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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P04156: Variant p.Met129Val

Major prion protein
Gene: PRNP
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Variant information Variant position: help 129 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 Methionine (M) to Valine (V) at position 129 (M129V, p.Met129Val). 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 Similar physico-chemical property. Both residues are medium size and hydrophobic. 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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Polymorphism: help The five tandem octapeptide repeats region is highly unstable. Insertions or deletions of octapeptide repeat units are associated to prion disease.A number of polymorphisms confer resistance to prion diseases (PubMed:1439789, PubMed:19923577, PubMed:26061765, PubMed:9482303). Val-127 has been selected for in response to the Kuru epidemic and confers resistance to prion disease by acting as a 'dominant negative' inhibitor of prion conversion (PubMed:26061765). Val-127 is not only itself resistant to conformational conversion, but also inhibits conversion of wild-type proteins. Confers protection against classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and Kuru in the heterozygous state, but can be infected with variant CJD prions, resulting from exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions. Confers complete resistance to all prion strains when homozygous (PubMed:26061765). Always associated with M-129 variant (PubMed:26061765). Val-129 confers relative protection against acquired, sporadic and some inherited prion diseases in the heterozygous state, possibly by preventing homodimerization (PubMed:1439789). Lys-219 confers relative protection against sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the heterozygous state (PubMed:9482303). - Additional information on the polymorphism described.
Variant description: help Protective factor against acquired, sporadic and some inherited prion diseases in the heterozygous state, possibly by preventing homodimerization; determines the disease phenotype in patients who have a PrP mutation at position 178; patients with M-129 develop FFI, those with V-129 develop CJD. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 129 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 253 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help MKHMAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGY M LGSAMSRPIIHFGSDYEDRY 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                         MKHMAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPIIHFGSDYEDRY

Gorilla                       MKHMAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPIIHFGSDYEDRY

                              MKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYLLGSAMSRPLIHFGNDCEDRY

Rhesus macaque                MKHMAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGNDYEDRY

Chimpanzee                    MKHMAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPIIHFGSDYEDRY

Mouse                         LKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPMIHFGNDWEDRY

Rat                           LKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPMLHFGNDWEDRY

Pig                           MKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGSDYEDRY

Bovine                        MKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGSDYEDRY

Rabbit                        MKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGNDYEDRY

Goat                          MKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGNDYEDRY

Sheep                         MKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGNDYEDRY

Cat                           MKHMAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYMLGSAMSRPLIHFGNDYEDRY

Chicken                       FKHVAGAAAAGAVVGGLGGYAMGRVMSGMNYHFDSPDEYRW

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 23 – 230 Major prion protein
Region 23 – 230 Interaction with GRB2, ERI3 and SYN1
Beta strand 128 – 131



Literature citations
Conformational diversity in prion protein variants influences intermolecular beta-sheet formation.
Lee S.; Antony L.; Hartmann R.; Knaus K.J.; Surewicz K.; Surewicz W.K.; Yee V.C.;
EMBO J. 29:251-262(2010)
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.8 ANGSTROMS) OF 125-227 OF VARIANT VAL-129; VARIANT VAL-129; VARIANT CJD ASN-178; VARIANT FFI ASN-178; VARIANT GSD SER-198; SUBUNIT; DOMAIN; Pro-->Leu change at position 102 of prion protein is the most common but not the sole mutation related to Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome.
Doh-Ura K.; Tateishi J.; Sasaki H.; Kitamoto T.; Sakaki Y.;
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 163:974-979(1989)
Cited for: VARIANTS LEU-102; VAL-117 AND VAL-129; Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: disease phenotype determined by a DNA polymorphism.
Goldfarb L.G.; Petersen R.B.; Tabaton M.; Brown P.; LeBlanc A.C.; Montagna P.; Cortelli P.; Julien J.; Vital C.; Pendelbury W.W.;
Science 258:806-808(1992)
Cited for: VARIANT VAL-129; VARIANT CJD ASN-178; VARIANT FFI ASN-178; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT VAL-129; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT CJD ASN-178; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT FFI ASN-178; POLYMORPHISM; Balancing selection at the prion protein gene consistent with prehistoric kurulike epidemics.
Mead S.; Stumpf M.P.; Whitfield J.; Beck J.A.; Poulter M.; Campbell T.; Uphill J.B.; Goldstein D.; Alpers M.; Fisher E.M.; Collinge J.;
Science 300:640-643(2003)
Cited for: VARIANT VAL-129; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT VAL-129;
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