The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a 1480 amino acid membrane bound glycoprotein with a molecular mass of 170,000. It is a member of the ATP binding cassette (ABC)superfamily of proteins. The protein is comprised of two, six span membrane bound regions each connected to a nuclear binding factor which binds ATP. Between these two units is an R-domain which is comprised of many charged amino acids. The R-domain is a unique feature of CFTR within the ABC superfamily.

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19 % of the CFTR protein make up the twelve transmembrane domains (M1 - M12). These domains have been shown to be comprised of typical a-helical secondary structure. Many of the residues within these regions form the channel lining residues and have a major role in the regulation of pore function. Six positively charged residues within the transmembrane domains [K95 (M1), R134 (M2), R334 (M6), K335 (M6), R347 (M6) and R1030 (M10] that are well conserved across species. Two of these are associated with mutations causing CF, R334Q/W and R347C/H/L/P.

The mutations happenning in MSD2 domain:

cDNA Name Protein Name Legacy Name Region Description Consequence
c.488delA p.Lys163ArgfsX3
c.488A>C p.Lys163Thr K163T exon 4 620A>C
c.489G>A 621G- >A exon 4 G to A at 621 mRNA splicing defect
c.490A>G p.Thr164Ala T164A exon 5 622A>G
c.494delT p.Leu165X 624delT exon 5 deletion of T at 624 frameshift
c.494T>C p.Leu165Ser L165S exon 5 T to C at 626 Leu to Ser at 165
c.496A>G p.Lys166Glu K166Q exon 5 A to G at 628 Lys to Gln at 166
c.500T>G p.Leu167Arg exon 5
c.503C>T p.Ser168Leu
c.508delC p.Arg170ValfsX3
c.508C>T p.Arg170Cys R170C exon 5 C to T at 640 Arg to Cys at 170
c.508C>G p.Arg170Gly R170G exon 5 C to G at 640 Arg to Gly at 170
c.508_510delCGT p.Arg170del
c.509G>A p.Arg170His R170H exon 5 G to A at 641 Arg to His at 170
c.509G>G p.Arg170Arg
c.518_522delATAAA p.Ile175TyrfsX6 650delATAAA exon 5 Deletion of ATAAA at 650 Frameshift
c.523A>G p.Ile175Val I175V exon 5 A to G at 655 Ile to Val at 175
c.526delA p.Ser176ValfsX13 657delA exon 5 deletion of A at 657 frameshift
c.529delA p.Ile177LeufsX12
c.530T>C p.Ile177Thr I177T exon 5 T to C at 662 Ile to Thr at 177
c.531delT p.Ile177MetfsX12 663delT exon 5 deletion of T at 663 frameshift
c.531T>G p.Ile177Met I177M exon 5 663T>G
c.531dupT p.Gly178TrpfsX5
c.532G>A p.Gly178Arg G178R exon 5 G to A at 664 Gly to Arg at 178
c.533G>A p.Gly178Glu G178E exon 5 G to A at 665 Gly to Glu at 178
c.535C>A p.Gln179Lys Q179K exon 5 C to A at 667 Gln to Lys at 179
c.535C>T p.Gln179X
c.-530a>T
c.543_546delTAGT p.Leu183PhefsX5 675del4 exon 5 deletion of TAGT from 675 frameshift
c.544A>G p.Ser182Gly 676A/G exon 5 A or G at 676 sequence variation




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The Database was last updated at Apr 25, 2011