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Next Generation Protein Structure Predictions and Genetic Variant Interpretation

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Diwan, Gaurav D., Gonzalez-Sanchez, Juan Carlos, Apic, Gordana, Russell, Robert B.·2021·Journal of Molecular Biology

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The need to make sense of the thousands of genetic variants uncovered every day in terms of pathology or biological mechanism is acute. Many insights into how genetic changes impact protein function can be gleaned if three-dimensional structures of the associated proteins are available. The availability of a highly accurate method of predicting structures from amino acid sequences (e.g. Alphafold2) is thus potentially a great boost to those wanting to understand genetic changes. In this paper we discuss the current state of protein structures known for the human and other proteomes and how Alphafold2 might impact on variant interpretation efforts. For the human proteome in particular, the state of the available structural data suggests that the impact on variant interpretation might be less than anticipated. We also discuss additional efforts in structure prediction that could further aid the understanding of genetic variants.

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Authors
Diwan, G. D., Gonzalez-Sanchez, J. C., Apic, G., & Russell, R. B.
Affiliations
Heidelberg University (DE)
Corresponding author
Russell, Robert B.
Venue
Journal of Molecular Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-10
Volume
433
Issue
20
Pages
167180
ISSN
0022-2836 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3187111887
Cited by
30
References
71
Citations by year
2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 2
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0.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Molecular Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Vetenskapsrådet (2018-05882)
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
  • German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure
  • Wellcome Trust (210585/B/18/Z)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
Keywords
protein structure prediction, variant interpretation, AlphaFold2, human proteome, protein 3D structure, structural genomics, pathogenic variants, protein function
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Proteins, Genetic Variation, Proteome, Genomics

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