20-63446839-T-C

Variant names:

• chr20-63446839-T-C
• rs796052615
• NM_172107.4:c.297-2A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Moderate

The NM_172107.4(KCNQ2):​c.297-2A>G variant causes a splice acceptor, intron 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. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: KCNQ2 NM_172107.4 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 0.9999
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.29
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

KCNQ2 (HGNC:6296): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 2) The M channel is a slowly activating and deactivating potassium channel that plays a critical role in the regulation of neuronal excitability. The M channel is formed by the association of the protein encoded by this gene and a related protein encoded by the KCNQ3 gene, both integral membrane proteins. M channel currents are inhibited by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and activated by retigabine, a novel anti-convulsant drug. Defects in this gene are a cause of benign familial neonatal convulsions type 1 (BFNC), also known as epilepsy, benign neonatal type 1 (EBN1). At least five transcript variants encoding five different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNQ2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• complex neurodevelopmental disorder

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 7

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• neonatal encephalopathy with non-epileptic myoclonus

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• neonatal-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• seizures, benign familial neonatal, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
• seizures, benign familial neonatal, 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• benign familial infantile epilepsy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• benign neonatal seizures

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, No cryptic splice site detected. Exon removal results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 20-63446839-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr20-63446839-T-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 205861.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_172107.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KCNQ2	NM_172107.4	MANE Select	c.297-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	NP_742105.1
	KCNQ2	NM_001382235.1		c.297-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	NP_001369164.1
	KCNQ2	NM_172106.3		c.297-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	NP_742104.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KCNQ2	ENST00000359125.7	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.297-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000352035.2
	KCNQ2	ENST00000626839.2	TSL:1	c.297-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000486706.1
	KCNQ2	ENST00000344462.8	TSL:1	c.297-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000339611.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:1

Jan 28, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Canonical splice site variant predicted to result in a null allele in a gene for which loss of function is a known mechanism of disease; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 28717674, 23360469, 29655203, 20437616)

Seizures, benign familial neonatal, 1 Other:1

GeneReviews

Significance: not provided

Review Status: no classification provided

Collection Method: literature only

BFNIS (benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.14
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Benign	0.94
Eigen	Uncertain	0.65
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.38
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.95	D
PhyloP100		7.3
GERP RS		2.8
PromoterAI		-0.015	Neutral
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.90
SpliceAI score (max)		0.99		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AL_spliceai		0.99		Position offset: -2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs796052615; hg19: chr20-62078192; COSMIC: COSV60431604; COSMIC: COSV60431604;