17-75836662-A-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM2PP3_StrongPP5_Moderate

The NM_199242.3(UNC13D):​c.1208T>C​(p.Leu403Pro) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000274 in 1,461,438 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 Pathogenic (★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000027 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

UNC13D
NM_199242.3 missense

Scores

6
9
4

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.37

Publications

5 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
UNC13D (HGNC:23147): (unc-13 homolog D) This gene encodes a protein that is a member of the UNC13 family, containing similar domain structure as other family members but lacking an N-terminal phorbol ester-binding C1 domain present in other Munc13 proteins. The protein appears to play a role in vesicle maturation during exocytosis and is involved in regulation of cytolytic granules secretion. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 3, a genetically heterogeneous, rare autosomal recessive disorder. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
UNC13D Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 3
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
  • hereditary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.977
PP5
Variant 17-75836662-A-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr17-75836662-A-G is described in CliVar as Pathogenic. Clinvar id is 2002.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
UNC13DNM_199242.3 linkc.1208T>C p.Leu403Pro missense_variant Exon 14 of 32 ENST00000207549.9 NP_954712.1 Q70J99-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
UNC13DENST00000207549.9 linkc.1208T>C p.Leu403Pro missense_variant Exon 14 of 32 1 NM_199242.3 ENSP00000207549.3 Q70J99-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000274
AC:
4
AN:
1461438
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
37
AF XY:
0.00000275
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
726976
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44722
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:
86256
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
52982
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000360
AC:
4
AN:
1112004
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60390
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.450
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 3 Pathogenic:1
Jan 01, 2006
OMIM
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

- -

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Pathogenic:1
Jun 03, 2025
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: UNC13D c.1208T>C (p.Leu403Pro) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. The variant was absent in 250864 control chromosomes. c.1208T>C has been observed in multiple individuals affected with Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (e.g., Bahadir_2022, Platt_2021, Sieni_2011, ZurStadt_2006). Publications have reported experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function that demonstrate this variant results in absent activity compared to wild-type (ZurStadt_2006, Noori_2023). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 35293882, 36706356, 32888943, 21248318, 16278825). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2002). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.94
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.33
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.24
CADD
Pathogenic
27
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.73
D;.
Eigen
Uncertain
0.46
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.38
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.80
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.85
D;D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.18
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.98
D;D
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.043
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
2.0
M;M
PhyloP100
7.4
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.67
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.5
D;D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.73
Sift
Benign
0.14
T;T
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D
Polyphen
1.0
D;D
Vest4
0.97
MutPred
0.87
Loss of stability (P = 0.0123);Loss of stability (P = 0.0123);
MVP
0.83
MPC
0.64
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
3.2
Varity_R
0.77
gMVP
0.84
Mutation Taster
=14/86
disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs121434353; hg19: chr17-73832743; API