NM_000048.4:c.740C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PM1PM2PP2PP3_StrongPP5

The NM_000048.4(ASL):​c.740C>T​(p.Ser247Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000112 in 1,613,670 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. S247S) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000012 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

ASL
NM_000048.4 missense

Scores

13
4
2

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:2U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.30

Publications

1 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
ASL (HGNC:746): (argininosuccinate lyase) This gene encodes a member of the lyase 1 family. The encoded protein forms a cytosolic homotetramer and primarily catalyzes the reversible hydrolytic cleavage of argininosuccinate into arginine and fumarate, an essential step in the liver in detoxifying ammonia via the urea cycle. Mutations in this gene result in the autosomal recessive disorder argininosuccinic aciduria, or argininosuccinic acid lyase deficiency. A nontranscribed pseudogene is also located on the long arm of chromosome 22. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
ASL Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • argininosuccinic aciduria
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health, G2P, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 6 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 7 uncertain in NM_000048.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP2
Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 95 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 10 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 0.7488 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 1.388 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to argininosuccinic aciduria.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.947
PP5
Variant 7-66088828-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr7-66088828-C-T is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 459922.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
ASLNM_000048.4 linkc.740C>T p.Ser247Leu missense_variant Exon 11 of 17 ENST00000304874.14 NP_000039.2
ASLNM_001024943.2 linkc.740C>T p.Ser247Leu missense_variant Exon 10 of 16 NP_001020114.1
ASLNM_001024944.2 linkc.740C>T p.Ser247Leu missense_variant Exon 10 of 15 NP_001020115.1
ASLNM_001024946.2 linkc.662C>T p.Ser221Leu missense_variant Exon 9 of 15 NP_001020117.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
ASLENST00000304874.14 linkc.740C>T p.Ser247Leu missense_variant Exon 11 of 17 1 NM_000048.4 ENSP00000307188.9
ENSG00000249319ENST00000450043.2 linkc.53C>T p.Ser18Leu missense_variant Exon 2 of 12 5 ENSP00000396527.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152174
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:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000120
AC:
3
AN:
250634
AF XY:
0.0000148
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000265
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000116
AC:
17
AN:
1461496
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00000963
AC XY:
7
AN XY:
726970
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33476
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44690
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26104
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39698
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000116
AC:
1
AN:
86094
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53386
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000135
AC:
15
AN:
1111904
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60376
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.454
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
3
4
5
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152174
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74328
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41452
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15254
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5188
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4836
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10618
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000147
AC:
1
AN:
68036
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
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10
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30-35
35-40
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Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000289
AC:
1
AN:
3478
EpiCase
AF:
0.00
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Argininosuccinate lyase deficiency Pathogenic:2
Jan 17, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces serine, which is neutral and polar, with leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 247 of the ASL protein (p.Ser247Leu). This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.003%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (Invitae). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 459922). 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 expected to disrupt ASL protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Jun 09, 2025
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: ASL c.740C>T (p.Ser247Leu) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Fumarate lyase, N-terminal domain (IPR022761) of 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 disruptive. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 1.2e-05 in 250634 control chromosomes. c.740C>T has been observed in individual(s) affected with or with clinical features of Argininosuccinic Aciduria (internal data). These data indicate that the variant is likely to be associated with disease. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 459922). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic. -

not provided Uncertain:1
May 06, 2021
GeneDx
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Not observed at a significant frequency in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016); In silico analysis, which includes protein predictors and evolutionary conservation, supports a deleterious effect; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Uncertain
0.54
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.42
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.43
CADD
Pathogenic
29
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.97
D;.;D;D;.;.
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.73
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.73
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
.;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.97
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.95
D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.1
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.3
M;.;M;.;M;.
PhyloP100
7.3
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.66
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-4.6
D;D;D;D;D;.
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.88
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D;D;D;D;.
Sift4G
Benign
0.068
T;T;T;T;T;D
Polyphen
0.96
D;.;D;.;.;.
Vest4
0.75
MutPred
0.77
Loss of catalytic residue at S247 (P = 0.0381);.;Loss of catalytic residue at S247 (P = 0.0381);.;Loss of catalytic residue at S247 (P = 0.0381);.;
MVP
0.99
MPC
0.67
ClinPred
0.98
D
GERP RS
5.8
PromoterAI
-0.031
Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.92
RBP_regulation_power_radar
2.0
Varity_R
0.89
gMVP
0.94
Mutation Taster
=10/90
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.11
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: rs1405344068; hg19: chr7-65553815; COSMIC: COSV59188543; COSMIC: COSV59188543; API