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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P14136: Variant p.Glu223Gln

Glial fibrillary acidic protein
Gene: GFAP
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Variant information Variant position: help 223 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 Glutamate (E) to Glutamine (Q) at position 223 (E223Q, p.Glu223Gln). 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 medium size and polar (Q) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help 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).
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Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 223 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 432 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help IHEEEVRELQEQLARQQVHV E LDVAKPDLTAALKEIRTQYE 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                         IHEEEVRELQEQLARQQVHVELDVAKPDLTAALKEIRTQYE

Mouse                         IYEEEVRELREQLAQQQVHVEMDVAKPDLTAALREIRTQYE

Rat                           IHEEEVRELQEQLAQQQVHVEMDVAKPDLTAALREIRTQYE

Bovine                        IHEEEVRELQEQLAQQQVHVEMDVAKPDLTAALREIRTQYE

Zebrafish                     VHEEEMRELHEQLMAQQVHVDLDVSKPDLTAALKEIRAQFE

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 1 – 432 Glial fibrillary acidic protein
Domain 69 – 377 IF rod
Region 215 – 230 Linker 12



Literature citations
A novel GFAP mutation and disseminated white matter lesions: adult Alexander disease?
Brockmann K.; Meins M.; Taubert A.; Trappe R.; Grond M.; Hanefeld F.;
Eur. Neurol. 50:100-105(2003)
Cited for: VARIANT GLN-223; Glial fibrillary acidic protein mutations in infantile, juvenile, and adult forms of Alexander disease.
Li R.; Johnson A.B.; Salomons G.; Goldman J.E.; Naidu S.; Quinlan R.; Cree B.; Ruyle S.Z.; Banwell B.; D'Hooghe M.; Siebert J.R.; Rolf C.M.; Cox H.; Reddy A.; Gutierrez-Solana L.G.; Collins A.; Weller R.O.; Messing A.; van der Knaap M.S.; Brenner M.;
Ann. Neurol. 57:310-326(2005)
Cited for: VARIANTS LEU-47; ILE-115; ASN-157 AND GLN-223; VARIANTS ALXDRD GLN-63; THR-73; PHE-76; VAL-76; SER-77; CYS-79; CYS-88; PRO-97; LYS-207; GLN-207; LYS-210; PRO-235; CYS-239; HIS-239; PRO-239; VAL-244; GLY-253; GLU-279; PRO-352; VAL-359; PRO-364; HIS-366; LYS-373; GLN-373; GLY-374 AND TRP-416; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS ALXDRD GLN-63; LYS-210; VAL-244 AND GLY-253; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT ILE-115;
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