17-41571506-G-T

Variant names:

• chr17-41571506-G-T
• rs59616921
• NM_000226.4:c.487C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2

The NM_000226.4(KRT9):​c.487C>A​(p.Arg163Arg) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,882 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: KRT9 NM_000226.4 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.51
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

KRT9 (HGNC:6447): (keratin 9) This gene encodes the type I keratin 9, an intermediate filament chain expressed only in the terminally differentiated epidermis of palms and soles. Mutations in this gene cause epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KRT9 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000226.4. 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
	KRT9	NM_000226.4	MANE Select	c.487C>A	p.Arg163Arg	synonymous	Exon 1 of 8	NP_000217.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KRT9	ENST00000246662.9	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.487C>A	p.Arg163Arg	synonymous	Exon 1 of 8	ENSP00000246662.4
	KRT9	ENST00000588431.1	TSL:1	c.-189-24C>A		intron	N/A	ENSP00000467932.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461882 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727242

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

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

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44720

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: 53418

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1112006

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

⚠️ 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.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.47
CADD	Benign	17
DANN	Benign	0.56
PhyloP100		3.5

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.37		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.37		Position offset: -2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs59616921; hg19: chr17-39727758;