8-143916200-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points: 0P and 4B. BP4_Strong

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):​c.13621G>A​(p.Gly4541Ser) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000454 in 1,543,424 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 14/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. G4541A) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000026 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000022 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PLEC
NM_201384.3 missense

Scores

5
14

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.65

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]
PLEC Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5A, Ogna type
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, PanelApp Australia, Genomics England PanelApp
  • autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • congenital myasthenic syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
  • autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • aplasia cutis congenita
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • cholestasis
    Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.010127753).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
PLECNM_201384.3 linkc.13621G>A p.Gly4541Ser missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 ENST00000345136.8 NP_958786.1 Q15149-4
PLECNM_201378.4 linkc.13579G>A p.Gly4527Ser missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 ENST00000356346.7 NP_958780.1 Q15149-9

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
PLECENST00000345136.8 linkc.13621G>A p.Gly4541Ser missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 1 NM_201384.3 ENSP00000344848.3 Q15149-4
PLECENST00000356346.7 linkc.13579G>A p.Gly4527Ser missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 1 NM_201378.4 ENSP00000348702.3 Q15149-9

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000263
AC:
4
AN:
152106
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.000772
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
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000703
AC:
1
AN:
142254
AF XY:
0.00
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.0000951
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000216
AC:
3
AN:
1391200
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000292
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
685916
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
31294
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35486
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25010
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000563
AC:
2
AN:
35542
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
79108
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
46480
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4274
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1076440
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000174
AC:
1
AN:
57566
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.508
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000263
AC:
4
AN:
152224
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74426
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41556
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15296
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.000774
AC:
4
AN:
5166
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4830
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10608
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
292
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
67984
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2114
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.500
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
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6
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10
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30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
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>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000378
ExAC
AF:
0.0000138
AC:
1
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000289
AC:
1
AN:
3476

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:2
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain:1
Mar 22, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.13702G>A (p.G4568S) alteration is located in exon 33 (coding exon 32) of the PLEC gene. This alteration results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 13702, causing the glycine (G) at amino acid position 4568 to be replaced by a serine (S). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy Uncertain:1
Aug 23, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with serine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 4568 of the PLEC protein (p.Gly4568Ser). The frequency data for this variant in the population databases is considered unreliable, as metrics indicate poor data quality at this position in the gnomAD database. This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PLEC-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1011653). Experimental studies and prediction algorithms are not available or were not evaluated, and the functional significance of this variant is currently unknown. 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
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.083
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
0.0021
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.23
CADD
Benign
17
DANN
Benign
0.79
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.054
.;.;.;.;T;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen
Benign
-0.24
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.21
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.36
N
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.97
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.17
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.010
T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.37
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.69
.;.;.;.;N;.;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100
3.7
PrimateAI
Benign
0.45
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.99
N;N;N;N;N;N;N;N;.;N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.32
Sift
Uncertain
0.0080
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.048
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
Polyphen
0.70
P;P;P;P;P;P;P;P;.;.
Vest4
0.33
MutPred
0.16
.;.;.;.;Loss of catalytic residue at G4678 (P = 0.0058);.;.;.;.;.;
MVP
0.63
ClinPred
0.40
T
GERP RS
4.9
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.084
gMVP
0.41
Mutation Taster
=57/43
polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs782218200; hg19: chr8-144990368; API