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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P07196: Variant p.Pro8Leu

Neurofilament light polypeptide
Gene: NEFL
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Variant information Variant position: help 8 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 Proline (P) to Leucine (L) at position 8 (P8L, p.Pro8Leu). 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 -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).
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Variant description: help In CMT1F. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 8 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 543 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help MSSFSYE P YYSTSYKRRYVETPRVHISS 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                         MSSFSYEPYYSTSYKRRYVE-TPRVHISS

Mouse                         MSSFGYDPYFSTSYKRRYVE-TPRVHIS

Rat                           MSSFSYEPYFSTSYKRRYVE-TPRVHIS

Pig                           MSSFYSEPYYSTSYKRRYVE-TPRVHIS

Bovine                        MSSFSYEPYYSTSYKRRYVE-TPRVHIS

Xenopus laevis                MSSYSYDPYY-TPYKRRVVESSPRVHI-

Xenopus tropicalis            MSSYSYDPYY-TSYKRRVVESSPRVHI-
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 – 543 Neurofilament light polypeptide
Region 2 – 92 Head
Modified residue 2 – 2 N-acetylserine
Modified residue 23 – 23 Asymmetric dimethylarginine; alternate
Modified residue 23 – 23 Omega-N-methylarginine; alternate
Glycosylation 21 – 21 O-linked (GlcNAc) threonine
Glycosylation 27 – 27 O-linked (GlcNAc) serine



Literature citations
Mutations in the neurofilament light chain gene (NEFL) cause early onset severe Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Jordanova A.; De Jonghe P.; Boerkoel C.F.; Takashima H.; De Vriendt E.; Ceuterick C.; Martin J.-J.; Butler I.J.; Mancias P.; Papasozomenos S.C.; Terespolsky D.; Potocki L.; Brown C.W.; Shy M.; Rita D.A.; Tournev I.; Kremensky I.; Lupski J.R.; Timmerman V.;
Brain 126:590-597(2003)
Cited for: VARIANTS CMT1F ARG-8; LEU-8; GLN-8; LYS-90; SER-98 AND GLU-527 DEL; VARIANTS LYS-7 AND ASN-468;
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