The disruptive influence of the Ala218Val variant on the ENG protein

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant disease that interferes with the formation of arteries. The ENG gene encodes for the protein endoglin which is used to properly develop and remodel arteries. The removal of endoglin forms telangiectasias that cause bleeding from the nose and vital organs. This study investigates the impact of one of the many variants of uncertain significance of ENG associated with HHT. The missense swap of alanine for valine at position 218 (Ala218Val) was characterized through computational metrics from in silico pathogenicity prediction tools, conservation analysis, and molecular dynamics simulation (MDS). The structural residue is highly conserved over multiple species and buried. The missense swap resulted in a difference in movement from the wild type according to MDS in a simulated aqueous environment. Therefore, it is predicted to be likely pathogenic.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  microPublication Biology

• Publication date

  2025-02-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.17912/micropub.biology.001350PMID 40078403PMCID 11897815
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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