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@article{Tsitsa:2026:10.1016/j.jmb.2026.170066,
author = {Tsitsa, I and Hanna, G and Conev, A and Islam, SA and Sternberg, MJE and David, A},
doi = {10.1016/j.jmb.2026.170066},
journal = {Journal of Molecular Biology},
pages = {170066--170066},
title = {Missense3D: leveraging protein structures, including AlphaFold models, to understand the effect of missense variants},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2026.170066},
year = {2026}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - The growing availability of 3D protein structures enables large-scale assessment of missense variants and their phenotypic impact. Missense3D, first developed in 2019, predicts the structural consequences of amino acid substitutions and provides mechanistic explanations by identifying features such as cavities, steric clashes and disrupted non-covalent bonds that may cause protein misfolding.The new Missense3D algorithm presented here accepts genomics, protein, and structural coordinates; models variants on both single proteins and protein-protein complexes using experimental and predicted structures, including AlphaFold models; performs automated sequence-structure mapping; and evaluates structural model quality before analysis. The Missense3D web server is freely available to all users, including commercial ones, at https://missense3d.bc.ic.ac.uk/~missense3d2/.
AU - Tsitsa,I
AU - Hanna,G
AU - Conev,A
AU - Islam,SA
AU - Sternberg,MJE
AU - David,A
DO - 10.1016/j.jmb.2026.170066
EP - 170066
PY - 2026///
SN - 0022-2836
SP - 170066
TI - Missense3D: leveraging protein structures, including AlphaFold models, to understand the effect of missense variants
T2 - Journal of Molecular Biology
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2026.170066
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2026.170066
ER -
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