TTRMDb
An amyloid disease database for transthyretin mutants
Sequence
Analysis Tool |
Result |
iMutant 3.0 | Stabilizing |
STRUM | Destabilizing |
iStable | Stabilizing |
Provean | Deleterious |
PredictSNP | Neutral |
PhD-SNP | Neutral |
PolyPhen-2 | Neutral |
SIFT | Deleterious |
FATHMM | Damaging |
Structure
Analysis Tool |
Result |
mCSM | Stabilizing |
SDM | Destabilizing |
DUET | Stabilizing |
DynaMut | Destabilizing |
CUPSAT | Destabilizing |
ENCoM | Destabilizing |
FoldX (Protein Stability) | Slightly Reduces |
Aggregation
Analysis Tool |
Result |
TANGO (Aggregation Tendency) | No effect |
WALTZ (Amyloid Propensity) | No effect |
LIMBO (Chaperone Binding Tendency) | No effect |
Reported Articles
- Lachmann HJ, Booth DR, Booth SE, Bybee A, Gilbertson JA, Gillmore JD, et al. Misdiagnosis of hereditary
amyloidosis as AL (primary) amyloidosis. N Engl J Med. 2002;346: 1786–1791. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa013354
- Augustin S, Llige D, Andreu A, González A, Genescà J. Familial amyloidosis in a large Spanish kindred
resulting from a D38V mutation in the transthyretin gene. Eur J Clin Invest. 2007;37: 673–678.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2362.2007.01836.x
- Higashikata T, Yazaki M, Ikeda S, Nakamura A, and Higuchi K. (1999). Biochemical analysis of amyloid fibril
protein in the heart of patients with Ala 38 TTR variant. The 4th International Symposium on FAP and Other
TTR Related Disorders. Umeå Sweden, June 1999.
- Lipowska M, Rowczenio D, Gilbertson J, Hawkins PN, Ptasinska-Perkowska A, Drac H. Transthyretin-related
Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) caused by a very rare, de novo mutation in a Polish patient.
Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2015;10: P25. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-10-S1-P25
Studies on Therapeutic Strategy*
- Adams D, Gonzalez-Duarte A, O’Riordan WD, Yang C-C, Ueda M, Kristen AV, et
al. Patisiran, an RNAi Therapeutic, for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
N Engl J Med. 2018;379: 11–21. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1716153
*includes studies on model organisms and commercially unavailable drugs