From Protein Structure-Function Relationships to Phenotypes of Exome Variants

Successes of protein science during the past century have provided a high level of understanding of the relationships between the protein structure and function. These achievements form a solid basis for understanding the genotype-phenotype relationships for the exome part of genome. However, filling in the gap between functional characterization of protein variant and its pathophysiological significance represents a great challenge even for in vitro characterized variants of well-known proteins. In this research topic, we would like to address this challenge by presenting the studies of genetic disorders that consider molecular mechanisms of such disorders; advantages and limitations of the cellular and animal models of hereditary diseases; factors defining symptomatic variety in individual patients with the same dysfunctional protein.

This Research Topic aims to understand pathophysiological consequences of structural and functional changes in a protein due to mutations in the protein-coding genes, that affect protein structure.

We welcome manuscripts on

- Clinical cases of genetic disorders due to corrupted splicing, deletions or substitutions of amino acids in proteins, with a special focus on molecular basis of the disorders

- Animal and cellular models of hereditary diseases, including critical reviews on the advantages and limitations of the models

- Study of molecular mechanisms of genetic disorders using patient-derived cells

- In vitro characterization of specific protein variants and their pathophysiological significance

- Genetic characterization of the mutation inheritance type and penetrance, potential links between these features and perturbations in the protein structure and function.

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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Molecular Model of Genetic Disorder, Molecular Mechanism of Hereditary Disease, Pathogenicity of Protein Variant, Phenotype-Genotype Relationship, Rare Disease

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