Review Article

Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9: From the Discovery to the Development of New Therapies for Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 1

PCSK9 allelic variants with known functional property.

Functional domainDNA alleleMutationFunctionRef.

5′UTR, 2.5-fold increase of transcriptional activityC−332AGain[71]
Signal peptideG10AVal4IleGain[72, 73]
ProdomainG94AGlu32LysGain[73]
ProdomainA161CGlu54AlaGain[73]
Generation of a truncated peptide (Ala68fsLeu82X) 202del GAla68ProfsX15Loss[74]
ProdomainC230TThr77IleLoss[74]
ProdomainC277TArg93CysLoss[73]
Prodomain del GCCArg97delLoss[75]
ProdomainC310TArg104CysGain[73]
ProdomainG316AGly106ArgLoss[76]
ProdomainT341CVal114AlaLoss[74, 77]
ProdomainT381ASer127ArgGain[39, 78, 79]
ProdomainG385AAsp129AsnGain[74]
ProdomainA386GAsp129GlyGain[78]
Generation of a truncated peptideC426GTyr142XLoss[80]
CatalyticC503AAla168GluNo effect[78]
CatalyticG644AArg215HisGain[79]
CatalyticT646CPhe216LeuGain[39]
CatalyticA654TArg218SerGain[81]
CatalyticC655GGln219GluLoss[73]
CatalyticG706AGly236SerLoss[79]
CatalyticC716AAla239AspLoss[73]
CatalyticC757TLeu253PheLoss[82]
CatalyticA1061TAsn354IleLoss[79]
CatalyticG1070AArg357HisGain[81]
CatalyticG1120TAsp374TyrGain[40, 83, 84]
CatalyticG1120CAsp374HisGain[85]
CatalyticC1171AHis391AsnLoss[82]
CatalyticA1274GAsn425SerGain[82, 86]
CatalyticG1284ATrp428XLoss[73]
C-terminal domainC1300TArg434TrpLoss[87]
C-terminal domainG1355AGly452AspLoss[73]
Disrupts normal folding of the C-terminal domainT1384CSer462ProLoss[79]
C-terminal domainC1405TArg469TrpGain[81, 82]
C-terminal domainC1486TArg496TrpGain[86]
C-terminal domainG1540AAla514ThrGain[73]
C-terminal domainG1564AAla522ThrGain[74]
C-terminal domainA1658GHis553ArgGain[82]
C-terminal domainC1660GGln554GluLoss[82]
C-terminal domainC1847TPro616LeuLoss[74]
C-terminal domainG1870AVal624MetGain[73]
C-terminal domainC2004ASer668ArgLoss[73]
Generation of a truncated peptide retained in the ERC2037ACys679XLoss[80]