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Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2 BP4_Strong BP7

The NM_000238.4(KCNH2):c.237C>A(p.Ala79=) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A79A) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: KCNH2 NM_000238.4 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.106

Genes affected

KCNH2 (HGNC:6251): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2) This gene encodes a component of a voltage-activated potassium channel found in cardiac muscle, nerve cells, and microglia. Four copies of this protein interact with one copy of the KCNE2 protein to form a functional potassium channel. Mutations in this gene can cause long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2). Transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -3 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.59).
• BP7: Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-0.106 with no splicing effect.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
KCNH2	NM_000238.4	c.237C>A	p.Ala79=	synonymous_variant	2/15	ENST00000262186.10

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
KCNH2	ENST00000262186.10	c.237C>A	p.Ala79=	synonymous_variant	2/15	1	NM_000238.4	P1
KCNH2	ENST00000532957.5	n.460C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	2/9	2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 34

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Long QT syndrome Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Jul 16, 2020

This sequence change affects codon 79 of the KCNH2 mRNA. It is a 'silent' change, meaning that it does not change the encoded amino acid sequence of the KCNH2 protein. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with KCNH2-related conditions. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may create or strengthen a splice site, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.59
Cadd	Benign	12
Dann	Benign	0.68

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1060503994; hg19: chr7-150671869;