In silico deleterious prediction of nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in Neurexin1 gene for mental disorders
by Ashraf Hendam; Ahmed Farouk Al-Sadek; Hesham Ahmed Hefny
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA), Vol. 16, No. 1, 2020

Abstract: Neurexin1 (NRXN1) gene is playing an important role in synaptic formation, plasticity and maturity. Studies have reported non-synonymous SNPs in NRXN1 in patient with mental disorders. The current work is applying computational tools on recoded NRXN1 SNPs in mental disorder patients. The aim of the work is to identify deleterious SNPs, determine damaged protein features (function, stability) and recognise potential protein regions for future research. The effect on protein function is predicted by PROVEAN, SIFT and PolyPhen-2 while protein stability is predicted by MUpro and I-Mutant2.0. Prediction results have identified 2 SNPs to be deleterious by all tools. Higher deleterious results in the stability tools with the percentages of 72%, 78% than the function tools with 25%, 41% and 47%. Agreement percentage of deleterious prediction between stability tools was 56% while 12.5% in the function tools. The identified regions of NRXN1 for future research are SP and LNS4.

Online publication date: Wed, 05-Feb-2020

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com