Genetic Variant MORC2:c.1370-3C>A (chr22-30937714-G-T) – ACMG Classification: Likely_benign (-2 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2BP4_Strong

The NM_001303256.3(MORC2):c.1370-3C>A variant causes a splice region, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,876 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 2/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

MORC2
NM_001303256.3 splice_region, intron

Scores

Splicing: ADA: 0.4136

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: 1.48

Publications

0 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

MORC2 (HGNC:23573): (MORC family CW-type zinc finger 2) This gene encodes a member of the Microrchidia (MORC) protein superfamily. The encoded protein is known to regulate the condensation of heterochromatin in response to DNA damage and play a role in repressing transcription. The protein has been found to regulate the activity of ATP citrate lyase via specific interaction with this enzyme in the cytosol of lipogenic breast cancer cells. The protein also plays a role in lipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

MORC2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
developmental delay, impaired growth, dysmorphic facies, and axonal neuropathy
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
Leigh syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

MORC2 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.57).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_001303256.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein
MORC2	NM_001303256.3	MANE Select	c.1370-3C>A	splice_region intron	N/A	NP_001290185.1
MORC2	NM_001303257.2		c.1370-3C>A	splice_region intron	N/A	NP_001290186.1
MORC2	NM_014941.3		c.1184-3C>A	splice_region intron	N/A	NP_055756.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein
MORC2	ENST00000397641.8	TSL:5 MANE Select	c.1370-3C>A	splice_region intron	N/A	ENSP00000380763.2
MORC2	ENST00000215862.8	TSL:1	c.1184-3C>A	splice_region intron	N/A	ENSP00000215862.4
MORC2	ENST00000469915.1	TSL:3	n.459-712C>A	intron	N/A

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

6.84e-7

AC:

AN:

1461876

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

727236

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86252

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53414

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.000173

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1112006

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.475

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

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GnomAD4 genome

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ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.57

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.54

PhyloP100

1.5

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

dbscSNV1_ADA

Benign

0.41

dbscSNV1_RF

Benign

0.39

SpliceAI score (max)

0.32

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

DS_AG_spliceai

0.32

Position offset: -8

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Variant Effect in Transcripts

RefSeq Transcripts

Ensembl Transcripts

Frequencies

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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