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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P10636: Variant p.Ser637Phe

Microtubule-associated protein tau
Gene: MAPT
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Variant information Variant position: help 637 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 Serine (S) to Phenylalanine (F) at position 637 (S637F, p.Ser637Phe). 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 polar (S) to large size and aromatic (F) 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).
More information can be found on the following page
Variant description: help In PIDB; markedly reduced ability of tau to promote microtubule assembly. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 637 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 758 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVT S KCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK 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                         VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Gorilla                       VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Rhesus macaque                VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Chimpanzee                    VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Mouse                         VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Rat                           VPGGGSVHIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Bovine                        VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK

Goat                          VPGGGSVQIVYKPVDLSKVTSKCGSLGNIHHKPGGGQVEVK
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 2 – 758 Microtubule-associated protein tau
Repeat 623 – 653 Tau/MAP 3
Region 561 – 685 Microtubule-binding domain
Site 628 – 628 Not glycated
Site 634 – 634 Not glycated
Site 638 – 638 Not glycated
Site 648 – 648 Not glycated
Site 657 – 657 Not glycated
Modified residue 622 – 622 Phosphoserine; by PHK
Modified residue 628 – 628 N6,N6-dimethyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 628 – 628 N6-acetyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 634 – 634 N6-acetyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 638 – 638 N6-acetyllysine; alternate
Modified residue 641 – 641 Phosphoserine
Modified residue 648 – 648 N6-acetyllysine; alternate
Disulfide bond 608 – 639
Cross 628 – 628 Glycyl lysine isopeptide (Lys-Gly) (interchain with G-Cter in ubiquitin); in PHF-tau
Cross 634 – 634 Glycyl lysine isopeptide (Lys-Gly) (interchain with G-Cter in ubiquitin); alternate
Cross 638 – 638 Glycyl lysine isopeptide (Lys-Gly) (interchain with G-Cter in ubiquitin); alternate
Cross 648 – 648 Glycyl lysine isopeptide (Lys-Gly) (interchain with G-Cter in ubiquitin); alternate
Beta strand 634 – 643



Literature citations
A novel tau mutation, S320F, causes a tauopathy with inclusions similar to those in Pick's disease.
Rosso S.M.; Van Herpen E.; Deelen W.; Kamphorst W.; Severijnen L.-A.; Willemsen R.; Ravid R.; Niermeijer M.F.; Dooijes D.; Smith M.J.; Goedert M.; Heutink P.; Van Swieten J.C.;
Ann. Neurol. 51:373-376(2002)
Cited for: VARIANT PIDB PHE-637; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT PIDB PHE-637;
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