8-143918986-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 0P and 3B. BP4_ModerateBS1_Supporting

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):c.10835G>A(p.Arg3612Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000863 in 1,611,134 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/22 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. R3612W) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000059 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000089 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PLEC
NM_201384.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:6

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.02

Publications

5 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 These names were superseded by plectin.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

PLEC links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.20690084).

BS1

Variant frequency is greater than expected in population mid. GnomAdExome4 allele frequency = 0.0000891 (130/1458838) while in subpopulation MID AF = 0.00416 (24/5768). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00287. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAdExome4. There are 71 alleles in the male GnomAdExome4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 71. This position passed quality control check. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PLEC	NM_201384.3 link	c.10835G>A	p.Arg3612Gln	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	ENST00000345136.8	NP_958786.1	Q15149-4
PLEC	NM_201378.4 link	c.10793G>A	p.Arg3598Gln	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
PLEC	ENST00000345136.8 link	c.10835G>A	p.Arg3612Gln	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	1	NM_201384.3	ENSP00000344848.3		Q15149-4
PLEC	ENST00000356346.7 link	c.10793G>A	p.Arg3598Gln	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	1	NM_201378.4	ENSP00000348702.3		Q15149-9

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000591

AC:

AN:

152178

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000241

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000196

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.000288

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000294

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.000955

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000931

AC:

AN:

247054

AF XY:

0.000104

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0000649

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000290

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.0000995

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.000106

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000829

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000891

AC:

130

AN:

1458838

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000978

AC XY:

AN XY:

725858

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.000239

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000447

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.0000765

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000812

AC:

AN:

86254

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

50416

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00416

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000629

AC:

AN:

1111996

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000282

AC:

AN:

60366

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.492

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000591

AC:

AN:

152296

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000403

AC XY:

AN XY:

74474

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000241

AC:

AN:

41560

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000196

AC:

AN:

15306

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.000288

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5170

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4834

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10618

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000294

AC:

AN:

68016

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000945

AC:

AN:

2116

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.486

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.000217

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.000110

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000234

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.000140

AC:

EpiCase

AF:

0.0000545

EpiControl

AF:

0.000356

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:6

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:3

Breakthrough Genomics, Breakthrough Genomics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:not provided

- -

Sep 06, 2021

Revvity Omics, Revvity

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

May 09, 2016

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified

Uncertain:1

Jun 19, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: PLEC c.10916G>A (p.Arg3639Gln) results in a conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 9.3e-05 in 247054 control chromosomes. This frequency is not significantly higher than estimated for a pathogenic variant in PLEC causing Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia (9.3e-05 vs 0.0061), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.10916G>A in individuals affected with PLEC-related disorders and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 285678). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Inborn genetic diseases

Uncertain:1

Nov 07, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.10916G>A (p.R3639Q) 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 10916, causing the arginine (R) at amino acid position 3639 to be replaced by a glutamine (Q). 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

Jan 03, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glutamine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 3639 of the PLEC protein (p.Arg3639Gln). This variant is present in population databases (rs369226598, gnomAD 0.02%). 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: 285678). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant¬¨‚Ä†is likely to be tolerated. 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

0.092

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.32

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.46

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

0.98

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.055

.;.;.;.;T;.;.;.;.;.

Eigen

Benign

-0.13

Eigen_PC

Benign

-0.011

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.53

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.95

D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.097

MetaRNN

Benign

0.21

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T

MetaSVM

Benign

-0.71

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.3

.;.;.;.;L;.;.;.;.;.

PhyloP100

2.0

PrimateAI

Benign

0.40

PROVEAN

Benign

-0.79

N;N;N;N;N;N;N;N;.;N

REVEL

Benign

0.23

Sift

Benign

0.11

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;.;T

Sift4G

Benign

0.38

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;.;T

Polyphen

0.14

B;B;B;B;B;B;B;B;.;.

Vest4

0.21

MVP

0.66

ClinPred

0.019

GERP RS

3.4

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.2

Varity_R

0.031

gMVP

0.37

Mutation Taster

=95/5

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.0

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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