19-1399180-G-A

Variant names:

• chr19-1399180-G-A
• rs374724533
• NM_000156.6:c.407C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PS3_Supporting PP4_Strong PM3 PM2_Supporting PP3_Moderate

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The NM_000156.6:c.407C>T variant in GAMT is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of threonine by methionine at amino acid 136 (p.Thr136Met). This variant has been detected in 3 unrelated individuals with GAMT deficiency (PMID:24415674, PMID:21140503, ClinVar SCV001428825.1). Of those individuals, two were compound heterozygous for the variant and a pathogenic variant, c.316C>T (p.Q106*) in unknown phase (PMID:24415674, PMID:21140503) and 1 was homozygous for the variant (ClinVar SCV001428825.1) (1.5pts total, PM3). One of these individuals had elevated GAA in plasma, deficient GAMT enzyme activity (<5% wild-type enzyme) in fibroblasts, and significantly reduced creatine peak on brain MRS (PMID:21140503) and one individual had an absent creatine peak with visible GAA peak on brain MRS (PMID:24415674) (PP4_Strong). Expression of the variant in GAMT-deficient fibroblasts resulted in <5% wild type GAMT activity indicating that this variant may impact protein function (PMID:24415674)(PS3_Supporting). The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v2.1.1 is 0.000009 (1/113420 alleles) in the European (non-Finnish) population, which is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.0004), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.976 which is above the threshold of 0.75, evidence that correlates with impact to GAMT function (PP3_Moderate). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 544257). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for GAMT deficiency based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Variant Curation Expert Panel (Specifications Version 1.1.0): PP4_Strong, PM3, PP3_Moderate, PS3_Supporting, PM2_Supporting.(Classification approved by the ClinGen CCDS VCEP on Oct. 2026, 2023) LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA9043669/MONDO:0012999/026

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000012 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GAMT NM_000156.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:8 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.97
• Publications: 3 publications found

Genes affected

GAMT (HGNC:4136): (guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase) The protein encoded by this gene is a methyltransferase that converts guanidoacetate to creatine, using S-adenosylmethionine as the methyl donor. Defects in this gene have been implicated in neurologic syndromes and muscular hypotonia, probably due to creatine deficiency and accumulation of guanidinoacetate in the brain of affected individuals. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. Pseudogenes of this gene are found on chromosomes 2 and 13. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]

GAMT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PS3: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PM2: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PM3: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PP3: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PP4: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000156.6. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GAMT	NM_000156.6	MANE Select	c.407C>T	p.Thr136Met	missense	Exon 4 of 6	NP_000147.1	Q14353-1
	GAMT	NM_138924.3		c.407C>T	p.Thr136Met	missense	Exon 4 of 5	NP_620279.1	Q14353-2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GAMT	ENST00000252288.8	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.407C>T	p.Thr136Met	missense	Exon 4 of 6	ENSP00000252288.1	Q14353-1
	GAMT	ENST00000902474.1		c.677C>T	p.Thr226Met	missense	Exon 4 of 6	ENSP00000572533.1
	GAMT	ENST00000447102.8	TSL:2	c.407C>T	p.Thr136Met	missense	Exon 4 of 5	ENSP00000403536.2	Q14353-2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152202 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.0000147

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251062 AF XY: 0.00000736

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000882

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000123 AC: 18 AN: 1461332 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 34 AF XY: 0.0000138 AC XY: 10 AN XY: 726992

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: 0.0000348 AC: 3 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 52900

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000126 AC: 14 AN: 1111988

Other (OTH) AF: 0.0000166 AC: 1 AN: 60384

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152202 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74346

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

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41436

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15286

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3472

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5198

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4832

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10624

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000147 AC: 1 AN: 68034

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2092

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000189

ESP6500AA AF: 0.00 AC: 0

ESP6500EA AF: 0.000116 AC: 1

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Pathogenic

Revision: reviewed by expert panel

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
5	-	-	Deficiency of guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (6)
2	-	-	Cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome (2)
1	-	-	not provided (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.75
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.53	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.53
CADD	Pathogenic	30
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.87	D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.67
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.53
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.97	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.96	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.76	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.97	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.8	H
PhyloP100		8.0
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.65	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.4	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.98
Sift	Uncertain	0.0010	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0060	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.92
MVP		0.99
MPC		0.65
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		4.0
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.8
Varity_R		0.71
gMVP		0.84
Mutation Taster		=6/94	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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs374724533; hg19: chr19-1399179;