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22-18157776-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2BP4_Strong

The NM_017414.4(USP18):c.113G>A(p.Arg38Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000186 in 1,614,016 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 14/20 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

USP18
NM_017414.4 missense

Scores

18

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.681
Variant links:
Genes affected
USP18 (HGNC:12616): (ubiquitin specific peptidase 18) The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBP) family of enzymes that cleave ubiquitin from ubiquitinated protein substrates. It is highly expressed in liver and thymus, and is localized to the nucleus. This protein efficiently cleaves only ISG15 (a ubiquitin-like protein) fusions, and deletion of this gene in mice results in a massive increase of ISG15 conjugates in tissues, indicating that this protein is a major ISG15-specific protease. Mice lacking this gene are also hypersensitive to interferon, suggesting a function of this protein in downregulating interferon responses, independent of its isopeptidase activity towards ISG15. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.042221904).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
USP18NM_017414.4 linkuse as main transcriptc.113G>A p.Arg38Lys missense_variant 2/11 ENST00000215794.8
USP18XM_006724074.4 linkuse as main transcriptc.-149G>A 5_prime_UTR_variant 1/10

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
USP18ENST00000215794.8 linkuse as main transcriptc.113G>A p.Arg38Lys missense_variant 2/111 NM_017414.4 P1Q9UMW8-1
USP18ENST00000699060.1 linkuse as main transcriptc.113G>A p.Arg38Lys missense_variant 2/10

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152132
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000137
AC:
2
AN:
1461884
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
727242
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.0000597
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152132
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74312
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.0000241
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAmbry GeneticsNov 12, 2021The c.113G>A (p.R38K) alteration is located in exon 2 (coding exon 1) of the USP18 gene. This alteration results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 113, causing the arginine (R) at amino acid position 38 to be replaced by a lysine (K). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.069
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.34
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.72
Cadd
Benign
0.18
Dann
Benign
0.77
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.059
T
Eigen
Benign
-1.3
Eigen_PC
Benign
-1.3
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.20
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.17
T
M_CAP
Benign
0.0012
T
MetaRNN
Benign
0.042
T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.93
T
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
N
PrimateAI
Benign
0.37
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.70
N
REVEL
Benign
0.033
Sift
Benign
0.26
T
Sift4G
Benign
0.36
T
Polyphen
0.0010
B
Vest4
0.092
MutPred
0.38
Gain of methylation at R38 (P = 0.0047);
MVP
0.28
MPC
0.46
ClinPred
0.033
T
GERP RS
-1.9
Varity_R
0.072
gMVP
0.16

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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1168005972; hg19: chr22-18640543; API