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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q9NZC2: Variant p.Thr66Met

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
Gene: TREM2
Variant information

Variant position:  66
The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.

Type of variant:  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:  From Threonine (T) to Methionine (M) at position 66 (T66M, p.Thr66Met).
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 medium size and polar (T) to medium size and hydrophobic (M)
The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.

BLOSUM score:  -1
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:  Results in defective protein maturation and trafficking; loss of proteolytic cleavage by ADAM10 and ectodomain shedding; increases protein aggregation; decreases cell membrane localization; decreases phagocytosis; loss of LDL, CLU and APOE binding; greatly decreases LDL and CLU uptake into cells.
Any additional useful information about the variant.

Other resources:  
Links to websites of interest for the variant.



Sequence information

Variant position:  66
The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.

Protein sequence length:  230
The length of the canonical sequence.

Location on the sequence:   RRKAWCRQLGEKGPCQRVVS  T HNLWLLSFLRRWNGSTAITD
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                         RRKAWCRQLGEKGPCQRVVSTHNLWLLSFLRRWNGSTAITD

Mouse                         RRKAWCRQLGEEGPCQRVVSTHGVWLLAFLKKRNGSTVIAD

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 19 – 230 Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
Topological domain 19 – 174 Extracellular
Domain 29 – 112 Ig-like V-type
Binding site 67 – 67 Phospholipid
Binding site 68 – 68 Phospholipid; via amide nitrogen
Binding site 77 – 77 Phospholipid
Glycosylation 79 – 79 N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagine
Disulfide bond 36 – 110
Mutagenesis 48 – 48 K -> M. Loss of LDL, CLU and APOE binding.
Mutagenesis 60 – 60 C -> A. Loss of proteolytic cleavage by ADAM10 and ectodomain shedding. Decreases protein maturation and cell membrane localization.
Mutagenesis 68 – 68 N -> K. No effect on cell membrane localization.
Mutagenesis 76 – 76 R -> D. Decreases binding to THP-1 cells.
Mutagenesis 77 – 77 R -> D. Decreases binding to THP-1 cells.
Beta strand 60 – 66


Literature citations

TREM2 mutations implicated in neurodegeneration impair cell surface transport and phagocytosis.
Kleinberger G.; Yamanishi Y.; Suarez-Calvet M.; Czirr E.; Lohmann E.; Cuyvers E.; Struyfs H.; Pettkus N.; Wenninger-Weinzierl A.; Mazaheri F.; Tahirovic S.; Lleo A.; Alcolea D.; Fortea J.; Willem M.; Lammich S.; Molinuevo J.L.; Sanchez-Valle R.; Antonell A.; Ramirez A.; Heneka M.T.; Sleegers K.; van der Zee J.; Martin J.J.; Engelborghs S.; Demirtas-Tatlidede A.; Zetterberg H.; Van Broeckhoven C.; Gurvit H.; Wyss-Coray T.; Hardy J.; Colonna M.; Haass C.;
Sci. Transl. Med. 6:243RA86-243RA86(2014)
Cited for: FUNCTION; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION; PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS CYS-38; HIS-47 AND MET-66; MUTAGENESIS OF CYS-36 AND CYS-60;

TREM2 Binds to Apolipoproteins, Including APOE and CLU/APOJ, and Thereby Facilitates Uptake of Amyloid-Beta by Microglia.
Yeh F.L.; Wang Y.; Tom I.; Gonzalez L.C.; Sheng M.;
Neuron 91:328-340(2016)
Cited for: FUNCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS CYS-38; HIS-47; HIS-62; MET-66 AND ASN-87; MUTAGENESIS OF LYS-48;

Neurodegeneration-associated mutant TREM2 proteins abortively cycle between the ER and ER-Golgi intermediate compartment.
Sirkis D.W.; Aparicio R.E.; Schekman R.;
Mol. Biol. Cell 28:2723-2733(2017)
Cited for: SUBCELLULAR LOCATION; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS CYS-38 AND MET-66; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS PLOSL2 GLY-126; GLY-134 AND ASN-186;

Neurodegenerative disease mutations in TREM2 reveal a functional surface and distinct loss-of-function mechanisms.
Kober D.L.; Alexander-Brett J.M.; Karch C.M.; Cruchaga C.; Colonna M.; Holtzman M.J.; Brett T.J.;
Elife 5:E20391-E20391(2016)
Cited for: X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (3.10 ANGSTROMS) OF 19-133; DISULFIDE BONDS; SUBUNIT; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION; MUTAGENESIS OF ASN-68; ARG-76 AND ARG-77; GLYCOSYLATION AT ASN-79; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS CYS-38; HIS-47; HIS-62; MET-66; ASN-87 AND LYS-96; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT PLOSL2 GLY-126;

Disease-associated mutations of TREM2 alter the processing of N-linked oligosaccharides in the Golgi apparatus.
Park J.S.; Ji I.J.; An H.J.; Kang M.J.; Kang S.W.; Kim D.H.; Yoon S.Y.;
Traffic 16:510-518(2015)
Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT PLOSL2 33-GLN--THR-230 DEL; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS CYS-38; HIS-47 AND MET-66; SUBCELLULAR LOCATION;

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