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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P06865: Variant p.Glu482Lys

Beta-hexosaminidase subunit alpha
Gene: HEXA
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Variant information Variant position: help 482 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 Glutamate (E) to Lysine (K) at position 482 (E482K, p.Glu482Lys). 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 acidic (E) to large size and basic (K) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help 1 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 GM2G1; infantile; loss of processing to a mature form; increased degradation. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 482 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 529 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help EYVDNTNLVPRLWPRAGAVA E RLWSNKLTSDLTFAYERLSH 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 89 – 529 Beta-hexosaminidase subunit alpha
Alternative sequence 361 – 529 Missing. In isoform 2.
Helix 476 – 485



Literature citations
A point mutation in the coding sequence of the beta-hexosaminidase alpha gene results in defective processing of the enzyme protein in an unusual GM2-gangliosidosis variant.
Nakano T.; Muscillo M.; Ohno K.; Hoffman A.J.; Suzuki K.;
J. Neurochem. 51:984-987(1988)
Cited for: VARIANT GM2G1 LYS-482; Tay-Sachs disease and HEXA mutations among Moroccan Jews.
Kaufman M.; Grinshpun-Cohen J.; Karpati M.; Peleg L.; Goldman B.; Akstein E.; Adam A.; Navon R.;
Hum. Mutat. 10:295-300(1997)
Cited for: VARIANTS GM2G1 GLN-170; PHE-304 DEL AND LYS-482; Tay Sachs disease mutations in HEXA target the alpha chain of hexosaminidase A to ER-associated degradation.
Dersh D.; Iwamoto Y.; Argon Y.;
Mol. Biol. Cell 27:3813-3827(2016)
Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS GM2G1 SER-269 AND LYS-482;
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