NM_000543.5:c.730G>A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5

The NM_000543.5(SMPD1):c.730G>A(p.Gly244Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000391 in 1,612,454 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). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. G244A) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000026 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000040 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

SMPD1
NM_000543.5 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:7U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.25

Publications

9 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

SMPD1 (HGNC:11120): (sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1) The protein encoded by this gene is a lysosomal acid sphingomyelinase that converts sphingomyelin to ceramide. The encoded protein also has phospholipase C activity. Defects in this gene are a cause of Niemann-Pick disease type A (NPA) and Niemann-Pick disease type B (NPB). Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]

SMPD1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

acid sphingomyelinase deficiency
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
Niemann-Pick disease
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
Niemann-Pick disease type A
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
Niemann-Pick disease type B
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

SMPD1 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 10 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 4 uncertain in NM_000543.5

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

PM5

Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr11-6391796-G-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 1524692.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.943

PP5

Variant 11-6391795-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr11-6391795-G-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 2987.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
SMPD1	NM_000543.5 link	c.730G>A	p.Gly244Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 6	ENST00000342245.9	NP_000534.3	P17405-1Q59EN6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
SMPD1	ENST00000342245.9 link	c.730G>A	p.Gly244Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 6	1	NM_000543.5	ENSP00000340409.4		P17405-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000263

AC:

AN:

152228

Hom.:

Cov.:

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:

0.0000441

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.000478

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000282

AC:

AN:

248164

AF XY:

0.0000297

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000290

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000444

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000165

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000404

AC:

AN:

1460226

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000372

AC XY:

AN XY:

726520

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000224

AC:

AN:

44720

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:

51794

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000495

AC:

AN:

1111998

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000166

AC:

AN:

60374

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.483

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000263

AC:

AN:

152228

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000269

AC XY:

AN XY:

74380

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41456

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15290

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5190

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4838

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10618

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000441

AC:

AN:

68044

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000478

AC:

AN:

2094

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.488

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.40

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000636

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000567

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000116

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.00000824

AC:

EpiCase

AF:

0.0000545

EpiControl

AF:

0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:7Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Niemann-Pick disease, type A;C0268243:Niemann-Pick disease, type B

Pathogenic:2

Mar 11, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 244 of the SMPD1 protein (p.Gly244Arg). This variant is present in population databases (rs120074122, gnomAD 0.006%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with Niemann-Pick disease (PMID: 1618760, 26981555). This variant is also known as G242R. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2987). 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 SMPD1 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects SMPD1 function (PMID: 1618760). In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. -

Jan 15, 2022

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided

Pathogenic:2

Dec 06, 2016

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Oct 28, 2021

Revvity Omics, Revvity

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Niemann-Pick disease, type B

Pathogenic:1

Jan 01, 1992

OMIM

Significance:Pathogenic

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:literature only

- -

Sphingomyelin/cholesterol lipidosis

Pathogenic:1

Jan 22, 2020

Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:curation

The p.Gly244Arg variant in SMPD1 (also known as p.Gly242Arg due to a difference in cDNA numbering) has been reported in at least 2 individuals with Niemann-Pick disease (PMID: 26981555, 1618760) and has been identified in 0.005% (7/128084) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes and 0.003% (1/135346) of Latino chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs120074122). Although this variant has been seen in the general population, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a recessive carrier frequency. This variant has also been reported in ClinVar (VariationID: 2987) as pathogenic by OMIM and EGL Genetic Diagnostics. Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest that this variant may impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. The presence of this variant in combination with a likely pathogenic variant and in an individual with Niemann-Pick disease increases the likelihood that the p.Asn385Ser variant is pathogenic (VariationID: 2988; PMID: 1618760). The p.Asn385Ser is located in a mutational hot spot and a region of SMPD1 that is essential to protein folding and stability, suggesting that this variant is in a functional domain and slightly supports pathogenicity (PMID: 27725636, 1618760). In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant is likely pathogenic. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM2, PM3, PP3, PM1_supporting (Richards 2015). -

Niemann-Pick disease, type A

Pathogenic:1

Mar 26, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified

Uncertain:1

May 29, 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: SMPD1 c.730G>A (p.Gly244Arg) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Calcineurin-like phosphoesterase domain, ApaH type (IPR004843) of the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.8e-05 in 248164 control chromosomes. c.730G>A has been observed in individual(s) affected with Niemann-Pick Disease (e.g. Takahashi_1992, Reunert_2016, Hu_2021, Mauhin_2021). These data indicate that the variant may be associated with disease. Experimental evidence using transfected COS-1 cells showed that the variant had approximately 40% residual activity when compared to wild-type (Takahashi_1992). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 33675270, 26981555, 1618760, 34768550). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2987). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Uncertain

0.46

BayesDel_addAF

Uncertain

0.15

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.16

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.94

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.86

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

1.0

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.95

D;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.27

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.94

D;D

MetaSVM

Benign

-0.69

PhyloP100

9.3

PrimateAI

Pathogenic

0.80

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-7.5

D;D

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.73

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Vest4

0.92

MVP

0.64

MPC

0.88

ClinPred

0.99

GERP RS

5.0

PromoterAI

0.0072

Neutral

(source)

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Varity_R

0.90

gMVP

0.97

Mutation Taster

=0/100

disease causing (ClinVar)

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.0

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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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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