E158K
Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function DisruptedConflictingCytoplasmic · predictedEditorialGlutamate → Lysine at position 158 in N-terminal cytoplasmic domain. ClinVar Conflicting including Wolfram syndrome 1 + Cataract 41. AlphaMissense 0.378 (below threshold), ΔΔG +0.55 STABILISING.
Interactive 3D Structure
Bond changes · DynaMut2 interaction analysis
| Interaction type | Wild-type partner | Mutant partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen bond | — | T156 | Gained |
| Polar contact | T156 | T156 | Preserved |
| Van der Waals | T156 | — | Lost |
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
This variant is in a water-facing region, which is the regime the stability predictor was built and benchmarked for. Ordinary predictor error still applies.
Clinical Evidence
Observed at very low frequency in gnomAD.
ClinVar classifies this variant as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity for Wolfram syndrome (classic) (autosomal recessive, OMIM 222300); Cataract 41 (autosomal dominant, OMIM 116400); Nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNA6/14/38) (autosomal dominant, OMIM 600965); WFS1-related diabetes (autosomal dominant); Wolfram-like syndrome (autosomal dominant, OMIM 614296). These are two clinically distinct disease families: classic Wolfram syndrome requires two affected copies, while the dominant WFS1-related disorders do not. One label covers both, and it does not tell you which applies to a given person.
- Wolfram syndrome (classic)autosomal recessive · OMIM 222300submitted as: Wolfram syndrome 1; Wolfram syndrome 1
- Cataract 41autosomal dominant · OMIM 116400submitted as: Cataract 41
- Nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNA6/14/38)autosomal dominant · OMIM 600965submitted as: Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 6
- WFS1-related diabetesautosomal dominantsubmitted as: Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Wolfram-like syndromeautosomal dominant · OMIM 614296submitted as: Wolfram-like syndrome
- 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.
Highest in Admixed American: AF 0.0033% (2 of 60,026 alleles), 3.0x 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 group | Allele freq. | AC / AN | Hom. | Carrier est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admixed American | 0.0033% | 2 / 60,026 | 0 | ~1 in 15010 |
| Remaining individuals | 0.0032% | 2 / 62,506 | 0 | ~1 in 15630 |
| East Asian · under-sampled | 0.0022% | 1 / 44,866 | 0 | — |
| South Asian · under-sampled | 0.0011% | 1 / 91,056 | 0 | — |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.0010% | 12 / 1,180,002 | 0 | ~1 in 49170 |
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 158 in cytoplasmic domain. Neighbors: ASN159 (2.5 Å), SER157 (2.5 Å), THR156 (4.0 Å), GLU160 (4.6 Å — second nearby glutamate).
E158K reverses charge. The E158-E160 charged pair becomes K158-E160 alternating charges. Fold stabilises slightly. AM 0.378 under-call; Wolfram + Cataract confirm pathogenicity.
Druggability Assessment
Mechanism: charge-flip in E158-E160 pair. Therapeutic: cytoplasmic recognition surface.
Why this matters
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