15-48472628-C-T
Variant summary
Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points: 19P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong
The NM_000138.5(FBN1):c.4259G>A(p.Cys1420Tyr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 12/19 in silico tools predict a damaging 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. C1420F) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000138.5 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissectionInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
 - Marfan syndromeInheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, ClinGen, G2P, PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Ambry Genetics
 - Acromicric dysplasiaInheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Ambry Genetics
 - progeroid and marfanoid aspect-lipodystrophy syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, Orphanet
 - stiff skin syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
 - Weill-Marchesani syndrome 2, dominantInheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
 - geleophysic dysplasiaInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - isolated ectopia lentisInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - neonatal Marfan syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - Weill-Marchesani syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
 - ectopia lentis 1, isolated, autosomal dominantInheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: G2P
 - Shprintzen-Goldberg syndromeInheritance: AD, Unknown Classification: LIMITED, NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
 
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes  Cov.: 32 
GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 36 
GnomAD4 genome  Cov.: 32 
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
Marfan syndrome    Pathogenic:4 
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The p.Cys1420Tyr variant was reported in individuals with MFS (PMID: 22736615, 24793577) and is absent from large population studies. The variants has entry in dbSNP and ClinVar (rs397515804, Variation ID:42354). The Cys1420 residue is forming a disulfide bonds 1408-1420 in the cbEGF-like domain. Cysteine substitutions in such domains are a well known mutations with pathogenic consequences (PMID: 1301946, 15161917). In addition, computational results of Provean, PolyPhen2, MutationTaster show damaging effect. -
Marfan syndrome;C4707243:Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection    Pathogenic:1 
Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt FBN1 protein function. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. This variant affects a cysteine residue in the EGF-like, TGFBP or hybrid motif domains of FBN1. Cysteine residues are believed to be involved in intramolecular disulfide bridges and have been shown to be important for FBN1 protein structure (PMID: 16905551, 19349279). In addition, missense substitutions affecting cysteine residues within these domains are significantly overrepresented among patients with Marfan syndrome (PMID: 16571647, 17701892). This sequence change replaces cysteine with tyrosine at codon 1420 of the FBN1 protein (p.Cys1420Tyr). The cysteine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between cysteine and tyrosine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individuals with isolated ectopia lentis or Marfan syndrome (PMID: 22736615, 24793577). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 42354). -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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