The disruptive influence of the Ala218Val variant on the ENG protein

2024/09/12 by Jared Truitt, Cynthia L. Stenger, Luke Terwilliger +1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Renal and related cancers

paper · doi:10.17912/micropub.biology.001350

Abstract

gene encodes for the protein endoglin which is used to properly develop and remodel arteries. The removal of endoglin forms telangiectasias that cause bleeding from the nose and vital organs. This study investigates the impact of one of the many variants of uncertain significance of ENG associated with HHT. The missense swap of alanine for valine at position 218 (Ala218Val) was characterized through computational metrics from in silico pathogenicity prediction tools, conservation analysis, and molecular dynamics simulation (MDS). The structural residue is highly conserved over multiple species and buried. The missense swap resulted in a difference in movement from the wild type according to MDS in a simulated aqueous environment. Therefore, it is predicted to be likely pathogenic.

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