11-71435466-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PM2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_001360.3(DHCR7):c.1337G>A(p.Arg446Gln) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000372 in 1,612,456 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000020 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000039 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

DHCR7
NM_001360.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:10

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.84

Variant links:

Genes affected

DHCR7 (HGNC:2860): (7-dehydrocholesterol reductase) This gene encodes an enzyme that removes the C(7-8) double bond in the B ring of sterols and catalyzes the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol. This gene is ubiquitously expressed and its transmembrane protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and nuclear outer membrane. Mutations in this gene cause Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS); a syndrome that is metabolically characterized by reduced serum cholesterol levels and elevated serum 7-dehydrocholesterol levels and phenotypically characterized by cognitive disability, facial dysmorphism, syndactyly of second and third toes, and holoprosencephaly in severe cases to minimal physical abnormalities and near-normal intelligence in mild cases. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode the same protein.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]

DHCR7 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.99

PP5

Variant 11-71435466-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr11-71435466-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 431994.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr11-71435466-C-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
DHCR7	NM_001360.3 link	c.1337G>A	p.Arg446Gln	missense_variant	Exon 9 of 9	ENST00000355527.8	NP_001351.2	Q9UBM7A0A024R5F7

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
DHCR7	ENST00000355527.8 link	c.1337G>A	p.Arg446Gln	missense_variant	Exon 9 of 9	1	NM_001360.3	ENSP00000347717.4		Q9UBM7
DHCR7	ENST00000685320.1 link	c.752G>A	p.Arg251Gln	missense_variant	Exon 8 of 8			ENSP00000509319.1		B4E1K5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000197

AC:

AN:

152218

Hom.:

Cov.:

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Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.0000654

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:

0.0000294

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD3 exomes

AF:

0.0000241

AC:

AN:

248802

Hom.:

AF XY:

0.0000296

AC XY:

AN XY:

135166

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Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000579

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000357

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000390

AC:

AN:

1460238

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000385

AC XY:

AN XY:

726500

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Gnomad4 AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome

AF:

0.0000671

Gnomad4 ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome

AF:

0.0000116

Gnomad4 FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome

AF:

0.0000450

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.0000497

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000197

AC:

AN:

152218

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000269

AC XY:

AN XY:

74366

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.0000654

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.0000294

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.00

Alfa

AF:

0.0000585

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000604

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000289

AC:

AN:

3478

EpiCase

AF:

0.00

EpiControl

AF:

0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:10

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

Pathogenic:7

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Counsyl	Oct 23, 2015	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics	May 22, 2024	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp	Aug 20, 2018	Variant summary: DHCR7 c.1337G>A (p.Arg446Gln) results in a conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.5e-05 in 274922 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.1337G>A has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (e.g. Witsch-Baumgartner 2000, Ciara 2004, Sparks 2014). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function (Ginat 2004). The most pronounced variant effect results in <10% of normal activity. Two clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation, and classified the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Laboratorio de Genetica e Diagnostico Molecular, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Dec 28, 2021	ACMG classification criteria: PS4 moderate, PM2 moderate, PM2, PM3 very strong, PP1 supporting, PP1, PP3 supporting -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Jan 21, 2025	This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glutamine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 446 of the DHCR7 protein (p.Arg446Gln). This variant is present in population databases (rs751604696, gnomAD 0.006%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with DHCR7-related conditions (PMID: 10677299, 12270273, 12818773, 15521979, 27513191). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 431994). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt DHCR7 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Juno Genomics, Hangzhou Juno Genomics, Inc	-	PM2_Supporting+PP3_Strong+PM3_Strong+PP4 -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Baylor Genetics	-	- -

not provided

Pathogenic:2

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	GeneDx	Nov 19, 2018	The R446Q missense variant has been reported previously in several unrelated individuals with SLOSwho also harbored a second variant in the DHCR7 gene (Ginat et al., 2004; Witsch-Baumgartner et al.,2005; Jezela-Stanek et al., 2010). The R446Q variant is not observed at a significant frequency inlarge population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016; 1000 Genomes Consortium et al., 2015; Exome VariantServer). The R446Q variant is a semi-conservative amino acid substitution, which may impactsecondary protein structure as these residues differ in some properties. This substitution occurs at aposition that is conserved across species. In silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging tothe protein structure/function. Additionally, in silico analysis predicts that the c.1337 G>A variantresponsible for R446Q creates a new cryptic slice acceptor site in exon 9, downstream of the naturalsplice acceptor site in intron 8. However, in the absence of RNA/functional studies, the actual effectof this sequence change in this individual is unknown. In summary, we interpret R446Q as pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)	Jun 30, 2017	- -

Inborn genetic diseases

Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Oct 27, 2017

The p.R446Q variant (also known as c.1337G>A), located in coding exon 7 of the DHCR7 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 1337. The arginine at codon 446 is replaced by glutamine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This alteration has been detected in conjunction with a second DHCR7 alteration in at least five individuals with clinically and biochemically confirmed diagnoses of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) (Witsch-Baumgartner M et al. Am. J. Hum. Genet., 2000 Feb;66:402-12; Jezela-Stanek A et al. Eur J Med Genet Dec;51:124-40; Patrono C et al. Mol. Cell. Probes, 2002 Aug;16:315-8; Ciara E et al. Clin. Genet., 2004 Dec;66:517-24). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.91

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.45

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.58

CADD

Pathogenic

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.98

D;D;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.92

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.82

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.98

LIST_S2

Pathogenic

0.98

.;D;D

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.41

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.99

D;D;D

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.0

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

4.3

H;H;.

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.63

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-3.7

D;D;D

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.96

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;D

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.0070

D;D;D

Polyphen

1.0

D;D;.

Vest4

0.96

MutPred

0.97

Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0534);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0534);.;

MVP

0.98

MPC

0.61

ClinPred

1.0

GERP RS

5.1

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Varity_R

0.94

gMVP

0.94

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

LitVar

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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