Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 1 ACMG points: 3P and 2B. PM2PP2BP4_Moderate
The NM_001148.6(ANK2):āc.11863A>Gā(p.Asn3955Asp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,834 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/21 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (ā ā ). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. N3955S) has been classified as Likely benign.
ANK2 (HGNC:493): (ankyrin 2) This gene encodes a member of the ankyrin family of proteins that link the integral membrane proteins to the underlying spectrin-actin cytoskeleton. Ankyrins play key roles in activities such as cell motility, activation, proliferation, contact and the maintenance of specialized membrane domains. Most ankyrins are typically composed of three structural domains: an amino-terminal domain containing multiple ankyrin repeats; a central region with a highly conserved spectrin binding domain; and a carboxy-terminal regulatory domain which is the least conserved and subject to variation. The protein encoded by this gene is required for targeting and stability of Na/Ca exchanger 1 in cardiomyocytes. Mutations in this gene cause long QT syndrome 4 and cardiac arrhythmia syndrome. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter
clinical testing
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Apr 15, 2016
This sequence change replaces asparagine with aspartic acid at codon 3955 of the ANK2 protein (p.Asn3955Asp). The asparagine residue is weakly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between asparagine and aspartic acid. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency) and has not been reported in the literature in individuals with an ANK2-related disease. In summary, this variant is a novel missense change that is not predicted to affect protein function. There is no indication that it causes disease, but the available evidence is currently insufficient to prove that conclusively. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies. -
Cardiovascular phenotype Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter
clinical testing
Ambry Genetics
Dec 21, 2019
The p.N3955D variant (also known as c.11863A>G), located in coding exon 46 of the ANK2 gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 11863. The asparagine at codon 3955 is replaced by aspartic acid, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This amino acid position is not well conserved in available vertebrate species, and aspartic acid is the reference amino acid in other vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -