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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P32004: Variant p.Ala426Asp

Neural cell adhesion molecule L1
Gene: L1CAM
Variant information

Variant position:  426
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 Alanine (A) to Aspartate (D) at position 426 (A426D, p.Ala426Asp).
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 small size and hydrophobic (A) to medium size and acidic (D)
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).
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Involvement in disease:  Mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs syndrome (MASA) [MIM:303350]: An X-linked recessive syndrome with a highly variable clinical spectrum. Main clinical features include spasticity and hyperreflexia of lower limbs, shuffling gait, mental retardation, aphasia and adducted thumbs. The features of spasticity have been referred to as complicated spastic paraplegia type 1 (SPG1). Some patients manifest corpus callosum hypoplasia and hydrocephalus. Inter- and intrafamilial variability is very wide, such that patients with hydrocephalus, MASA, SPG1, and agenesis of corpus callosum can be present within the same family. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10797421, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10805190, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11857550, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16816908, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19846429, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22344793, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22973895, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24155914, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26891472, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7562969, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7762552, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7881431, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7920659, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7920660, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8556302, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9268105, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9300653, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9452110, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9521424, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9744477, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9832035}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
The name and a short description of the disease associated with the variant. For more information about the disease, the user can refer to OMIM, following the link provided after the disease acronym.

Variant description:  In MASA.
Any additional useful information about the variant.



Sequence information

Variant position:  426
The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.

Protein sequence length:  1257
The length of the canonical sequence.

Location on the sequence:   ARNRHGLLLANAYIYVVQLP  A KILTADNQTYMAVQGSTAYL
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: 
The multiple alignment of the region surrounding the variant against various orthologous sequences.

Human                         ARNRHGLLLANAYIYVVQLPAKILTADNQTYMAVQGSTAYL

Mouse                         ARNQHGLLLANAYIYVVQLPARILTKDNQTYMAVEGSTAYL

Rat                           ARNQHGLLLANAYIYVVQLPARILTKDNQTYMAVEGSTAYL

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 20 – 1257 Neural cell adhesion molecule L1
Topological domain 20 – 1120 Extracellular
Domain 425 – 507 Ig-like C2-type 5
Glycosylation 433 – 433 N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagine


Literature citations

L1-associated diseases: clinical geneticists divide, molecular geneticists unite.
Fransen E.; Van Camp G.; Vits L.; Willems P.J.;
Hum. Mol. Genet. 6:1625-1632(1997)
Cited for: VARIANTS MASA ASP-268 AND ASP-426;

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