22-30937714-G-T

Variant names:

• chr22-30937714-G-T
• rs770913783
• NM_001303256.3:c.1370-3C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2 BP4_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

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

ACMG classification

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).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
MORC2	NM_001303256.3	c.1370-3C>A		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 14 of 25	ENST00000397641.8	NP_001290185.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
MORC2	ENST00000397641.8	c.1370-3C>A		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 14 of 25	5	NM_001303256.3	ENSP00000380763.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461876 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 34 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 727236

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86252

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53414

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.000173 AC: 1 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1112006

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.57
CADD	Benign	15
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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs770913783; hg19: chr22-31333701;