Molecular modelling of novel ADCY3 variant predicts a molecular target for tackling obesity.

ABSTRACT: Severe early‑onset obesity is mainly attributed to single gene variations of the hypothalamic leptin‑melanocortin system, which is critical for controlling the balance between appetite and energy expenditure. Adenylate cyclase 3 (ADCY3), a transmembrane enzyme localized in primary neuronal cilia, is a key genetic candidate, which appears to have an essential role in regulating body weight. The present study aimed to identify ADCY3 genetic variants in severely obese young patients of Greek‑Cypriot origin by genomic sequencing. Apart from previously reported variants, the novel and probably pathogenic variant c.349T>A, causing a p.Leu117Met substitution within one of the two pseudo‑symmetric halves of the transmembrane part of the protein, was reported. Molecular modelling analysis used to d

SUBMITTER: Toumba M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651229 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature