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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P69905: Variant p.Trp15Arg

Hemoglobin subunit alpha
Gene: HBA2
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Variant information Variant position: help 15 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 Arginine (R) at position 15 (W15R, p.Trp15Arg). 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 large size and basic (R) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help -3 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 Evanston; O(2) affinity up. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 15 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 142 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help MVLSPADKTNVKAA W GKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFL 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                         MVLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFL

Gorilla                       -VLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGDYGAEALERMFL

                              -VLSPADKTNIKSTWDKIGGHAGDYGGEALDRTFQ

Rhesus macaque                MVLSPADKSNVKAAWGKVGGHAGEYGAEALERMFL

Chimpanzee                    MVLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFL

Mouse                         MVLSGEDKSNIKAAWGKIGGHGAEYGAEALERMFA

Rat                           MVLSADDKTNIKNCWGKIGGHGGEYGEEALQRMFA

Pig                           -VLSAADKANVKAAWGKVGGQAGAHGAEALERMFL

Bovine                        MVLSAADKGNVKAAWGKVGGHAAEYGAEALERMFL

Rabbit                        MVLSPADKTNIKTAWEKIGSHGGEYGAEAVERMFL

Sheep                         MVLSAADKSNVKAAWGKVGGNAGAYGAEALERMFL

Cat                           -VLSAADKSNVKACWGKIGSHAGEYGAEALERTFC

Horse                         MVLSAADKTNVKAAWSKVGGHAGEYGAEALERMFL

Chicken                       MVLSAADKNNVKGIFTKIAGHAEEYGAETLERMFT

Xenopus tropicalis            MHLTADDKKHIKAIWPSVAAHGDKYGGEALHRMFM

Zebrafish                     MSLSDTDKAVVKAIWAKISPKADEIGAEALARMLT

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 – 142 Hemoglobin subunit alpha
Domain 2 – 142 Globin
Site 12 – 12 Not glycated
Site 14 – 15 (Microbial infection) Cleavage; by N.americanus apr-2
Modified residue 4 – 4 Phosphoserine
Modified residue 8 – 8 N6-succinyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 9 – 9 Phosphothreonine
Modified residue 12 – 12 N6-succinyllysine
Modified residue 17 – 17 N6-acetyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 17 – 17 N6-succinyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 25 – 25 Phosphotyrosine
Glycosylation 8 – 8 N-linked (Glc) (glycation) lysine; alternate
Glycosylation 17 – 17 N-linked (Glc) (glycation) lysine; alternate
Helix 5 – 18



Literature citations
Hemoglobin Evanston: alpha 14(A12) Trp leads to Arg. A variant hemoglobin associated with alpha-thalassemia-2.
Moo-Penn W.F.; Baine R.M.; Jue D.L.; Johnson M.H.; McGuffey J.E.; Benson J.M.;
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 747:65-70(1983)
Cited for: VARIANT EVANSTON ARG-15; Hemoglobin Evanston (alpha 14 Trp----Arg). An unstable alpha-chain variant expressed as alpha-thalassemia.
Honig G.R.; Shamsuddin M.; Vida L.N.; Mompoint M.; Valcourt E.; Bowie L.J.; Jones E.C.; Powers P.A.; Spritz R.A.; Guis M.;
J. Clin. Invest. 73:1740-1749(1984)
Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT EVANSTON ARG-15;
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