2-222297157-C-G

Variant names:

• chr2-222297157-C-G
• rs1419548558
• NM_181458.4:c.142G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points: 19P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_181458.4(PAX3):​c.142G>C​(p.Gly48Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 14/24 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. G48S) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 35)
• Consequence: PAX3 NM_181458.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.90
• Publications: 7 publications found

Genes affected

PAX3 (HGNC:8617): (paired box 3) This gene is a member of the paired box (PAX) family of transcription factors. Members of the PAX family typically contain a paired box domain and a paired-type homeodomain. These genes play critical roles during fetal development. Mutations in paired box gene 3 are associated with Waardenburg syndrome, craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The translocation t(2;13)(q35;q14), which represents a fusion between PAX3 and the forkhead gene, is a frequent finding in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Alternative splicing results in transcripts encoding isoforms with different C-termini. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

PAX3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome

  Inheritance: AD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• Waardenburg syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Waardenburg syndrome type 1

  Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, G2P, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• Waardenburg syndrome type 3

  Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 10 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 4 uncertain in NM_181458.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr2-222297157-C-A is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 488032.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 47 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 9 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 1.618 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 1.7934 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to Waardenburg syndrome type 3, Waardenburg syndrome type 1, Waardenburg syndrome, craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.991
• PP5: Variant 2-222297157-C-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-222297157-C-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 488038.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PAX3	NM_181458.4	c.142G>C	p.Gly48Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 9	ENST00000392070.7	NP_852123.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PAX3	ENST00000392070.7	c.142G>C	p.Gly48Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 9	1	NM_181458.4	ENSP00000375922.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 35

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 35

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Waardenburg syndrome type 1 Pathogenic:2

Nov 01, 2016

Center for Human Genetics, Inc, Center for Human Genetics, Inc

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Mar 01, 2017

Laboratory of Human Genetics, Universidade de São Paulo

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: research

- -

not provided Pathogenic:2

Jan 29, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; In silico analysis suggests this variant may impact gene splicing; in the absence of RNA/functional studies the actual effect of this sequence change is unknown; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 9654197, 27013732, 8845842, 29407415) -

Nov 27, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 48 of the PAX3 protein (p.Gly48Arg). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individuals with Waardenburg syndrome (PMID: 8845842, 29407415). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 488038). 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 PAX3 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. This variant disrupts the p.Gly48 amino acid residue in PAX3. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with PAX3-related conditions (PMID: 8845842, 23512835, 29407415), which suggests that this may be a clinically significant amino acid residue. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.59	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.61
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	.;.;.;.;.;D;.;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.93
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.86	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.94	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	4.0	H;H;H;H;H;H;H;H
PhyloP100		7.9
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.92	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-6.5	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.99
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0010	D;D;D;D;D;D;T;T
Polyphen		1.0	.;.;D;D;.;D;D;D
Vest4		0.85
MutPred		0.98		Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0377);
MVP		0.99
MPC		2.9
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.2
Varity_R		0.97
gMVP		0.98
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.32		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.32		Position offset: -5

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1419548558; hg19: chr2-223161876;