13-20189344-G-T

Variant names:

• chr13-20189344-G-T
• rs199883710
• NM_004004.6:c.238C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points: 19P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):​c.238C>A​(p.Gln80Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,836 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Q80P) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GJB2 NM_004004.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.94
• Publications: 1 publications found

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Bart-Pumphrey syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
• keratoderma hereditarium mutilans

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
• palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
• autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, G2P, PanelApp Australia
• hearing loss, autosomal recessive

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, ClinGen
• autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• KID syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 21 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 9 uncertain in NM_004004.6
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20189343-T-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 177735.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 111 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 10 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: -0.72044 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.4379 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A, ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss, keratoderma hereditarium mutilans, hearing loss, autosomal recessive, Bart-Pumphrey syndrome, palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome, autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, KID syndrome.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.993
• PP5: Variant 13-20189344-G-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-20189344-G-T is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 1067767.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJB2	NM_004004.6	c.238C>A	p.Gln80Lys	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000382848.5	NP_003995.2
GJB2	XM_011535049.3	c.238C>A	p.Gln80Lys	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2		XP_011533351.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJB2	ENST00000382848.5	c.238C>A	p.Gln80Lys	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_004004.6	ENSP00000372299.4
GJB2	ENST00000382844.2	c.238C>A	p.Gln80Lys	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 1	6		ENSP00000372295.1
ENSG00000296095	ENST00000736390.1	n.232-3764C>A		intron_variant	Intron 1 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461836 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727214

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 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: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53368

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1112008

Other (OTH) AF: 0.0000166 AC: 1 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A Pathogenic:1

Jul 03, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: GJB2 c.238C>A (p.Gln80Lys) results in a conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change. The variant was absent in 251380 control chromosomes. c.238C>A has been observed in individuals affected with Autosomal Recessive Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (e.g. Kalay_2005, Gruber_2016, Abbaspour Rodbaneh_2021). These data indicate that the variant may be associated with disease. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. However, a different variant affecting the same codon has been classified as pathogenic by our lab (c.239A>C, p.Gln80Pro), supporting the critical relevance of codon 80 to GJB2 protein function. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 34581455, 27466889, 15855033). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1067767). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic. -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Oct 16, 2020

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. This variant disrupts the p.Gln80 amino acid residue in GJB2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 30094485,16532460). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. This variant has been observed in individual(s) with autosomal recessive deafness (PMID: 15855033). In at least one individual the data is consistent with the variant being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change replaces glutamine with lysine at codon 80 of the GJB2 protein (p.Gln80Lys). The glutamine residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between glutamine and lysine. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.98
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.57	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.59
CADD	Pathogenic	27
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.95	D;D;D
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.98
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	.;.;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.63	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.7	H;H;H
PhyloP100		9.9
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.84	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-4.0	D;D;.
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.98
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;.
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;.
Polyphen		1.0	D;D;D
Vest4		0.97
MutPred		0.99		Gain of ubiquitination at Q80 (P = 0.0238);Gain of ubiquitination at Q80 (P = 0.0238);Gain of ubiquitination at Q80 (P = 0.0238);
MVP		0.98
MPC		0.31
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.3
PromoterAI		0.0055	Neutral
Varity_R		0.98
gMVP		1.0
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs199883710; hg19: chr13-20763483;