NM_002693.3:c.2884G>A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1PP3_Strong

The NM_002693.3(POLG):c.2884G>A(p.Ala962Thr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000434 in 1,613,874 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. A962V) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

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

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000041 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

POLG
NM_002693.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.57

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

POLG (HGNC:9179): (DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit) Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting of a homodimer of accessory subunits plus a catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase. The encoded protein contains a polyglutamine tract near its N-terminus that may be polymorphic. Defects in this gene are a cause of progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions 1 (PEOA1), sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO), Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), and mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

POLG Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4a
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P
sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P
autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
recessive mitochondrial ataxia syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Leigh syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

POLG links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 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, 6 uncertain in NM_002693.3

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.947

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
POLG	NM_002693.3 link	c.2884G>A	p.Ala962Thr	missense_variant	Exon 18 of 23	ENST00000268124.11	NP_002684.1	P54098E5KNU5
POLG	NM_001126131.2 link	c.2884G>A	p.Ala962Thr	missense_variant	Exon 18 of 23		NP_001119603.1	P54098E5KNU5

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
POLG	ENST00000268124.11 link	c.2884G>A	p.Ala962Thr	missense_variant	Exon 18 of 23	1	NM_002693.3	ENSP00000268124.5		P54098

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152200

Hom.:

Cov.:

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Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.000193

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:

0.0000318

AC:

AN:

251222

AF XY:

0.0000295

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Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.000435

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:

1461674

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000413

AC XY:

AN XY:

727138

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African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.000126

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86256

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53218

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5762

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1112006

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000166

AC:

AN:

60394

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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GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152200

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000135

AC XY:

AN XY:

74348

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41442

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15286

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.000193

AC:

AN:

5190

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4836

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10620

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68038

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2088

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.575

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

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Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000227

ExAC

AF:

0.0000247

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:3

Dec 20, 2017

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jun 23, 2023

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

PP3, PM2, PM3_supporting -

Sep 25, 2020

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Observed with a pathogenic variant in a patient with ataxia, muscle weakness, and central hypoventilation in published literature, but it is not known whether the variants occurred on the same (in cis) or on different (in trans) chromosomes (Tang et al., 2011); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 21880868) -

not specified

Uncertain:1

Jun 23, 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: POLG c.2884G>A (p.Ala962Thr) results in a non-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 disruptive. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 3.2e-05 in 251222 control chromosomes. c.2884G>A has been observed in individuals affected with mitochodrial disorders (e.g., Dong_2020, Hu_2020, Tang_2011, Wu_2022). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome - POLG Related. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function. In a cell SH-SY5Y cell study, the most pronounced variant effect results in approximately 35% of normal levels of mtDNA (Hu_2024). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 32005694, 32348839, 39545794, 21880868, 35598585). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 595463). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly pathogenic. -

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy

Uncertain:1

Jun 07, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, with threonine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 962 of the POLG protein (p.Ala962Thr). This variant is present in population databases (rs760305377, gnomAD 0.05%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of POLG-related conditions (PMID: 21880868, 32005694, 32348839). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 595463). 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 POLG protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.61

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.33

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.56

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.94

D;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.86

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.82

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.96

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.96

.;D

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.79

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.95

D;D

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.1

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.7

M;M

PhyloP100

7.6

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.72

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-3.8

D;D

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.96

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.0040

D;D

Polyphen

1.0

D;D

Vest4

0.94

MutPred

0.76

Gain of phosphorylation at A962 (P = 0.1495);Gain of phosphorylation at A962 (P = 0.1495);

MVP

0.98

MPC

0.65

ClinPred

0.83

GERP RS

5.2

PromoterAI

-0.0018

Neutral

(source)

Varity_R

0.88

gMVP

0.85

Mutation Taster

=0/100

disease causing

(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

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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