1-40833017-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_004700.4(KCNQ4):c.1517C>T(p.Ala506Val) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000558 in 1,612,236 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A506A) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000055 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

KCNQ4
NM_004700.4 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 1.25

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

KCNQ4 (HGNC:6298): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 4) The protein encoded by this gene forms a potassium channel that is thought to play a critical role in the regulation of neuronal excitability, particularly in sensory cells of the cochlea. The current generated by this channel is inhibited by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and activated by retigabine, a novel anti-convulsant drug. The encoded protein can form a homomultimeric potassium channel or possibly a heteromultimeric channel in association with the protein encoded by the KCNQ3 gene. Defects in this gene are a cause of nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness type 2 (DFNA2), an autosomal dominant form of progressive hearing loss. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNQ4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 2A
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, PanelApp Australia
nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hearing loss disorder
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

KCNQ4 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.24543267).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
KCNQ4	NM_004700.4 link	c.1517C>T	p.Ala506Val	missense_variant	Exon 11 of 14	ENST00000347132.10	NP_004691.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein
KCNQ4	ENST00000347132.10 link	c.1517C>T	p.Ala506Val	missense_variant	Exon 11 of 14	1	NM_004700.4	ENSP00000262916.6
KCNQ4	ENST00000509682.6 link	c.1355C>T	p.Ala452Val	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 13	5		ENSP00000423756.2
KCNQ4	ENST00000443478.3 link	c.1097C>T	p.Ala366Val	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 13	5		ENSP00000406735.3
KCNQ4	ENST00000506017.1 link	n.836C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 8 of 11	2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152134

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000147

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00000399

AC:

AN:

250826

AF XY:

0.00

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000289

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000548

AC:

AN:

1460102

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000138

AC XY:

AN XY:

726424

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33450

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000447

AC:

AN:

44718

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26132

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39686

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86228

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

52852

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5762

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000360

AC:

AN:

1110926

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000166

AC:

AN:

60348

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.494

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152134

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000135

AC XY:

AN XY:

74310

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41438

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15276

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5184

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4816

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10612

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

314

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68018

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2094

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.575

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000151

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000116

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified

Uncertain:1

Aug 10, 2017

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.Ala506Val variant in KCNQ4 has not been previously reported in individuals with hearing loss but has been identified in 1/111540 European chromosomes by t he Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs145732892). Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest t hat this variant may not impact the protein, though this information is not pred ictive enough to rule out pathogenicity. In summary, the clinical significance o f the p.Ala506Val variant is uncertain. -

Inborn genetic diseases

Uncertain:1

Apr 03, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.1517C>T (p.A506V) alteration is located in exon 11 (coding exon 11) of the KCNQ4 gene. This alteration results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 1517, causing the alanine (A) at amino acid position 506 to be replaced by a valine (V). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 2A

Uncertain:1

Apr 11, 2023

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided

Uncertain:1

Apr 28, 2023

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.084

BayesDel_addAF

Uncertain

0.070

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.14

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

0.99

DEOGEN2

Uncertain

0.74

D;D;.

Eigen

Benign

-0.32

Eigen_PC

Benign

-0.17

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.70

LIST_S2

Benign

0.69

.;T;T

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.56

MetaRNN

Benign

0.25

T;T;T

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.0

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.1

L;L;.

PhyloP100

1.3

PrimateAI

Benign

0.40

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.9

.;N;N

REVEL

Uncertain

0.46

Sift

Benign

0.044

.;D;T

Sift4G

Benign

0.062

.;T;D

Polyphen

0.097

B;B;B

Vest4

0.077, 0.097

MVP

0.46

MPC

0.14

ClinPred

0.23

GERP RS

3.6

Varity_R

0.051

gMVP

0.31

Mutation Taster

=94/6

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.010

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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