15-39973598-A-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -20 ACMG points: 0P and 20B. BP4_StrongBP6_Very_StrongBA1

The NM_001013703.4(EIF2AK4):​c.1667A>G​(p.Glu556Gly) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.936 in 1,609,762 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 709,825 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/21 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Benign (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.91 ( 63882 hom., cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.94 ( 645943 hom. )

Consequence

EIF2AK4
NM_001013703.4 missense

Scores

1
17

Clinical Significance

Benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:6

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.53

Publications

36 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
EIF2AK4 (HGNC:19687): (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha kinase 4) This gene encodes a member of a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2 (EIF2), resulting in the downregulaton of protein synthesis. The encoded protein responds to amino acid deprivation by binding uncharged transfer RNAs. It may also be activated by glucose deprivation and viral infection. Mutations in this gene have been found in individuals suffering from autosomal recessive pulmonary venoocclusive-disease-2. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2014]
EIF2AK4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and/or pulmonary capillary haemangiomatosis
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • pulmonary venoocclusive disease 2
    Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet
  • heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • pulmonary venoocclusive disease
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -20 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=6.1075446E-7).
BP6
Variant 15-39973598-A-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr15-39973598-A-G is described in CliVar as Benign. Clinvar id is 381179.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
BA1
GnomAd4 highest subpopulation (NFE) allele frequency at 95% confidence interval = 0.957 is higher than 0.05.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
EIF2AK4NM_001013703.4 linkc.1667A>G p.Glu556Gly missense_variant Exon 11 of 39 ENST00000263791.10 NP_001013725.2 Q9P2K8-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
EIF2AK4ENST00000263791.10 linkc.1667A>G p.Glu556Gly missense_variant Exon 11 of 39 2 NM_001013703.4 ENSP00000263791.5 Q9P2K8-1
EIF2AK4ENST00000559624.5 linkc.1667A>G p.Glu556Gly missense_variant Exon 11 of 11 1 ENSP00000453148.1 Q9P2K8-3
EIF2AK4ENST00000560855.5 linkc.1082A>G p.Glu361Gly missense_variant Exon 7 of 34 5 ENSP00000453575.1 H0YME5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.913
AC:
138918
AN:
152114
Hom.:
63848
Cov.:
31
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.900
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.904
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.779
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.979
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.785
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.869
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.895
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.972
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.963
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.927
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.880
AC:
216504
AN:
245890
AF XY:
0.891
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.899
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.636
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.973
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.785
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.895
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.958
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.912
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.939
AC:
1368473
AN:
1457530
Hom.:
645943
Cov.:
46
AF XY:
0.939
AC XY:
680405
AN XY:
724938
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.902
AC:
29936
AN:
33204
American (AMR)
AF:
0.653
AC:
28874
AN:
44212
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.973
AC:
25233
AN:
25936
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.777
AC:
30672
AN:
39490
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.871
AC:
74473
AN:
85526
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.896
AC:
47760
AN:
53282
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.977
AC:
5610
AN:
5744
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.964
AC:
1069563
AN:
1109942
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.936
AC:
56352
AN:
60194
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.483
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
3612
7225
10837
14450
18062
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Exome Hom
Variant carriers
0
21560
43120
64680
86240
107800
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.913
AC:
139001
AN:
152232
Hom.:
63882
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.906
AC XY:
67453
AN XY:
74412
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.900
AC:
37391
AN:
41544
American (AMR)
AF:
0.778
AC:
11894
AN:
15284
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.979
AC:
3396
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.784
AC:
4059
AN:
5174
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.869
AC:
4189
AN:
4820
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.895
AC:
9474
AN:
10590
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.969
AC:
285
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.963
AC:
65527
AN:
68030
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.928
AC:
1963
AN:
2116
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.505
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
567
1134
1700
2267
2834
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Genome Hom
Variant carriers
0
904
1808
2712
3616
4520
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.945
Hom.:
173122
Bravo
AF:
0.902
TwinsUK
AF:
0.958
AC:
3552
ALSPAC
AF:
0.966
AC:
3724
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.898
AC:
3430
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.963
AC:
7965
ExAC
AF:
0.888
AC:
107276
Asia WGS
AF:
0.832
AC:
2893
AN:
3478

ClinVar

Significance: Benign
Submissions summary: Benign:6
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Benign:2
Mar 28, 2016
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant identified in a genome or exome case(s) and assessed due to predicted null impact of the variant or pathogenic assertions in the literature or databases. Disclaimer: This variant has not undergone full assessment. The following are preliminary notes: Frequency -

Oct 05, 2016
GeneDx
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is considered likely benign or benign based on one or more of the following criteria: it is a conservative change, it occurs at a poorly conserved position in the protein, it is predicted to be benign by multiple in silico algorithms, and/or has population frequency not consistent with disease. -

not provided Benign:2
-
Breakthrough Genomics, Breakthrough Genomics
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:not provided

- -

Feb 04, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Familial pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis Benign:2
Jul 30, 2021
Genome-Nilou Lab
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Feb 05, 2021
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance:Benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.052
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.51
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.37
CADD
Benign
21
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.043
.;T
Eigen
Benign
-0.72
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.40
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.38
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.077
T;T
MetaRNN
Benign
6.1e-7
T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.96
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
-1.8
N;N
PhyloP100
2.5
PrimateAI
Benign
0.38
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.050
N;N
REVEL
Benign
0.088
Sift
Benign
1.0
T;T
Sift4G
Benign
1.0
T;T
Polyphen
0.0
B;B
Vest4
0.021
MPC
1.2
ClinPred
0.0090
T
GERP RS
5.0
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.1
Varity_R
0.043
gMVP
0.23
Mutation Taster
=99/1
polymorphism (auto)

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs2307105; hg19: chr15-40265799; COSMIC: COSV55466426; COSMIC: COSV55466426; API