TPM2
protein-codingtropomyosin 2, the group of Tropomyosins
Gene summary
This gene encodes beta-tropomyosin, a member of the actin filament binding protein family, and mainly expressed in slow, type 1 muscle fibers. Mutations in this gene can alter the expression of other sarcomeric tropomyosin proteins, and cause cap disease, nemaline myopathy and distal arthrogryposis syndromes. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2009]
- AMCD1
MANE transcript
Inheritance
ClinVar variants
Top phenotype
gnomAD constraint
Max pathogenic AF
Genomic locus
External References & Databases
Transcript & Mutation Effects
hg38 • Region Span ~8.1 kbGenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations
Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0012240
Submitter: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0015737
Submitter: Orphanet
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0009711
Submitter: Orphanet
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0007157
Submitter: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0011128
Submitter: Orphanet
Inheritance Pattern: AR
Disease ID:MONDO:0019952
Submitter: Ambry Genetics
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0007157
Submitter: PanelApp Australia
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0007157
Submitter: G2P
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0012240
Submitter: PanelApp Australia
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0100196
Submitter: ClinGen
The relationship between TPM2 and autosomal dominant TPM2-Related Myopathy was evaluated using the ClinGen Clinical Validity Framework as of 10/08/20. Variants in TPM2 were first reported in humans with Nemaline Myopathy as early as 2002 (Donner et al., PMID: 11738357), with other histologically distinct cases being reported soon after. At least 10 unique variants (e.g. missense, in-frame indel, duplication) have been reported in humans. Evidence supporting this gene-disease relationship includes case-level data and experimental data. Variants in this gene have been reported in at least 12 probands in 5 publications (PMIDs: 11738357, 17434307, 23378224, 19047562, 17846275). More evidence is available in the literature, but the maximum score for genetic evidence (12 pts.) has been reached. Although there is not a significant genotype-phenotype correlation, the mechanism for disease is variable depending on the type of mutation and the resulting calcium sensitivity. Some variants can interfere with actin-myosin interactions, while others can affect calcium sensitivity in two distinct ways. One type of variant leads to a heterozygous loss of function, with tropomyosin not responding to calcium stimulation and causing a hypocontractile phenotype generally characterized by congenital muscle weakness and hypotonia. Another, less common, type of variant leads to a heteroygous gain of function with tropomyosin increasing the response to calcium stimulation and causing a hypercontractile phenotype generally characterized by congenital muscle stiffness and later-onset weakness/hypotonia. This gene-disease association is supported by several pieces of experimental evidence including the relationship between TPM2's function and the resulting phenotypes of nemaline myopathy, the association with ACTA1, the primary expression of TPM2 in the skeletal muscle, and expression of mutant variants in human myoblast cells, mouse myoblast cells, and zebrafish with the resulting phenotypes reflecting those in humans. In summary, TPM2 is definitively associated with autosomal dominant TPM2-Related Myopathy. This has been repeatedly demonstrated in both the research and clinical diagnostic settings, and has been upheld over time. This classification was approved by the ClinGen Congenital Myopathy Working Group on 12/23/20 (SOP Version 7). Lumping and Splitting: Per criteria outlined by the ClinGen Lumping and Splitting Working Group, we found no likely difference in the inheritance patterns underlying the disease entities: (1) Arthrogryposis, distal, type 1A (MIM: 108120); (2) Arthrogryposis, distal, type 2B4 (MIM:108120); (3) CAP myopathy 2 (MIM:609285); and (4) Nemaline myopathy 4, autosomal dominant (MIM:609285). There are distinct molecular mechanisms that can vary by mutation, however without a clear genotype-phenotype correlation this evidence is not enough to classify these entities differently. There is no clear correlation outside of a shared variant between (3) and (4) (Martilla, 2014 PMID: 24692096; Li, 2018 PMID: 30285720). Recent evidence has shown that TPM2 is likely expressed and is integral during prenatal development, which may cause the phenotypes displayed in the distal arthrogryposis. The phenotypes are markedly different, with (1) and (2) displaying a set of deformities that are rarely seen in (3) and (4) such as overlapping fingers and absent flexion creases while displaying few of the muscular phenotypes such as muscle weakness, gait difficulty, or cap structures. The two types of arthrogryposis have also been separately reviewed and recommended to consider them phenotypic extremes of the same disorder (Beck, 2013 PMID: 23401156). Therefore, we have lumped the myopathies together and the two types of arthrogryposis together, but split these two resulting groups apart. Of note, there are three other entities that were asserted after the lumping and splitting process: (5) Arthrogryposis, distal, type 7 (MIM: 158300); (6) Myopathy, congenital, with fiber-type disproportion (MIM: 255310); and (7) Multiple Pterygium Syndrome, Escobar Variant (MIM: 265000). Of these, (5)/(7) should be lumped with (1)/(2) and (6) should be lumped with (3)/(4) based on L&S criteria. All of these later assertions have minimal published evidence, so it is possible this should be revisited once more evidence is available.
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0015738
Submitter: Orphanet
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0015753
Submitter: Orphanet
Inheritance Pattern: AD
Disease ID:MONDO:0015240
Submitter: Orphanet
Clinical Genomic Database (CGD)
Manifestation: Cardiovascular; Craniofacial; Musculoskeletal
Intervention: General
Rationale: Genetic knowledge may be beneficial related to issues such as selection of optimal supportive care, informed medical decision-making, prognostic considerations, and avoidance of unnecessary testing
ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes
Reported disease conditions connected to TPM2 variants in ClinVar
ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type
Statistics based on transcript NM_003289.4. Only rare variants are included.
We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.
Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.
| Effect | PathogenicP | Likely pathogenicLP | VUS | Likely benignLB | BenignB | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| synonymous | 2 | 61 | 63 | |||
| missense | 5 | 22 | 92 | 3 | 122 | |
| nonsense | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| start loss | 0 | |||||
| frameshift | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Total | 10 | 30 | 104 | 64 | 0 | 208 |
Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.000014872782
Transcript Catalog
Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases
| Transcript ID | Source | Protein ID | Coding Exons | MANE Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RefSeq | NP_003280.2 | 9 | MANE Select | |
| Ensembl | ENSP00000496494.2 | 9 | MANE Select | |
| RefSeq | NP_001288155.1 | 9 | Standard | |
| RefSeq | NP_001288156.1 | 9 | Standard |
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways
Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways
Pathways ConsensusPathDB
- Cardiac muscle contraction - Homo sapiens (human)
- Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) - Homo sapiens (human)
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) - Homo sapiens (human)
- Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes - Homo sapiens (human)
- Disopyramide Action Pathway
Biological Process
- muscle contraction
- actin filament organization
- muscle filament sliding
- regulation of ATPase activity
Molecular Function
- actin binding
- structural constituent of muscle
- identical protein binding
- protein homodimerization activity
- protein heterodimerization activity
Cellular Component
- cytosol
- muscle thin filament tropomyosin
- actin filament
- actin cytoskeleton
gnomAD Constraint
Source:
- Gene type
- protein_coding
- Transcript type
- protein_coding
- Transcript
- ENST00000378292
- Coding exons
- 9
- Length
- 9029
- Individuals with no LoFs
- 125725
- Homozygous LoFs
- 0
- Heterozygous LoFs
- 23
- Defined
- 125748
- p
- 0.0000915
| Z-Score | Observed | Expected | Observed/Expected | Mutation Rate | Total Possible | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missense | 2.13 | 80 | 155 | 0.517 | 0.00000985 | 1867 |
| Missense (PolyPhen) | 30 | 76.216 | 0.39362 | 928 | ||
| Synonymous | -0.186 | 68 | 66.1 | 1.03 | 0.00000448 | 505 |
| Loss of Function | 2.12 | 9 | 19.0 | 0.474 | 0.00000109 | 234 |
Population LoF Frequency
| Population | CAF | p-value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| African | 0.00012 | 0.00012 | rare |
| Latino/Admixed American | 0.00014 | 0.00014 | rare |
| Ashkenazi Jewish | 0.000099 | 0.000099 | rare |
| East Asian | 0.00011 | 0.00011 | rare |
| Finnish | 0 | 0.0 | absent |
| European (Non-Finnish) | 0.000070 | 0.000070 | rare |
| South Asian | 0.00016 | 0.00016 | rare |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | absent |
dbNSFP Gene Annotations
Source:
- Function
- FUNCTION: Binds to actin filaments in muscle and non-muscle cells. Plays a central role, in association with the troponin complex, in the calcium dependent regulation of vertebrate striated muscle contraction. Smooth muscle contraction is regulated by interaction with caldesmon. In non-muscle cells is implicated in stabilizing cytoskeleton actin filaments. The non-muscle isoform may have a role in agonist-mediated receptor internalization. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P58774, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P58775}.;
- Disease
- DISEASE: Nemaline myopathy 4 (NEM4) [MIM:609285]: A form of nemaline myopathy. Nemaline myopathies are muscular disorders characterized by muscle weakness of varying severity and onset, and abnormal thread-like or rod-shaped structures in muscle fibers on histologic examination. Nemaline myopathy type 4 presents from infancy to childhood with hypotonia and moderate-to-severe proximal weakness with minimal or no progression. Major motor milestones are delayed but independent ambulation is usually achieved, although a wheelchair may be needed in later life. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11738357, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17846275, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24692096}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Arthrogryposis, distal, 1A (DA1A) [MIM:108120]: A form of distal arthrogryposis, a disease characterized by congenital joint contractures that mainly involve two or more distal parts of the limbs, in the absence of a primary neurological or muscle disease. Distal arthrogryposis type 1 is characterized largely by camptodactyly and clubfoot. Hypoplasia and/or absence of some interphalangeal creases is common. The shoulders and hips are less frequently affected. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12592607, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24692096}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Cap myopathy 2 (CAPM2) [MIM:609285]: A rare congenital skeletal muscle disorder characterized by the presence of cap-like structures which are well demarcated and peripherally located under the sarcolemma and show abnormal accumulation of sarcomeric proteins. Clinical features are early onset of hypotonia and non- progressive or slowly progressive muscle weakness. Respiratory problems are common. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17434307, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19047562, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19345583, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24692096}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Arthrogryposis, distal, 2B (DA2B) [MIM:601680]: A form of distal arthrogryposis, a disease characterized by congenital joint contractures that mainly involve two or more distal parts of the limbs, in the absence of a primary neurological or muscle disease. DA2B is characterized by contractures of the hands and feet, and a distinctive face characterized by prominent nasolabial folds, small mouth and downslanting palpebral fissures. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17339586}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;
Recessive Scores
- pRec
- 0.224
Intolerance Scores
- LoFtool
- 0.297
- RVIS EVS
- -0.23
- RVIS percentile EVS
- 36.86
Essentials
- Essential (CRISPR)
- N
- Essential (CRISPR2)
- N
- Essential (gene trap)
- N
- Indispensability pred.
- E
- Indispensability score
- 0.780
Gene Damage Prediction
| All | Recessive | Dominant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendelian | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Primary Immunodeficiency | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Cancer | Medium | Medium | Medium |