12-54002570-C-T

Variant names:

• chr12-54002570-C-T
• rs780011888
• NM_006897.3:c.679C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PP3_Moderate BS2

The NM_006897.3(HOXC9):​c.679C>T​(p.Arg227Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000041 in 1,461,880 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 12/21 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000041 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: HOXC9 NM_006897.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 1.28
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

HOXC9 (HGNC:5130): (homeobox C9) This gene belongs to the homeobox family of genes. The homeobox genes encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, which are located on different chromosomes and consist of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene is one of several homeobox HOXC genes located in a cluster on chromosome 12. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ENSG00000273049 (HGNC:):

HOXC6 (HGNC:5128): (homeobox C6) This gene belongs to the homeobox family, members of which encode a highly conserved family of transcription factors that play an important role in morphogenesis in all multicellular organisms. Mammals possess four similar homeobox gene clusters, HOXA, HOXB, HOXC and HOXD, which are located on different chromosomes and consist of 9 to 11 genes arranged in tandem. This gene, HOXC6, is one of several HOXC genes located in a cluster on chromosome 12. Three genes, HOXC5, HOXC4 and HOXC6, share a 5' non-coding exon. Transcripts may include the shared exon spliced to the gene-specific exons, or they may include only the gene-specific exons. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for HOXC6. Transcript variant two includes the shared exon, and transcript variant one includes only gene-specific exons. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

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

• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.902
• BS2: High AC in GnomAdExome4 at 6 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HOXC9	NM_006897.3	c.679C>T	p.Arg227Trp	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000303450.5	NP_008828.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HOXC9	ENST00000303450.5	c.679C>T	p.Arg227Trp	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_006897.3	ENSP00000302836.4
ENSG00000273049	ENST00000513209.1	c.166+16560C>T		intron_variant	Intron 1 of 1	3		ENSP00000476742.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000795 AC: 2 AN: 251478 AF XY: 0.00

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.0000615

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: 0.00000410 AC: 6 AN: 1461880 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 727240

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000299 AC: 1 AN: 33480

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

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

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

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.0000116 AC: 1 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53416

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000360 AC: 4 AN: 1112004

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000756

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Mar 22, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.679C>T (p.R227W) alteration is located in exon 2 (coding exon 2) of the HOXC9 gene. This alteration results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 679, causing the arginine (R) at amino acid position 227 to be replaced by a tryptophan (W). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.96
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.34	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.43
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.91	D;D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.53
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.43
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.58	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	.;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.48	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.90	D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.1	M;M
PhyloP100		1.3
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.91	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-6.2	D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.81
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;D
Vest4		0.81
MutPred		0.61		Gain of catalytic residue at A226 (P = 0.0055);Gain of catalytic residue at A226 (P = 0.0055);
MVP		1.0
MPC		1.9
ClinPred		0.97	D
GERP RS		4.1
Varity_R		0.79
Mutation Taster		=45/55	disease causing

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: rs780011888; hg19: chr12-54396354;