20-63346763-G-A

Position:

• chr20-63346763-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points: 0P and 4B. BS2

The NM_000744.7(CHRNA4):​c.1859C>T​(p.Pro620Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000548 in 1,459,042 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000055 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: CHRNA4 NM_000744.7 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.74

Genes affected

CHRNA4 (HGNC:1958): (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 4 subunit) This gene encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which belongs to a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that play a role in fast signal transmission at synapses. These pentameric receptors can bind acetylcholine, which causes an extensive change in conformation that leads to the opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. This protein is an integral membrane receptor subunit that can interact with either nAChR beta-2 or nAChR beta-4 to form a functional receptor. Mutations in this gene cause nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy type 1. Polymorphisms in this gene that provide protection against nicotine addiction have been described. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points.

• BS2: High AC in GnomAdExome4 at 8 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
CHRNA4	NM_000744.7	c.1859C>T	p.Pro620Leu	missense_variant	6/6	ENST00000370263.9	NP_000735.1
CHRNA4	NM_001256573.2	c.1331C>T	p.Pro444Leu	missense_variant	6/6		NP_001243502.1
CHRNA4	NR_046317.2	n.2068C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	6/6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
CHRNA4	ENST00000370263.9	c.1859C>T	p.Pro620Leu	missense_variant	6/6	1	NM_000744.7	ENSP00000359285.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00000814 AC: 2 AN: 245678 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.0000150 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 133728

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 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.0000182

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000548 AC: 8 AN: 1459042 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000551 AC XY: 4 AN XY: 725928

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.0000252

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000540

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000166

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ExAC AF: 0.0000165 AC: 2

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Nov 27, 2023

This sequence change replaces proline, which is neutral and non-polar, with leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 620 of the CHRNA4 protein (p.Pro620Leu). This variant is present in population databases (rs754340834, gnomAD 0.002%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with CHRNA4-related conditions. This missense change has been observed in at least one individual who was not affected with CHRNA4-related conditions (Invitae). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 205055). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

not provided Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

GeneDx

Nov 21, 2014

p.Pro620Leu (CCG>CTG): c.1859 C>T in exon 6 of the CHRNA4 gene (NM_000744.5) The P620L variant has not been published as a mutation, nor has it been reported as a benign polymorphism to our knowledge. It was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. The P620L variant is a semi-conservative amino acid substitution, which may impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in some properties. This substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species, and in silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. However, this amino acid substitution does not occur within the transmembrane region of the protein, where the vast majority of pathogenic missense mutations have been identified in association with epilepsy (Steinlein et al., 2010). Therefore, based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic mutation or a rare benign variant. The variant is found in EPILEPSY panel(s). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.57
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.15	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	-0.010
CADD	Pathogenic	28
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Uncertain	0.65	D;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.74
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.70
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	1.0	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.85	T;D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.28	D
MetaRNN	Uncertain	0.70	D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	-0.039	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.70	N;.
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.79	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-4.1	D;.
REVEL	Uncertain	0.50
Sift	Uncertain	0.017	D;.
Sift4G	Benign	0.093	T;T
Polyphen		1.0	D;.
Vest4		0.67
MutPred		0.50		Loss of disorder (P = 0.0429);.;
MVP		0.86
MPC		1.2
ClinPred		0.91	D
GERP RS		4.4
Varity_R		0.31
gMVP		0.89

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs754340834; hg19: chr20-61978115;