C529R
Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function DisruptedUncertain significanceTransmembrane · predictedSource cardInteractive 3D Structure
Bond changes · DynaMut2 interaction analysis
| Interaction type | Wild-type partner | Mutant partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen bond | K525 | K525 | Preserved |
| Hydrogen bond | P533 | P533 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | K525 | K525 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | — | P533 | Gained |
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
Clinical Evidence
Not observed in ~730k individuals — consistent with a rare allele (ACMG PM2_supporting).
Full Variant Card
WFS1 Wolframin — C529R Variant Card
Molecular Atlas Pilot · RareResearch.AI · Generated by wolfram-variant-card skill
Cysteine → Arginine at position 529. Cytoplasmic loop 4. ClinVar Uncertain significance, AlphaMissense 0.519, DynaMut2 ΔΔG -0.25 kcal/mol (destabilising).
Identity
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Variant | C529R (p.Cysteine529Arginine) |
| DNA change | c.1585T>C |
| Gene · Protein | WFS1 · Wolframin (890 aa) |
| UniProt | O76024 · WFS1_HUMAN |
| ClinVar accession | VCV004802686 |
| Amino acid change | Cysteine (C) → Arginine (R) |
Structural Context
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| AlphaFold model | AF-O76024-F1, v6 |
| pLDDT at residue 529 | 73.00 — well-folded |
| Domain | Cytoplasmic loop 4 |
| Position context | Loop region · position 529 sits between transmembrane segments, solvent-accessible |
| IDR flag | No — pLDDT above 50 threshold |
UniProt features at this position:
(none catalogued)
Position 529 sits in a connecting loop between transmembrane helices. Loop residues are typically solvent-exposed and often contribute to interhelical contacts or serve as recognition sites for binding partners. The wild-type residue is thiol (cysteine — disulfide-capable, free -SH); the mutant is positively charged (arginine — guanidinium, strong H-bond donor). The chemistry shift implies altered local packing, hydrogen-bonding, and/or electrostatics at this site.
Computational Predictions
AlphaMissense
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| am_pathogenicity | 0.5192 |
| am_class | ambiguous |
| Interpretation | Likely benign (threshold 0.564) |
DynaMut2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ΔΔG (kcal/mol) | -0.25 (Destabilising) |
| Job ID | 178094711327 |
| Result URL | https://biosig.lab.uq.edu.au/dynamut2/results_prediction/178094711327 |
Clinical Evidence
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Classification | Uncertain significance |
| Review status | criteria provided, single submitter |
| Last evaluated | 2025/03/27 00:00 |
| Inheritance | Inheritance pattern not specified in ClinVar entry; WFS1 has both AD and AR presentations. |
| WFS1 variant landscape | C529R is 1 of ~326 pathogenic-spectrum variants in WFS1 (out of 2,243 catalogued in ClinVar) |
(no conditions catalogued)
Research Path Decision Tree
ΔΔG < 2 + binding site affected → CATEGORY 3 — docking experiments
ΔΔG 2–4 → CATEGORY 2 — pharmacological chaperones
ΔΔG > 4 → CATEGORY 1 — gene therapy
pLDDT < 50 → CATEGORY 5 — IDR, experimental only
Stable fold + functional site hit → CATEGORY 4 — site-specific docking
Final Schema Categorization
Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function Disrupted
<strong>Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function Disrupted</strong><br/><br/>|ΔΔG|=0.25 negligible. Likely site-specific functional disruption — docking strategy.
Why this card matters. Wolframin's fold survives this substitution (|ΔΔG|=0.25 kcal/mol). The pathogenic signal is real — AlphaMissense places it at 0.519. Protein still folds, but a specific local site is broken. Pharmacological chaperones and small-molecule binders are the rational therapeutic vector.
Files in this folder
AF-O76024-F1-model_v6.pdb— AlphaFold structureC529R_molstar_viewer.html— interactive 3D viewer (auto-highlights position 529 with ball-and-stick + neighbors within 5Å)C529R_variant_card.md— this card (source of truth)C529R_variant_card.html— styled printable cardC529R_dynamut2_summary.html— clean offline DynaMut2 result carddynamut2_result.json— structured result datadynamut2_result_page.html— local snapshot of the Biosig result page (asset URLs absolutized)C529R_wildtype_interactions.pse/C529R_mutant_interactions.pse— PyMOL sessions
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