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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q16637: Variant p.Ala2Gly

Survival motor neuron protein
Gene: SMN2
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Variant information Variant position: help 2 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 Alanine (A) to Glycine (G) at position 2 (A2G, p.Ala2Gly). 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 small size and hydrophobic (A) to glycine (G) 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 SMA2 and SMA3. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 2 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 294 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help M A MSSGGSGGGVPEQEDSVLFR 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                         MAMSSGGSGGGVPEQEDSVLFR

                              -----MGGGGGLPEPEDSVLFR

Mouse                         MAMGSGGAG---SEQEDTVLFR

Rat                           MAMGSGGGAG--SEQEDTVLFR

Bovine                        ----MGGGGGGFPEPEDSVLFR

Cat                           MAM---GGGSGVPEQEDSVLFR

Drosophila                    ----------------------

Fission yeast                 ----------------------
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 – 294 Survival motor neuron protein
Region 1 – 32 Disordered
Modified residue 2 – 2 N-acetylalanine
Modified residue 4 – 4 Phosphoserine; by PKA
Modified residue 5 – 5 Phosphoserine; by PKA
Modified residue 8 – 8 Phosphoserine; by PKA



Literature citations
The survival motor neuron protein forms soluble glycine zipper oligomers.
Martin R.; Gupta K.; Ninan N.S.; Perry K.; Van Duyne G.D.;
Structure 20:1929-1939(2012)
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.90 ANGSTROMS) OF 263-294; SUBUNIT; INTERACTION WITH GEMIN2; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS SMA1 CYS-272; SMA2/SMA3 ILE-274; SMA3 SER-275 AND SMA1 VAL-279; MUTAGENESIS OF LEU-260; MET-263; LEU-264; SER-266; TRP-267; TYR-268; GLY-271; TYR-272; THR-274; GLY-275 AND GLY-279; Intragenic telSMN mutations: frequency, distribution, evidence of a founder effect, and modification of the spinal muscular atrophy phenotype by cenSMN copy number.
Parsons D.W.; McAndrew P.E.; Iannaccone S.T.; Mendell J.R.; Burghes A.H.; Prior T.W.;
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 63:1712-1723(1998)
Cited for: VARIANT SMA2/SMA3 GLY-2; VARIANT SMA3 SER-275; Molecular and functional analysis of intragenic SMN1 mutations in patients with spinal muscular atrophy.
Sun Y.; Grimmler M.; Schwarzer V.; Schoenen F.; Fischer U.; Wirth B.;
Hum. Mutat. 25:64-71(2005)
Cited for: VARIANTS SMA1/SMA2/SMA3 ASN-30; VAL-44; ARG-95; GLY-111; GLY-262; CYS-272 AND ILE-274; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS SMA1/SMA2/SMA3 ASN-30; VAL-44; ARG-95 AND GLY-111;
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