Genetic Variant KCNQ4:p.Ala259Ala (chr1-40819415-T-G) – ACMG Classification: Likely_benign (-3 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2BP4_StrongBP7

The NM_004700.4(KCNQ4):c.777T>G(p.Ala259Ala) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,461,726 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar. Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A259A) has been classified as Benign.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 30)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

KCNQ4
NM_004700.4 synonymous

Scores

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: -4.41

Publications

29 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

KCNQ4 (HGNC:6298): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 4) The protein encoded by this gene forms a potassium channel that is thought to play a critical role in the regulation of neuronal excitability, particularly in sensory cells of the cochlea. The current generated by this channel is inhibited by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and activated by retigabine, a novel anti-convulsant drug. The encoded protein can form a homomultimeric potassium channel or possibly a heteromultimeric channel in association with the protein encoded by the KCNQ3 gene. Defects in this gene are a cause of nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness type 2 (DFNA2), an autosomal dominant form of progressive hearing loss. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNQ4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 2A
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, PanelApp Australia
nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hearing loss disorder
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

KCNQ4 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.66).

BP7

Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-4.41 with no splicing effect.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
KCNQ4	NM_004700.4 link	c.777T>G	p.Ala259Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 5 of 14	ENST00000347132.10	NP_004691.2	P56696-1B3KQH8

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	UniProt
KCNQ4	ENST00000347132.10 link	c.777T>G	p.Ala259Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 5 of 14	1	NM_004700.4	ENSP00000262916.6	P56696-1
KCNQ4	ENST00000509682.6 link	c.777T>G	p.Ala259Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 5 of 13	5		ENSP00000423756.2	P56696-2
KCNQ4	ENST00000443478.3 link	c.462T>G	p.Ala154Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 4 of 13	5		ENSP00000406735.3	H0Y6N7
KCNQ4	ENST00000506017.1 link	n.96T>G		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 11	2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00000398

AC:

AN:

251388

AF XY:

0.00

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.0000544

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000137

AC:

AN:

1461726

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000138

AC XY:

AN XY:

727180

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44718

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26132

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.0000504

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86256

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53314

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1111970

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60390

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.425

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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GnomAD4 genome

Cov.:

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.66

CADD

Benign

3.5

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.70

PhyloP100

-4.4

Mutation Taster

=100/0

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.010

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

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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