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A422V

Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function DisruptedConflictingTransmembrane · predictedEditorial
AlanineValine at position 422 · TM3 (402-422), helical transmembrane · WFS1 (Wolframin)

Alanine → Valine at position 422 inside TM3. ClinVar Conflicting including monogenic diabetes + WFS1 spectrum. AlphaMissense 0.23 (below threshold) — AM under-call. DynaMut2 ΔΔG +0.31 STABILISING.

Interactive 3D Structure

Wild-type reference
Wild-type A422 — hydrogen bond to S418
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DynaMut2 mutant · A422V
Mutant V422 — hydrophobic contact to L347 lost
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Bond changes · DynaMut2 interaction analysis

0 lost3 gained7 preserved
Interaction typeWild-type partnerMutant partnerStatus
Hydrogen bondS418S418Preserved
Hydrogen bondF419Gained
Polar contactP346Gained
Polar contactS418S418Preserved
Polar contactK424K424Preserved
Van der WaalsS418S418Preserved
HydrophobicP346P346Preserved
HydrophobicL347L347Preserved
HydrophobicF350Gained
HydrophobicI427I427Preserved

Lost / gained / preserved interatomic contacts at the variant residue, from the DynaMut2 (Arpeggio) interaction analysis of the wild-type and energy-minimized mutant structures.

Computational Predictions

DynaMut2 ΔΔG
0.31kcal/mol
Stabilising — mild
AlphaMissense
0.234
LBen
AlphaFold pLDDT
87
model confidence
Schema
Cat 4
Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function Disrupted
ΔΔG confidence: Reduced confidence · Transmembrane
  • transmembrane position; predictor benchmarked on soluble proteins

This variant sits in the transmembrane band. The stability value was computed with a predictor benchmarked on water-soluble proteins. Published benchmarks of ddG predictors on membrane proteins report correlation below 0.4. Treat the magnitude as unreliable and the sign as weak evidence only.

Do not rank this value against a variant from a different region on ΔΔG alone.

Clinical Evidence

ClinVar classificationConflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Review statuscriteria provided, conflicting classifications
Associated conditionsWFS1-Related Spectrum Disorders; Monogenic diabetes
InheritanceMulti-phenotype.
Population frequency (gnomAD v4)Low frequency · AF 0.042%
cDNA changec.1265C>T
ClinVar accessionVCV000393388
Last evaluated2026/01/23 00:00

Observed in the general population.

Classified for1★ unverified submission

ClinVar classifies this variant as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity for WFS1-related spectrum (unresolved mode) (dominant or recessive); WFS1-related diabetes (autosomal dominant); Cataract 41 (autosomal dominant, OMIM 116400); Wolfram syndrome (classic) (autosomal recessive, OMIM 222300); Wolfram-like syndrome (autosomal dominant, OMIM 614296); Nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNA6/14/38) (autosomal dominant, OMIM 600965). ClinVar records this under a WFS1-spectrum label that spans both disease families — recessive Wolfram syndrome (biallelic) and the dominant WFS1-related disorders. The label does not resolve which applies, and it is not a severity statement.

  • WFS1-related spectrum (unresolved mode)dominant or recessivesubmitted as: WFS1-Related Spectrum Disorders
  • WFS1-related diabetesautosomal dominantsubmitted as: Monogenic diabetes; Type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Cataract 41autosomal dominant · OMIM 116400submitted as: Cataract 41
  • Wolfram syndrome (classic)autosomal recessive · OMIM 222300submitted as: Wolfram syndrome 1; Wolfram syndrome 1
  • Wolfram-like syndromeautosomal dominant · OMIM 614296submitted as: Wolfram-like syndrome
  • Nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNA6/14/38)autosomal dominant · OMIM 600965submitted as: Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 6; Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 6
  • Submitters conflict on this classification (1★). Treat the conditions above as submitted, not as documented phenotypes.
  • Phenotype scope is interpretation of submitted records. The computed values on this card (AlphaMissense, DynaMut2 ΔΔG, pLDDT) are measurements of the model, not of a patient.
  • Presentation cannot be generalised from neighbouring variants: one nucleotide over can present very differently. Structural similarity supports a mechanistic hypothesis, never a phenotype claim.

Review status: 1★ conflicting classifications. ClinVar "conditions" is the union of all submissions; 0–1★ entries are submitted conditions, not documented phenotypes.

Population frequency
Global (all ancestries)
AF 0.042% · 678 / 1,614,062 alleles
Homozygotes
0
Highest-frequency population
Amish · AF 0.329%

Highest in Amish: AF 0.329% (3 of 912 alleles), 7.8x the global figure. The global AF describes the general population, not the at-risk group.

No homozygotes reported in gnomAD v4. For a recessive allele this is expected and is not, on its own, evidence either way.

Ancestry groupAllele freq.AC / ANHom.Carrier est.
Amish0.329%3 / 9120~1 in 150
European (non-Finnish)0.056%658 / 1,180,0380~1 in 900
Remaining individuals0.021%13 / 62,4880~1 in 2400
African / African American0.0053%4 / 74,9260~1 in 9370

Source: gnomAD r4, retrieved 2026-08-21. Values are allele frequencies. The carrier estimate is derived from the allele frequency (Hardy-Weinberg, ~2·AF) and is an approximation, not a published figure — where a published carrier frequency exists it outranks this column and is cited on the card.

Structural Context

Position 422 at TM3 end. Neighbors: SER423 (2.4 Å), ILE421 (2.5 Å), SER418 (3.7 Å — TM2-TM3 interface, same S418 as F350I).

A422V at the TM3 lumenal end. Conservative volume increase + stabilising ΔΔG. AM 0.23 under-call; multi-phenotype does not resolve it (ClinVar: conflicting submissions). The S418 cross-helix contact is structurally significant.

Amino-acid chemistry
Alanine (A) → Valine (V) — small replaced by branched aliphatic.
Position in the protein
TM3 (residues 402–422) · position 422 at TM3 end (pLDDT 87).

Druggability Assessment

Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function Disrupted (AM under-call). ΔΔG +0.31. AlphaMissense 0.23 below threshold and multi-phenotype does not resolve it (ClinVar: conflicting submissions).

Mechanism: TM3-TM2 interface perturbation at S418. Therapeutic: same target as F350I, V412L, V412A.

Why this matters

A422V continues TM3-TM2 interface convergence.
Therapeutic Strategy Handoff · prediction

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UniProt Domain Annotation

Chain1890 · Wolframin
Transmembrane402422 · Helical