{
  "id": 18301007,
  "title": "memVar: an integrated resource for interpreting human membrane protein variation in molecular and disease contexts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/memvar-an-integrated-resource-for-interpreting-human-membrane-protein",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.04.764121v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Interpreting membrane protein variation requires connecting clinical evidence to the membrane environments and molecular interactions that govern protein functions. Here, we introduce memVar (https://memvar.sunnylab.org), an integrated database of 10,906,688unique single-nucleotide variants from ClinVar, COSMIC, and gnomAD across 7,732 human membrane-associated proteins. memVar reconciles…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}