8-1771440-G-A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_018941.4(CLN8):c.386G>A(p.Arg129Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000589 in 1,614,106 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 13/22 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. R129W) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000058 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CLN8
NM_018941.4 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.94

Publications

7 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

CLN8 (HGNC:2079): (CLN8 transmembrane ER and ERGIC protein) This gene encodes a transmembrane protein belonging to a family of proteins containing TLC domains, which are postulated to function in lipid synthesis, transport, or sensing. The protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and may recycle between the ER and ER-Golgi intermediate compartment. Mutations in this gene are associated with a disorder characterized by progressive epilepsy with cognitive disabilities (EPMR), which is a subtype of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL). Patients with mutations in this gene have altered levels of sphingolipid and phospholipids in the brain. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2017]

CLN8 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 8
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, G2P, Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, Myriad Women’s Health
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 8 northern epilepsy variant
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet
autism spectrum disorder
Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

CLN8 links:

KBTBD11-OT1 (HGNC:):

KBTBD11-OT1 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.0851126).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
CLN8	NM_018941.4 link	c.386G>A	p.Arg129Gln	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	ENST00000331222.6	NP_061764.2	Q9UBY8A0A024QZ57

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
CLN8	ENST00000331222.6 link	c.386G>A	p.Arg129Gln	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	1	NM_018941.4	ENSP00000328182.4		Q9UBY8
KBTBD11-OT1	ENST00000635855.1 link	n.386G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 30	5		ENSP00000489726.1		A0A1B0GTJ5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000657

AC:

AN:

152096

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000724

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.0000655

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.000829

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.000189

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.000119

AC:

AN:

251482

AF XY:

0.000147

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0000615

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.000163

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.000370

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000352

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000581

AC:

AN:

1461892

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000701

AC XY:

AN XY:

727246

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.000179

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.000151

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000348

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.000543

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000989

AC:

AN:

1112010

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000497

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.489

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000657

AC:

AN:

152214

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000806

AC XY:

AN XY:

74422

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000722

AC:

AN:

41548

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000654

AC:

AN:

15286

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5158

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000830

AC:

AN:

4820

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.000189

AC:

AN:

10598

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68018

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2108

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.530

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.60

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

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>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000604

ExAC

AF:

0.000132

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:1

Jul 24, 2025

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In silico analysis suggests that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 30019023) -

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 8

Uncertain:1

Jul 10, 2020

Natera, Inc.

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Uncertain:1

Dec 11, 2023

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 129 of the CLN8 protein (p.Arg129Gln). This variant is present in population databases (rs571617007, gnomAD 0.04%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with CLN8-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 421797). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt CLN8 protein function with a negative predictive value of 80%. 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

0.082

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.25

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.27

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Uncertain

0.62

.;D;D;D;D;.;D;.

Eigen

Benign

-0.23

Eigen_PC

Benign

-0.40

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.82

LIST_S2

Benign

0.82

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

M_CAP

Benign

0.079

MetaRNN

Benign

0.085

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

MetaSVM

Benign

-0.31

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.1

.;M;M;M;M;.;M;.

PhyloP100

2.9

PrimateAI

Benign

0.25

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.5

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

REVEL

Uncertain

0.30

Sift

Benign

0.091

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

Sift4G

Benign

0.17

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

Polyphen

0.99

.;D;D;D;D;.;D;.

Vest4

0.26

MutPred

0.54

Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);Loss of stability (P = 0.0863);

MVP

0.90

MPC

0.043

ClinPred

0.049

GERP RS

-0.16

Varity_R

0.072

gMVP

0.36

Mutation Taster

=92/8

polymorphism

(source)

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

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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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