.Trp16Cys). 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 aromatic (W) to medium size and polar (C) 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

Polymorphism: help RHD and RHCE are responsible for the Rh blood group system. The molecular basis of the Tar=Rh40 blood group antigen is a variant in position 110. Homozygous deletion of the RHD gene results in Rh-negative (dd) individuals (PubMed:1824267, PubMed:10845894). Some polymorhisms lead to weak RHD expression. This phenotype called weak D, formerly known as D(u), is observed in about 0.2% to 1% of Caucasians (PubMed:9864185). Moderately decreased RHD expression results in a phenotype called DHMi (PubMed:9864185). Additional information on the polymorphism described.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 16 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 417 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help MSSKYPRSVRRCLPL W ALTLEAALILLFYFFTHYDA 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                         MSSKYPRSVRRCLPLWALTLEAALILLFYFFTHYDA

Mouse                         MGSKYPRSLRCCLPLWALELQTAFSLLFCFFIPHDT

Rat                           MGSKYPRSLRCCLPLWAFGLQVTFILLFYFLIGQDP

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
Initiator methionine 1 – 1 Removed
Chain 2 – 417 Blood group Rh(D) polypeptide
Transmembrane 12 – 32 Helical



Literature citations
Identification of a partial internal deletion in the RH locus causing the human erythrocyte D-phenotype.
Huang C.-H.; Reid M.E.; Chen Y.;
Blood 86:784-790(1995)
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1); VARIANT CYS-16;
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