18-45865765-CAAAAAAA-CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -6 ACMG points: 0P and 6B. BP6_ModerateBS1

The NM_020964.3(EPG5):​c.6622-15_6622-7dupTTTTTTTTT variant causes a splice region, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000116 in 1,411,546 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00078 ( 0 hom., cov: 25)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000064 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

EPG5
NM_020964.3 splice_region, intron

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Likely benign criteria provided, single submitter B:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.327

Publications

3 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
EPG5 (HGNC:29331): (ectopic P-granules 5 autophagy tethering factor) This gene encodes a large coiled coil domain-containing protein that functions in autophagy during starvation conditions. Mutations in this gene cause Vici syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]
EPG5 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Vici syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -6 ACMG points.

BP6
Variant 18-45865765-C-CAAAAAAAAA is Benign according to our data. Variant chr18-45865765-C-CAAAAAAAAA is described in ClinVar as Likely_benign. ClinVar VariationId is 1651997.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population afr. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.00078 (80/102562) while in subpopulation AFR AF = 0.00302 (76/25194). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00247. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 41 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 25. This position passed quality control check.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
EPG5NM_020964.3 linkc.6622-15_6622-7dupTTTTTTTTT splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 38 of 43 ENST00000282041.11 NP_066015.2 Q9HCE0-1Q9BTI0

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
EPG5ENST00000282041.11 linkc.6622-7_6622-6insTTTTTTTTT splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 38 of 43 1 NM_020964.3 ENSP00000282041.4 Q9HCE0-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000780
AC:
80
AN:
102552
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
25
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00302
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000264
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.000160
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000642
AC:
84
AN:
1308984
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000602
AC XY:
39
AN XY:
647394
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00124
AC:
35
AN:
28234
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000195
AC:
6
AN:
30782
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
20620
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
37546
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68128
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
37564
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.000472
AC:
2
AN:
4234
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000302
AC:
31
AN:
1027482
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.000184
AC:
10
AN:
54394
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.000000), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.388
Heterozygous variant carriers
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19
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0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000780
AC:
80
AN:
102562
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
25
AF XY:
0.000832
AC XY:
41
AN XY:
49282
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00302
AC:
76
AN:
25194
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000264
AC:
3
AN:
11376
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2386
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3974
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3628
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.000160
AC:
1
AN:
6252
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
154
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
47568
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1440
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.429
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
4
8
11
15
19
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
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10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
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Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
20

ClinVar

Significance: Likely benign
Submissions summary: Benign:2
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

EPG5-related disorder Benign:1
Jun 15, 2019
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is classified as likely benign based on ACMG/AMP sequence variant interpretation guidelines (Richards et al. 2015 PMID: 25741868, with internal and published modifications). -

Vici syndrome Benign:1
Mar 16, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
PhyloP100
-0.33
Mutation Taster
=100/0
polymorphism

Splicing

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs11333207; hg19: chr18-43445730; API