NM_000153.4:c.411_413delTAA

Variant names:

• chr14-87986517-CTTA-C
• rs1555383687
• NM_000153.4:c.411_413delTAA

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 13 ACMG points: 13P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM4_Supporting PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000153.4(GALC):​c.411_413delTAA​(p.Lys138del) variant causes a disruptive inframe deletion change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000686 in 1,458,380 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A137A) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.9e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GALC NM_000153.4 disruptive_inframe_deletion
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:3 U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.99
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

GALC (HGNC:4115): (galactosylceramidase) This gene encodes a lysosomal protein which hydrolyzes the galactose ester bonds of galactosylceramide, galactosylsphingosine, lactosylceramide, and monogalactosyldiglyceride. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Krabbe disease, also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

GALC Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Krabbe disease

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Myriad Women’s Health, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia, ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 13 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 4 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 3 uncertain in NM_000153.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM4: Nonframeshift variant in NON repetitive region in NM_000153.4. Strenght limited to Supporting due to length of the change: 1aa.
• PP5: Variant 14-87986517-CTTA-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr14-87986517-CTTA-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 555281.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000153.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GALC	NM_000153.4	MANE Select	c.411_413delTAA	p.Lys138del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 4 of 17	NP_000144.2
	GALC	NM_001201401.2		c.342_344delTAA	p.Lys115del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 3 of 16	NP_001188330.1
	GALC	NM_001201402.2		c.333_335delTAA	p.Lys112del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 4 of 17	NP_001188331.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GALC	ENST00000261304.7	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.411_413delTAA	p.Lys138del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 4 of 17	ENSP00000261304.2
	GALC	ENST00000622264.4	TSL:1	c.399_401delTAA	p.Lys134del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 4 of 10	ENSP00000480649.1
	GALC	ENST00000474294.6	TSL:1	n.401_403delTAA		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 4 of 10

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.86e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1458380 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 725854

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33392

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44714

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26118

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39674

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86178

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53382

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5758

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 9.02e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1108894

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60270

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3 Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase deficiency Pathogenic:2 Uncertain:1

Nov 30, 2017

Counsyl

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com.

Sep 21, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 555281). This variant is also known as K123del. This variant has been observed in individual(s) with Krabbe disease (PMID: 23197103, 26108647, 35286032). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant, c.411_413del, results in the deletion of 1 amino acid(s) of the GALC protein (p.Lys139del), but otherwise preserves the integrity of the reading frame.

May 15, 2019

Ege University Pediatric Genetics, Ege University

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: flagged submission

Collection Method: clinical testing

Incidental Discovery Pathogenic:1

Sep 10, 2025

Clinical Genetics Laboratory, Skane University Hospital Lund

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

ACMG criteria used: PM2, PM3_strong, PM4.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		8.0
Mutation Taster		=50/50	disease causing (ClinVar)

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555383687; hg19: chr14-88452861;