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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P68133: Variant p.Arg185Gly

Actin, alpha skeletal muscle
Gene: ACTA1
Variant information

Variant position:  185
The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.

Type of variant:  Disease [Disclaimer]
The variants are classified into three categories: Disease, Polymorphism and Unclassified.
  • Disease: Variants implicated in disease according to literature reports.
  • Polymorphism: Variants not reported to be implicated in disease.
  • Unclassified: Variants with uncertain implication in disease according to literature reports. Evidence against or in favor of a pathogenic role is limited and/or conflicting.

Residue change:  From Arginine (R) to Glycine (G) at position 185 (R185G, p.Arg185Gly).
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:  Change from large size and basic (R) to glycine (G)
The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.

BLOSUM score:  -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:  In NEM3; autosomal dominant; severe.
Any additional useful information about the variant.



Sequence information

Variant position:  185
The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.

Protein sequence length:  377
The length of the canonical sequence.

Location on the sequence:   VPIYEGYALPHAIMRLDLAG  R DLTDYLMKILTERGYSFVTT
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:  
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 – 377 Actin, alpha skeletal muscle, intermediate form
Chain 3 – 377 Actin, alpha skeletal muscle


Literature citations

Nemaline myopathy caused by mutations in the muscle alpha-skeletal-actin gene.
Ilkovski B.; Cooper S.T.; Nowak K.; Ryan M.M.; Yang N.; Schnell C.; Durling H.J.; Roddick L.G.; Wilkinson I.; Kornberg A.J.; Collins K.J.; Wallace G.; Gunning P.; Hardeman E.C.; Laing N.G.; North K.N.;
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 68:1333-1343(2001)
Cited for: VARIANTS NEM3 SER-117; MET-138; GLY-185; CYS-270 AND LEU-359;

Heterogeneity of nemaline myopathy cases with skeletal muscle alpha-actin gene mutations.
Agrawal P.B.; Strickland C.D.; Midgett C.; Morales A.; Newburger D.E.; Poulos M.A.; Tomczak K.K.; Ryan M.M.; Iannaccone S.T.; Crawford T.O.; Laing N.G.; Beggs A.H.;
Ann. Neurol. 56:86-96(2004)
Cited for: VARIANTS NEM3 LEU-37; LEU-40; TYR-42; ARG-43; ASN-66; LEU-75; ARG-75; LEU-77; ALA-79; LYS-85; ALA-136; ASP-148; GLY-181; ASP-184; GLY-185; SER-199; GLY-226; VAL-229; ILE-229; ARG-248; ASP-253; CYS-270; HIS-281; LYS-282; GLY-288 AND GLN-375;

Evidence for a dominant-negative effect in ACTA1 nemaline myopathy caused by abnormal folding, aggregation and altered polymerization of mutant actin isoforms.
Ilkovski B.; Nowak K.J.; Domazetovska A.; Maxwell A.L.; Clement S.; Davies K.E.; Laing N.G.; North K.N.; Cooper S.T.;
Hum. Mol. Genet. 13:1727-1743(2004)
Cited for: VARIANTS NEM3 ILE-68; LYS-74; SER-117; MET-138; LEU-165; MET-165; GLY-185; CYS-270 AND LEU-359;

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