NM_004004.6:c.187G>A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PM1PM5PP2PP3_StrongPP5

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):c.187G>A(p.Val63Met) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000992 in 1,613,260 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. V63L) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000026 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000082 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJB2
NM_004004.6 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

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

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.85

Publications

21 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Bart-Pumphrey syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
keratoderma hereditarium mutilans
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, G2P, PanelApp Australia
hearing loss, autosomal recessive
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, ClinGen
autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
KID syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

GJB2 links:

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000296095 links:

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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 15 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 9 uncertain in NM_004004.6

PM5

Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20189395-C-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 447443.

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 111 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 10 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: -0.72044 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.4379 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A, ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss, keratoderma hereditarium mutilans, hearing loss, autosomal recessive, Bart-Pumphrey syndrome, palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome, autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, KID syndrome.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.967

PP5

Variant 13-20189395-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-20189395-C-T is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 94391.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJB2	NM_004004.6 link	c.187G>A	p.Val63Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000382848.5	NP_003995.2
GJB2	XM_011535049.3 link	c.187G>A	p.Val63Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2		XP_011533351.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein
GJB2	ENST00000382848.5 link	c.187G>A	p.Val63Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_004004.6	ENSP00000372299.4
GJB2	ENST00000382844.2 link	c.187G>A	p.Val63Met	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 1	6		ENSP00000372295.1
ENSG00000296095	ENST00000736390.1 link	n.232-3815G>A		intron_variant	Intron 1 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000263

AC:

AN:

152198

Hom.:

Cov.:

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Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000483

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:

0.0000294

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000159

AC:

AN:

251252

AF XY:

0.00000737

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Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000578

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000176

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000821

AC:

AN:

1461062

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000688

AC XY:

AN XY:

726662

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33450

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000447

AC:

AN:

44706

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26126

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39648

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000116

AC:

AN:

86254

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53418

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5764

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000810

AC:

AN:

1111316

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60380

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.479

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000263

AC:

AN:

152198

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000403

AC XY:

AN XY:

74360

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000483

AC:

AN:

41442

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15288

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:

4832

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10614

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000294

AC:

AN:

68034

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2088

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.463

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

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Alfa

AF:

0.0000859

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000189

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000116

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Pathogenic:1Uncertain:1

Aug 06, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces valine, which is neutral and non-polar, with methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 63 of the GJB2 protein (p.Val63Met). This variant is present in population databases (rs370696868, gnomAD 0.004%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness (PMID: 14985372, 17666888, 21366436, 26252218). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 94391). 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 GJB2 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. This variant disrupts the p.Val63 amino acid residue in GJB2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 17041943; Invitae). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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. -

Sep 05, 2013

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

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Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

Pathogenic:1

Jun 10, 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: GJB2 c.187G>A (p.Val63Met) 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 are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 1.6e-05 in 251252 control chromosomes. c.187G>A has been observed in compound heterozygous individuals affected with Autosomal Recessive Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (e.g. Cryns_2004, Snoeckx_2005). These data indicate that the variant may be associated with disease. A different variant affecting the same codon has been classified as likely pathogenic/pathogenic by our lab (c.188T>C, p.V63A), supporting the critical relevance of codon 63 to GJB2 protein function. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 14985372, 16380907). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 94391). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.82

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.46

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.51

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.93

D;D;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.84

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.77

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.97

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.94

.;.;D

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.62

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.97

D;D;D

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.1

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

3.1

M;M;M

PhyloP100

7.8

PrimateAI

Pathogenic

0.81

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-3.0

D;D;.

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.88

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;.

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;.

Polyphen

1.0

D;D;D

Vest4

0.85

MVP

0.97

MPC

0.28

ClinPred

0.99

GERP RS

5.3

PromoterAI

-0.054

Neutral

(source)

Varity_R

0.88

gMVP

0.94

Mutation Taster

=14/86

disease causing

(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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