14-92071010-CCTGCTGCTGCTG-CCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTGCTG

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points: 0P and 1B. BP3

The NM_004993.6(ATXN3):​c.915_916insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAG​(p.Gln305_Gly306insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln) variant causes a conservative inframe insertion change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. It is difficult to determine the true allele frequency of this variant because it is of type INS_BIG, and the frequency of such variant types in population databases may be underestimated and unreliable. There is a variant allele frequency bias in the population database for this variant (GnomAd4), which may indicate mosaicism or somatic mutations in the reference population data. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00030 ( 1 hom., cov: 20)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000045 ( 0 hom. )
Failed GnomAD Quality Control

Consequence

ATXN3
NM_004993.6 conservative_inframe_insertion

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.168

Publications

1 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
ATXN3 (HGNC:7106): (ataxin 3) Machado-Joseph disease, also known as spinocerebellar ataxia-3, is an autosomal dominant neurologic disorder. The protein encoded by this gene contains (CAG)n repeats in the coding region, and the expansion of these repeats from the normal 12-44 to 52-86 is one cause of Machado-Joseph disease. There is a negative correlation between the age of onset and CAG repeat numbers. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]
ATXN3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Machado-Joseph disease
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Machado-Joseph disease type 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Machado-Joseph disease type 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Machado-Joseph disease type 3
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points.

BP3
Nonframeshift variant in repetitive region in NM_004993.6

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_004993.6. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
ATXN3
NM_004993.6
MANE Select
c.915_916insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGp.Gln305_Gly306insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln
conservative_inframe_insertion
Exon 10 of 11NP_004984.2
ATXN3
NM_001127696.2
c.870_871insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGp.Gln290_Gly291insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln
conservative_inframe_insertion
Exon 9 of 10NP_001121168.1
ATXN3
NM_001127697.3
c.762_763insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGp.Gln254_Gly255insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln
conservative_inframe_insertion
Exon 8 of 9NP_001121169.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
ATXN3
ENST00000644486.2
MANE Select
c.915_916insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGp.Gln305_Gly306insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln
conservative_inframe_insertion
Exon 10 of 11ENSP00000496695.1
ATXN3
ENST00000532032.5
TSL:1
c.915_916insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGp.Gln305_Gly306insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln
conservative_inframe_insertion
Exon 10 of 10ENSP00000437157.1
ATXN3
ENST00000503767.5
TSL:1
c.870_871insCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGp.Gln290_Gly291insGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGlnGln
conservative_inframe_insertion
Exon 9 of 10ENSP00000426697.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000302
AC:
43
AN:
142392
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
20
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00108
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000208
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:
0.0000151
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AS_VQSR
AF:
0.0000449
AC:
59
AN:
1314518
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
92
AF XY:
0.0000487
AC XY:
32
AN XY:
657274
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.000871
AC:
24
AN:
27542
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000173
AC:
7
AN:
40508
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
24398
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
37452
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.000164
AC:
13
AN:
79484
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
48912
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5148
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000110
AC:
11
AN:
995968
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000726
AC:
4
AN:
55106
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.380
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
3
6
9
12
15
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
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4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
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Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000302
AC:
43
AN:
142502
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
20
AF XY:
0.000260
AC XY:
18
AN XY:
69230
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00107
AC:
39
AN:
36312
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000208
AC:
3
AN:
14412
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3412
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4634
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4310
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
9884
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
282
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000151
AC:
1
AN:
66414
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1962
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.353
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
3
5
8
10
13
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
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4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
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>80
Age

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
PhyloP100
-0.17
Mutation Taster
=78/22
polymorphism

Splicing

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs193922928; hg19: chr14-92537354; API