NM_000527.5:c.520G>A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 3P and 1B. PM1PP2BP4

The NM_000527.5(LDLR):c.520G>A(p.Glu174Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000434 in 1,613,984 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 (★★).

Frequency

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

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000041 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

LDLR
NM_000527.5 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.825

Publications

4 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

LDLR (HGNC:6547): (low density lipoprotein receptor) The low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene family consists of cell surface proteins involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis of specific ligands. The encoded protein is normally bound at the cell membrane, where it binds low density lipoprotein/cholesterol and is taken into the cell. Lysosomes release the cholesterol, which is made available for repression of microsomal enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis. At the same time, a reciprocal stimulation of cholesterol ester synthesis takes place. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal dominant disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

LDLR Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1
Inheritance: AD, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, ClinGen
homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

LDLR links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 43 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 10 uncertain in NM_000527.5

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 678 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 92 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 0.12407 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.59338 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1, homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.27470568).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
LDLR	NM_000527.5 link	c.520G>A	p.Glu174Lys	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 18	ENST00000558518.6	NP_000518.1	P01130-1A0A024R7D5

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
LDLR	ENST00000558518.6 link	c.520G>A	p.Glu174Lys	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 18	1	NM_000527.5	ENSP00000454071.1		P01130-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152236

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.0000655

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:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000199

AC:

AN:

251312

AF XY:

0.0000294

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000145

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000410

AC:

AN:

1461748

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000550

AC XY:

AN XY:

727188

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000112

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000116

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53286

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1112000

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.475

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:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152236

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74380

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41462

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000655

AC:

AN:

15276

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5200

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4836

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10628

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68044

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2090

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.475

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000227

ExAC

AF:

0.0000247

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified

Uncertain:1

Jun 06, 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: LDLR c.520G>A (p.Glu174Lys) 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 2e-05 in 251312 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.520G>A has been observed in individual(s) affected with Familial Hypercholesterolemia without strong evidence for causality (Sanchez-Hernandez_2016). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Familial Hypercholesterolemia. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publication has been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 27784735). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1746103). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Cardiovascular phenotype

Uncertain:1

Sep 22, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.E174K variant (also known as c.520G>A), located in coding exon 4 of the LDLR gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 520. The glutamic acid at codon 174 is replaced by lysine, an amino acid with similar properties. This variant co-occurred with a mutation in the APOB gene in an individual from a homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia cohort; however, details were limited (Sánchez-Hernández RM et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet, 2016 Dec;9:504-510). This amino acid position is poorly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.091

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.10

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.13

CADD

Benign

3.8

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.93

DEOGEN2

Uncertain

0.58

D;.;.;.

Eigen

Benign

-1.2

Eigen_PC

Benign

-1.2

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.80

LIST_S2

Benign

0.80

T;T;T;T

M_CAP

Benign

0.075

MetaRNN

Benign

0.27

T;T;T;T

MetaSVM

Uncertain

-0.19

MutationAssessor

Benign

0.98

L;.;.;L

PhyloP100

-0.82

PrimateAI

Benign

0.23

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.1

N;N;N;N

REVEL

Uncertain

0.42

Sift

Benign

0.60

T;T;T;T

Sift4G

Benign

0.91

T;T;T;T

Polyphen

0.0030

B;.;.;.

Vest4

0.13

MutPred

0.49

Gain of ubiquitination at E174 (P = 0.0085);Gain of ubiquitination at E174 (P = 0.0085);.;Gain of ubiquitination at E174 (P = 0.0085);

MVP

0.99

MPC

0.24

ClinPred

0.024

GERP RS

2.0

PromoterAI

-0.0085

Neutral

(source)

Varity_R

0.19

gMVP

0.86

Mutation Taster

=64/36

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

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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