R587W
Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function DisruptedConflictingTransmembrane · predictedEditorialArg→Trp p587 loop AM=0.10 ddg=-0.42 pLDDT=77. ClinVar Conflicting evidence. Atlas mechanism: see structural analysis.
Interactive 3D Structure
Bond changes · DynaMut2 interaction analysis
| Interaction type | Wild-type partner | Mutant partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen bond | L583 | L583 | Preserved |
| Hydrogen bond | T590 | T590 | Preserved |
| Hydrogen bond | S591 | S591 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | L583 | L583 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | Q584 | Q584 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | T590 | T590 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | S591 | S591 | Preserved |
| Van der Waals | S591 | — | 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
- 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
Observed at very low frequency in gnomAD.
ClinVar classifies this variant as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity for WFS1-related diabetes (autosomal dominant). These are dominant WFS1-related disorders and are clinically distinct from classic recessive Wolfram syndrome. This classification is not a statement about Wolfram syndrome severity.
- WFS1-related diabetesautosomal dominantsubmitted as: Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- 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 South Asian: AF 0.054% (49 of 91,088 alleles), 6.2x 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Asian | 0.054% | 49 / 91,088 | 0 | ~1 in 930 |
| Middle Eastern · under-sampled | 0.016% | 1 / 6,062 | 0 | — |
| Remaining individuals | 0.016% | 10 / 62,508 | 0 | ~1 in 3130 |
| East Asian | 0.0089% | 4 / 44,874 | 0 | ~1 in 5610 |
| African / African American | 0.0067% | 5 / 75,066 | 0 | ~1 in 7510 |
| European (non-Finnish) | 0.0058% | 69 / 1,180,042 | 0 | ~1 in 8550 |
| Admixed American | 0.0050% | 3 / 60,030 | 0 | ~1 in 10010 |
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 analysis: TRP588 (2.4 Å — adjacent existing W!), ALA586 (2.5 Å), THR590 (3.5 Å). Tandem W588-W587 aromatic cluster created. The Atlas's neighbor extraction surfaces this variant's contacts.
Druggability Assessment
Why this matters
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