CFTR p.Arg334Leu
Variant summary
The NM_000492.4(CFTR):c.1001G>T (p.Arg334Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a cumulative frequency of 0.00000205 (AC=3) in the gnomAD database across 1,461,848 control chromosomes (no homozygotes observed). The grpmax filtering allele frequency (95% CI) is 0.0000147. Note: a gnomAD entry for this variant shows a statistical allele-bias signature, consistent with mosaic/somatic contamination (e.g. age-related clonal hematopoiesis) rather than true inherited population frequency — this frequency should not be read as evidence of a common, benign germline variant. In-silico predictor (REVEL) classifies this variant as likely damaging/oncogenic. Splicing prediction tools (SpliceAI) predict no significant impact on normal splicing. The affected nucleotide is highly conserved across species (PhyloP 100-way vertebrate score: 7.60). Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (★★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV001581099: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects CFTR function (PMID:12679372, 15130785, 17673962, 30046002)." and additional evidence is available in ClinVar. A different missense at the same amino acid position has been reported as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic in ClinVar: p.R334Q: Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity (ClinVar VariationId 53159) Other variants at the same amino acid position have been reported in ClinVar (not pathogenic): p.R334= (synonymous): Likely_benign (ClinVar VariationId 4868842, 1 star)
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000492.4 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- congenital bilateral aplasia of vas deferens from CFTR mutationInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Natera
- cystic fibrosisInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Myriad Women's Health, ClinGen, Natera, Orphanet
- congenital bilateral absence of vas deferensInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- hereditary chronic pancreatitisInheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
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Classification according to ACMG Germline Pathogenicity v2019
Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 points.
| Apply | Criterion Code & Title / Strength | Rationale / Clinical Context | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS3Functional studies show damaging effect | Well-established functional study supports damaging effect (PS3); SCV001581099: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects CFTR function (PMID: 12679372, 15130785, 17673962, 30046002).; SCV001474475: Functional assays show that residue 334 is critical for ion binding, and variants at this codon, including p.Arg334Leu, disrupt channel function (Enquist 2009, Gong 2003, Gong 2004, Raraigh 2018, Zhou 2007). | ||
| PM1Mutational hot spot or critical domain | Missense neighbourhood hotspot (≥2 P/LP within ±8 AA, OR ≥ 5 vs. background) — PM1; In-domain: 0 pathogenic, 0 benign rare missense variants.; ±8 AA neighbourhood: 3 pathogenic, 0 benign (OR vs. background: 35.0). | ||
| PM2Absent/extremely low in population databases | Very rare in gnomAD for AD/XL gene (popmax AF < threshold/10) — PM2; GnomAD popmax AF = 0.0000147 — very rare for AD+AR gene (base 0.0001, raised to 0.0005 by highest known P/LP ClinVar AF 0.0119) — PM2 moderate. | ||
| PM5Novel missense at known pathogenic residue | Different pathogenic missense at same AA residue in ClinVar (PM5); ClinVar contains a germline Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic entry at the same amino acid position with a different amino acid change: p.R334Q: Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity (ClinVar VariationId 53159); Other variants at the same amino acid residue (not pathogenic): p.R334= (synonymous): Likely_benign (ClinVar VariationId 4868842, 1 star) | ||
| PP3Computational evidence supports damaging effect | Germline meta computational scorer (REVEL/MetaRNN/BayesDel) predicts damaging effect — supporting evidence (PP3); Splicing verdict: not pathogenic.; Germline computational verdict: pathogenic (Supporting). | ||
| PP5Reputable source reports pathogenic | ClinVar ≥3 stars pathogenic — very strong (PP5); ClinVar submissions overwhelmingly pathogenic (≥10 total, ≥80% P/LP, <10% B/LB) — strong (PP5, count-based); ClinVar germline classification: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic, 3 star(s). ClinVar submissions strongly and reliably favor pathogenicity (12/12 total P/LP). |
Variant Effect in Transcripts
Automated classification analysis was done for transcript: NM_000492.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated classification assignments.
Ensembl Transcripts
| Sel. | Gene / Transcript | Tags | HGVSc / HGVSp | Effect | Exon rank | Protein / UniProt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CFTR | TSL:1MANE Select | c.1001G>T p.Arg334Leu | missense | Exon 8 of 27 | Prot: ENSP00000003084.6 UniProt: | |
CFTR | c.1001G>T p.Arg334Leu | missense | Exon 8 of 27 | Prot: ENSP00000514471.1 UniProt: | ||
CFTR | c.1001G>T p.Arg334Leu | missense | Exon 8 of 26 | Prot: ENSP00000559265.1 UniProt: |
Frequencies
Allele frequencies (AF), counts (AC/AN), homozygotes and coverage
| Source / population | AF | AC | Hom | AN | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Global population databases 4 sources | |||||
GnomAD3 genomes | AF: 0.00000658 | AC:1 | Hom:0 | AN:152044 | Cov:32 |
GnomAD4 exome | AF: 0.00000205 | AC:3 | Hom:0 | AN:1461848 | Cov:31 |
GnomAD4 genome | AF: 0.00000658 | AC:1 | Hom:0 | AN:152044 | Cov:32 |
ALFA (dbGaP/dbSNP Allele Frequency Aggregator) | AF: 0.00 | AC:0 | Hom:0 | AN:109944 | |
Case/control cohorts
| Cohort | Cases | Controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | AC | AN | AF | AC | AN | |
SCHEMA | 0.00 | 0 | 67870 | 0.00000750 | 1 | 133324 |
ClinVar
Computational Scores
| Algorithm | Calibrated pred. | Score | Prediction |
|---|---|---|---|
AlphaGenome AVI | Pathogenic | 27 | |
AlphaMissense | Pathogenic | 0.88 | |
BayesDel_addAF | Pathogenic | 0.40 | D |
BayesDel_noAF | Pathogenic | 0.34 | |
CADD | Uncertain | 25 | |
DANN | Uncertain | 1.0 | |
DEOGEN2 | Uncertain | 0.61 | D |
Eigen | Uncertain | 0.29 | |
Eigen_PC | Benign | 0.22 | |
FATHMM_MKL | Pathogenic | 0.98 | D |
GPN-Star LLR | N/A | -9.1 | |
GPN-Star score | N/A | 9.1 | |
LIST_S2 | Pathogenic | 0.98 | D |
M_CAP | Pathogenic | 0.47 | D |
MetaRNN | Pathogenic | 0.98 | D |
MetaSVM | Uncertain | 0.61 | D |
Mutation Taster | N/A | 2/98 | disease causing (ClinVar) |
MutationAssessor | Uncertain | 2.1 | M |
PhyloP100 | Pathogenic | 7.6 | |
popEVE | Benign | -3.2 | |
PrimateAI | Uncertain | 0.67 | T |
PROVEAN | Benign | -1.5 | N |
REVEL | Pathogenic | 0.73 | |
Sift | Benign | 0.046 | D |
Sift4G | Pathogenic | 0.0 | D |
Varity_R | N/A | 0.79 | |
VESM-3B | Benign | -8.7 |
Splicing Scores
| Algorithm | Calibrated pred. | Score | Prediction |
|---|---|---|---|
Pangolin (max) | Benign | 0.0 | |
SpliceAI score (max) | Benign | 0.0 | Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2 |
Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at
MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.