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A rapid solubility assay of protein domain misfolding for pathogenicity assessment of rare DNA sequence variants.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:DNA sequencing technology has unmasked a vast number of uncharacterized single-nucleotide variants in disease-associated genes, and efficient methods are needed to determine pathogenicity and enable clinical care. METHODS:We report an E. coli-based solubility assay for assessing the effects of variants on protein domain stability for three disease-associated proteins. RESULTS:First, we examined variants in the Kv11.1 channel PAS domain (PASD) associated with inherited long QT syndrome type 2 and found that protein solubility correlated well with reported in vitro protein stabilities. A comprehensive solubility analysis of 56 Kv11.1 PASD variants revealed that disruption of membrane trafficking, the dominant loss-of-function disease mechanism, is largely determined by domain stability. We further validated this assay by using it to identify second-site suppressor PASD variants that improve domain stability and Kv11.1 protein trafficking. Finally, we applied this assay to several cancer-linked P53 tumor suppressor DNA-binding domain and myopathy-linked Lamin A/C Ig-like domain variants, which also correlated well with reported protein stabilities and functional analyses. CONCLUSION:This simple solubility assay can aid in determining the likelihood of pathogenicity for sequence variants due to protein misfolding in structured domains of disease-associated genes as well as provide insights into the structural basis of disease.

SUBMITTER: Anderson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7529867 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A rapid solubility assay of protein domain misfolding for pathogenicity assessment of rare DNA sequence variants.

Anderson Corey L CL   Routes Tim C TC   Eckhardt Lee L LL   Delisle Brian P BP   January Craig T CT   Kamp Timothy J TJ  

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 20200601 10


<h4>Purpose</h4>DNA sequencing technology has unmasked a vast number of uncharacterized single-nucleotide variants in disease-associated genes, and efficient methods are needed to determine pathogenicity and enable clinical care.<h4>Methods</h4>We report an E. coli-based solubility assay for assessing the effects of variants on protein domain stability for three disease-associated proteins.<h4>Results</h4>First, we examined variants in the Kv11.1 channel PAS domain (PASD) associated with inherit  ...[more]

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