11-31801768-G-A

Variant names:

• chr11-31801768-G-A
• rs727504064
• ENST00000640872.1:c.-259C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2 BP4_Strong BP7

The ENST00000640368.2(PAX6):​c.192C>T​(p.Asn64Asn) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000274 in 1,461,858 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000027 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PAX6 ENST00000640368.2 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 1.23
• Publications: 9 publications found

Genes affected

PAX6 (HGNC:8620): (paired box 6) This gene encodes paired box protein Pax-6, one of many human homologs of the Drosophila melanogaster gene prd. In addition to a conserved paired box domain, a hallmark feature of this gene family, the encoded protein also contains a homeobox domain. Both domains are known to bind DNA and function as regulators of gene transcription. Activity of this protein is key in the development of neural tissues, particularly the eye. This gene is regulated by multiple enhancers located up to hundreds of kilobases distant from this locus. Mutations in this gene or in the enhancer regions can cause ocular disorders such as aniridia and Peter's anomaly. Use of alternate promoters and alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Interestingly, inclusion of a particular alternate coding exon has been shown to increase the length of the paired box domain and alter its DNA binding specificity. Consequently, isoforms that carry the shorter paired box domain regulate a different set of genes compared to the isoforms carrying the longer paired box domain. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2019]

PAX6 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• aniridia 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• PAX6-related ocular dysgenesis

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Peters anomaly

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, G2P, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• coloboma, ocular, autosomal dominant

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
• diabetes mellitus

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• aniridia-cerebellar ataxia-intellectual disability syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• foveal hypoplasia-presenile cataract syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• isolated aniridia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• isolated optic nerve hypoplasia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• autosomal dominant keratitis

  Inheritance: Unknown, AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.56).
• BP7: Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=1.23 with no splicing effect.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: ENST00000640368.2. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PAX6	NM_001368894.2	MANE Select	c.192C>T	p.Asn64Asn	synonymous	Exon 7 of 14	NP_001355823.1
	PAX6	NM_001368929.2		c.-259C>T		5_prime_UTR_premature_start_codon_gain	Exon 3 of 9	NP_001355858.1
	PAX6	NM_001310160.2		c.-590C>T		5_prime_UTR_premature_start_codon_gain	Exon 3 of 10	NP_001297089.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PAX6	ENST00000640872.1	TSL:1	c.-259C>T		5_prime_UTR_premature_start_codon_gain	Exon 2 of 9	ENSP00000491065.1
	PAX6	ENST00000640368.2	TSL:5 MANE Select	c.192C>T	p.Asn64Asn	synonymous	Exon 7 of 14	ENSP00000492024.1
	PAX6	ENST00000419022.6	TSL:1	c.192C>T	p.Asn64Asn	synonymous	Exon 7 of 14	ENSP00000404100.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251484 AF XY: 0.00000736

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000879

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000274 AC: 4 AN: 1461858 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 727230

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000299 AC: 1 AN: 33478

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26134

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53420

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000270 AC: 3 AN: 1111984

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60394

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.00117289), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.0000223 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.56
CADD	Benign	10
DANN	Benign	0.69
PhyloP100		1.2

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs727504064; hg19: chr11-31823316;