Genetic Variant PCSK9:c.-73A>G (chr1-55039765-A-G) – ACMG Classification: Likely_benign (-2 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2BP4_Strong

The NM_174936.4(PCSK9):c.-73A>G variant causes a 5 prime UTR change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000726 in 1,377,594 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 7.3e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PCSK9
NM_174936.4 5_prime_UTR

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.441

Publications

0 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

PCSK9 (HGNC:20001): (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) This gene encodes a member of the subtilisin-like proprotein convertase family, which includes proteases that process protein and peptide precursors trafficking through regulated or constitutive branches of the secretory pathway. The encoded protein undergoes an autocatalytic processing event with its prosegment in the ER and is constitutively secreted as an inactive protease into the extracellular matrix and trans-Golgi network. It is expressed in liver, intestine and kidney tissues and escorts specific receptors for lysosomal degradation. It plays a role in cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. Mutations in this gene have been associated with autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]

PCSK9 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, 3
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

PCSK9 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.74).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PCSK9	NM_174936.4 link	c.-73A>G		5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 1 of 12	ENST00000302118.5	NP_777596.2	Q8NBP7-1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PCSK9	ENST00000302118.5 link	c.-73A>G		5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 1 of 12	1	NM_174936.4	ENSP00000303208.5		Q8NBP7-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

7.26e-7

AC:

AN:

1377594

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000147

AC XY:

AN XY:

681908

show subpopulations

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

31994

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

36788

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

24932

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

37350

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

79204

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

48726

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4026

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

9.46e-7

AC:

AN:

1057292

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

57282

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.225

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

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GnomAD4 genome

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ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1

Uncertain:1

Mar 01, 2016

Cardiovascular Research Group, Instituto Nacional de Saude Doutor Ricardo Jorge

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:research

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.74

CADD

Benign

5.4

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.61

PhyloP100

-0.44

PromoterAI

-0.015

Neutral

(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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