Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM2PM5PP2PP3_StrongPP5_Moderate
The NM_001368894.2(PAX6):c.52G>A(p.Gly18Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. G18W) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.
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]
Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 11 ACMG points.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chrnull-null-null-null is described in UniProt as null.
PP2
Missense variant in gene, where missense usually causes diseases (based on misZ statistic), PAX6. . Gene score misZ: 2.8175 (greater than the threshold 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 3.256 (greater than threshold 3.09). The gene has 75 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 15 curated benign missense variants. GenCC has associacion of the gene with Peters anomaly, coloboma, ocular, autosomal dominant, coloboma of optic nerve, aniridia 1, PAX6-related ocular dysgenesis, foveal hypoplasia 1, foveal hypoplasia-presenile cataract syndrome, isolated aniridia, diabetes mellitus, aniridia-cerebellar ataxia-intellectual disability syndrome, autosomal dominant keratitis, isolated optic nerve hypoplasia.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.994
PP5
Variant 11-31802793-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr11-31802793-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 1075401.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr11-31802793-C-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].
For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may create or strengthen a splice site, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. This variant has been reported to affect PAX6 protein function (PMID: 20577777). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with aniridia or Peters anomaly (PMID: 12015275, Invitae). In at least one individual the variant was observed to be de novo. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change replaces glycine with arginine at codon 18 of the PAX6 protein (p.Gly18Arg). The glycine residue is highly conserved and there is a moderate physicochemical difference between glycine and arginine. -
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