V839A
Category 4 — Stable Fold, Function DisruptedConflictingLumenal · predictedσ-1 candidateEditorialValine → Alanine at position 839 in lumenal domain. ClinVar Conflicting including Wolfram syndrome 1. AlphaMissense 0.398 (below threshold), ΔΔG -1.37 (substantial destabilising).
Interactive 3D Structure
Bond changes · DynaMut2 interaction analysis
| Interaction type | Wild-type partner | Mutant partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen bond | V803 | V803 | Preserved |
| Hydrogen bond | W837 | — | Lost |
| Polar contact | V803 | V803 | Preserved |
| Polar contact | W837 | W837 | Preserved |
| Carbonyl | V803 | V803 | Preserved |
| Van der Waals | V803 | V803 | Preserved |
| Hydrophobic | V803 | — | Lost |
| Hydrophobic | R805 | — | 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). Classic Wolfram syndrome is recessive: a single copy does not produce it, and this classification says nothing about a carrier's own risk.
- Wolfram syndrome (classic)autosomal recessive · OMIM 222300submitted as: Wolfram syndrome 1
- 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 0.0067% (3 of 44,696 alleles), 16.3x 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 | 0.0067% | 3 / 44,696 | 0 | ~1 in 7450 |
| East Asian | 0.0050% | 2 / 39,652 | 0 | ~1 in 9910 |
| Remaining individuals · under-sampled | 0.0017% | 1 / 60,282 | 0 | — |
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 839 in lumenal domain. Neighbors: PHE840 (2.4 Å — partner of L842F, L829P regions), PRO838 (2.5 Å), VAL803 (3.3 Å — long-range; L804P region), TRP837 (4.3 Å).
Replacing V839 with alanine reduces side-chain volume substantially, creating a cavity. The V803 long-range contact through the fold geometry is perturbed. |ΔΔG| 1.37 reflects substantial fold cost. AM 0.398 below threshold; Wolfram 1 does not resolve it (ClinVar: conflicting submissions).
Druggability Assessment
Mechanism: hydrophobic cavity creation + V839-V803 long-range contact perturbation. Therapeutic: lumenal hub region (with L842F, L829P, L804P targets).
Why this matters
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