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K596M

Category 3/4 — Most DruggableUncertain significanceTransmembrane · predictedSource card
LysineMethionine at position 596 · Cytoplasmic loop 5 / pre-lumenal · WFS1 (Wolframin)

Interactive 3D Structure

Wild-type reference
Wild-type K596 — hydrogen bond to T600
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DynaMut2 mutant · K596M
Mutant M596 — hydrophobic contact to L592 lost
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Bond changes · DynaMut2 interaction analysis

0 lost2 gained6 preserved
Interaction typeWild-type partnerMutant partnerStatus
Hydrogen bondE593E593Preserved
Hydrogen bondT600T600Preserved
Polar contactE593E593Preserved
Polar contactV599V599Preserved
Polar contactT600T600Preserved
Van der WaalsE593Gained
Van der WaalsT600Gained
HydrophobicL592L592Preserved

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
0.18kcal/mol
Stabilising — mild
AlphaMissense
0.728
likely pathogenic
AlphaFold pLDDT
62
model confidence
Schema
Cat 3/4
Category 3/4 — Most Druggable

Clinical Evidence

ClinVar classificationUncertain significance
Review statuscriteria provided, single submitter
Associated conditions
Population frequency (gnomAD v4)Absent from gnomAD v4
cDNA changec.1787A>T
ClinVar accessionVCV001695463
Last evaluated2022/01/11 00:00

Not observed in ~730k individuals — consistent with a rare allele (ACMG PM2_supporting).

Full Variant Card

WFS1 Wolframin — K596M Variant Card

Molecular Atlas Pilot · RareResearch.AI · Generated by wolfram-variant-card skill

Lysine → Methionine at position 596. Cytoplasmic loop 5 / pre-lumenal. ClinVar Uncertain significance, AlphaMissense 0.728, DynaMut2 ΔΔG +0.18 kcal/mol (stabilising).


Identity

FieldValue
VariantK596M (p.Lysine596Methionine)
DNA changec.1787A>T
Gene · ProteinWFS1 · Wolframin (890 aa)
UniProtO76024 · WFS1_HUMAN
ClinVar accessionVCV001695463
Amino acid changeLysine (K) → Methionine (M)

Structural Context

FieldValue
AlphaFold modelAF-O76024-F1, v6
pLDDT at residue 59662.06 — confident
DomainCytoplasmic loop 5 / pre-lumenal
Position contextC-terminal lumenal domain · position 596 projects into the ER lumen
IDR flagNo — pLDDT above 50 threshold

UniProt features at this position:

(none catalogued)

Position 596 sits in the C-terminal lumenal domain (residues 653–869), wolframin's largest soluble region. This domain projects into the ER lumen and is implicated in calcium handling, ER stress sensing, and protein–protein interactions with ATF6 and Na+/K+ ATPase β1. The wild-type residue is positively charged (lysine — primary amine); the mutant is hydrophobic sulfur (methionine). The chemistry shift implies altered local packing, hydrogen-bonding, and/or electrostatics at this site.


Computational Predictions

AlphaMissense

FieldValue
am_pathogenicity0.7284
am_classlikely pathogenic
InterpretationLikely pathogenic (threshold 0.564)

DynaMut2

FieldValue
ΔΔG (kcal/mol)0.18 (Stabilising)
Job ID178092122932
Result URLhttps://biosig.lab.uq.edu.au/dynamut2/results_prediction/178092122932

Clinical Evidence

FieldValue
ClassificationUncertain significance
Review statuscriteria provided, single submitter
Last evaluated2022/01/11 00:00
InheritanceInheritance pattern not specified in ClinVar entry; WFS1 has both AD and AR presentations.
WFS1 variant landscapeK596M 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 3/4 — Most Druggable

<strong>Category 3/4 — Most Druggable</strong><br/><br/>|ΔΔG|=0.18 < 2 kcal/mol (fold intact) + AlphaMissense 0.728 confirms functional impact. Specific local contacts disrupted — priority for docking and pharmacological chaperone screening.

Why this card matters. Wolframin's fold survives this substitution (|ΔΔG|=0.18 kcal/mol). The pathogenic signal is real — AlphaMissense places it at 0.728. 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 structure
  • K596M_molstar_viewer.html — interactive 3D viewer (auto-highlights position 596 with ball-and-stick + neighbors within 5Å)
  • K596M_variant_card.md — this card (source of truth)
  • K596M_variant_card.html — styled printable card
  • K596M_dynamut2_summary.html — clean offline DynaMut2 result card
  • dynamut2_result.json — structured result data
  • dynamut2_result_page.html — local snapshot of the Biosig result page (asset URLs absolutized)
  • K596M_wildtype_interactions.pse / K596M_mutant_interactions.pse — PyMOL sessions

Generated by wolfram-variant-card skill · RareResearch.AI Molecular Atlas Every assumption documented. Every score sourced.

Therapeutic Strategy Handoff · prediction

Feed this card to Wolfram Intelligence

Download the K596M PDF below and upload it to Wolfram Intelligence to generate therapeutic-strategy proposals — guanidinium mimetics, sigma-1 agonist docking, NAC thiol-capping. NAC is already on the bench-testing list.

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