Structural and immunological impacts of TOLLIP nsSNPs: A computational biology approach to drug discovery and immune system modulation.

ABSTRACT: Toll-Interacting Protein (TOLLIP) serves as key adaptor molecule in innate immune signaling, modulating toll-like receptors (TLRs) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) pathway. Despite its central role, the functional impact of non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (nsSNPs) on TOLLIP remains unclear. Using an integrated computational approach, we screened 150 TOLLIP nsSNPs through consensus predictive tools including PROVEAN, PANTHER, SNPs & GO and SIFT. This approach identified four high confidence deleterious variants (R28Q, T40M, P59L, and R200C) with strong potential to compromise TOLLIP protein stability and function. Structural analysis and energy minimization suggested subtle confirmation changes and destabilizing effect, while TM-align displayed preservation of overall folding (TM-scor

SUBMITTER: Habib O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12614547 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature