15-89319028-T-A

Variant names:

• chr15-89319028-T-A
• rs201192905
• NM_002693.3:c.3176A>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_002693.3(POLG):​c.3176A>T​(p.Asn1059Ile) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,872 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. N1059D) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: POLG NM_002693.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.49
• Publications: 5 publications found

Genes affected

POLG (HGNC:9179): (DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit) Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting of a homodimer of accessory subunits plus a catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase. The encoded protein contains a polyglutamine tract near its N-terminus that may be polymorphic. Defects in this gene are a cause of progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions 1 (PEOA1), sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO), Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), and mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

POLG Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4a

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P
• sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P
• autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• recessive mitochondrial ataxia syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Leigh syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 4 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 17 uncertain in NM_002693.3
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.992

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_002693.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	POLG	NM_002693.3	MANE Select	c.3176A>T	p.Asn1059Ile	missense	Exon 20 of 23	NP_002684.1
	POLG	NM_001126131.2		c.3176A>T	p.Asn1059Ile	missense	Exon 20 of 23	NP_001119603.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	POLG	ENST00000268124.11	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.3176A>T	p.Asn1059Ile	missense	Exon 20 of 23	ENSP00000268124.5
	POLG	ENST00000442287.6	TSL:1	c.3176A>T	p.Asn1059Ile	missense	Exon 20 of 23	ENSP00000399851.2
	POLG	ENST00000636937.2	TSL:5	c.3176A>T	p.Asn1059Ile	missense	Exon 20 of 23	ENSP00000516154.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251116 AF XY: 0.00000737

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.0000289

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461872 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727232

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.0000224 AC: 1 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: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53410

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1112000

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

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1

Jul 07, 2014

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

p.Asn1059Ile (AAT>ATT): c.3176 A>T in exon 20 of the POLG gene (NM_002693.2). The N1059I variant has not been published as a mutation, nor has it been reported as a benign polymorphism to our knowledge. It was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. The N1059I variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution alters a highly conserved position and other missense mutations in this region of the protein have been reported in association with POLG-related disorders. In silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. Based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic mutation or a rare benign variant. The variant is found in EPILEPSY panel(s).

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy Uncertain:1

Aug 04, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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 POLG protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 206549). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with POLG-related conditions. This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.003%). This sequence change replaces asparagine, which is neutral and polar, with isoleucine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 1059 of the POLG protein (p.Asn1059Ile). In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.96
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.36	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.37
CADD	Pathogenic	26
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.90
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.83
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.97	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	1.0	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.77	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.5	M
PhyloP100		7.5
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.49	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-8.3	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.94
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.96
MutPred		0.87		Loss of disorder (P = 0.0508)
MVP		0.99
MPC		0.73
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.3
Varity_R		0.94
gMVP		0.88
Mutation Taster		=16/84	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: rs201192905; hg19: chr15-89862259;