Title:Bioinformatics Insights on the Physicochemical Properties of SCN5A
Mutant Proteins Associated with the Brugada Syndrome
Volume: 30
Issue: 15
Author(s): Carlos Polanco*, Manlio F. Márquez, Vladimir N. Uversky, Enrique H. Lemus, Alberto Huberman, Thomas Buhse and Martha R. Castro
Affiliation:
- Department of Electromechanical Instrumentation, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”, Mexico City 14080, Mexico
- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
Keywords:
SCN5A, SCN5A gene, SNC5A mutant proteins, structural proteomics, bioinformatics, intrinsic disorder predisposition profile, polarity index method profile.
Abstract:
Background: The Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a heart rhythm condition that is
commonly associated with a strong predisposition for sudden cardiac death. Malignant
ventricular arrhythmias could occur secondary to the dysfunction of the cardiac sodium
voltage-gated Na(v)1.5 channel (SCN5A).
Objective: This study aimed to perform a multiparametric computational analysis of the
physicochemical properties of SCN5A mutants associated with BrS using a set of bioinformatics
tools.
Methods: In-house algorithms were calibrated to calculate, in a double-blind test, the Polarity
Index Method (PIM) profile and protein intrinsic disorder predisposition (PIDP)
profile of each sequence, and computer programs specialized in the genomic analysis
were used.
Results: Specific regularities in the charge/polarity and PIDP profile of the SCN5A mutant
proteins enabled the re-creation of the taxonomy, allowing us to propose a bioinformatics
method that takes advantage of the PIM profile to identify this group of proteins
from their sequence.
Conclusion: Bioinformatics programs could reproduce characteristic PIM and PIDP profiles
of the BrS-related SCN5A mutant proteins. This information can contribute to a better
understanding of these altered proteins.