Research Article

Assessing Candidate Gene nsSNPs for Phenotypic Differences in Double-Strand Break Repair Using Radiation-Induced H2A.X Foci

Table 1

Selected nsSNPs and consequences based on in silico predictions.

GeneRS numberAA changePredicted consequence from in silico Programs
PolyPhenSIFT OrthologSIFT homolog
Prediction of damageScore*PredictionScorePredictionScore

PNKPrs3739186Y196NProbably2.025Tolerated0.26Tolerated0.25
BRCA1rs1799950Q356RPossibly1.965Damaging0.04Damaging0.03
LIG4rs1805388T9IPossibly1.521Damaging0.01Damaging0.04
WRNrs1346044C1367RProbably2.327Tolerated0.06Tolerated0.10
ATMrs1800057P1054RProbably2.621Damaging0Damaging0

*PolyPhen scores: ≤1.5  =  benign,   =  possibly damaging, >2  =  probably damaging.
SIFT scores: >0.05  =  tolerated, ≤0.05  =  damaging.