title: An in silico analysis of troponin I mutations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy of Indian origin.
abstract: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant disorder of the myocardium which is hypertrophied resulting in arrhythmias and heart failure leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Several sarcomeric proteins and modifier genes have been implicated in this disease. Troponin I, being a part of the Troponin complex (troponin I, troponin C, troponin T), is an important gene for sarcomeric function. Four mutations (1 novel) were identified in Indian HCM cases, namely, Pro82Ser, Arg98Gln, Arg141Gln and Arg162Gln in Troponin I protein, which are in functionally significant domains. In order to analyse the effect of the mutations on protein stability and protein-protein interactions within the Troponin complex, an in silico study was carried out. The freely available X-ray crystal structure (PDB ID: 1JIE) was used as the template to model the protein followed by loop generation and development of troponin complex for both the troponin I wild type and four mutants (NCBI ID: PRJNA194382). The structural study was carried out to determine the effect of mutation on the structural stability and protein-protein interactions between three subunits in the complex. These mutations, especially the arginine to glutamine substitutions were found to result in local perturbations within the troponin complex by creating/removing inter/intra molecular hydrogen bonds with troponin T and troponin C. This has led to a decrease in the protein stability and loss of important interactions between the three subunits. It could have a significant impact on the disease progression when coupled with allelic heterogeneity which was observed in the cases carrying these mutations. However, this can be further confirmed by functional studies on protein levels in the identified cases.
authors: Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors: Gayatri
authors: G
authors: Ramachandran
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Kumar
authors: Deepa
authors: D
authors: Selvi Rani
authors: Venkateshwari
authors: V
authors: Annanthapur
authors: Narasimhan
authors: N
authors: Calambur
authors: Pratibha
authors: P
authors: Nallari
authors: Punit
authors: P
authors: Kaur
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D019209:Troponin C / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019210:Troponin I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019209:Troponin C; D019210:Troponin I
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