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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P52788: Variant p.Tyr328Cys

Spermine synthase
Gene: SMS
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Variant information Variant position: help 328 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 Tyrosine (Y) to Cysteine (C) at position 328 (Y328C, p.Tyr328Cys). 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 (Y) 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

Variant description: help In MRXSSR; mild disease phenotype; a reduced spermine/spermidine ratio is observed in patient lymphoblastoid cells consistent with impaired spermine biosynthesis. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 328 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 366 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help QDGKYFTQGNCVNLTEALSL Y EEQLGRLYCPVEFSKEIVCV 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                         QDGKY-------FTQGN-----CVNLTE------ALSLYEEQLGRL-YCPVEFSKEIVCV

Mouse                         QDGKY-------FTQGN-----CVNLTE------ALSLYEE

Bovine                        QDGKY-------FTQGN-----CVNLTE------ALSLYEE

Baker's yeast                 PNTEYCYTMVPTYTSGQLGLIVCSNNANIPLNIPQRKISEQ

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 – 366 Spermine synthase
Domain 122 – 362 PABS
Helix 322 – 332



Literature citations
A Y328C missense mutation in spermine synthase causes a mild form of Snyder-Robinson syndrome.
Zhang Z.; Norris J.; Kalscheuer V.; Wood T.; Wang L.; Schwartz C.; Alexov E.; Van Esch H.;
Hum. Mol. Genet. 22:3789-3797(2013)
Cited for: VARIANT MRXSSR CYS-328; FUNCTION; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT MRXSSR CYS-328;
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