chr1-68439568-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points: 5P and 0B. PM1PM5PP2

The NM_000329.3(RPE65):c.718G>A(p.Val240Ile) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000992 in 1,613,670 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. 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. V240F) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000010 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

RPE65
NM_000329.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.69

Publications

7 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

RPE65 (HGNC:10294): (retinoid isomerohydrolase RPE65) The protein encoded by this gene is a component of the vitamin A visual cycle of the retina which supplies the 11-cis retinal chromophore of the photoreceptors opsin visual pigments. It is a member of the carotenoid cleavage oxygenase superfamily. All members of this superfamily are non-heme iron oxygenases with a seven-bladed propeller fold and oxidatively cleave carotenoid carbon:carbon double bonds. However, the protein encoded by this gene has acquired a divergent function that involves the concerted O-alkyl ester cleavage of its all-trans retinyl ester substrate and all-trans to 11-cis double bond isomerization of the retinyl moiety. As such, it performs the essential enzymatic isomerization step in the synthesis of 11-cis retinal. Mutations in this gene are associated with early-onset severe blinding disorders such as Leber congenital. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2017]

RPE65 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

retinitis pigmentosa
Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P
Leber congenital amaurosis 2
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
RPE65-related recessive retinopathy
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
RPE65-related dominant retinopathy
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: ClinGen
retinitis pigmentosa 20
Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
Leber congenital amaurosis
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
retinitis pigmentosa 87 with choroidal involvement
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

RPE65 links:

LOC124904198 (HGNC:):

LOC124904198 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 10 uncertain in NM_000329.3

PM5

Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr1-68439568-C-A is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 559520.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 97 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 15 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: -0.24008 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.28272 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to Leber congenital amaurosis 2, retinitis pigmentosa 87 with choroidal involvement, Leber congenital amaurosis, RPE65-related recessive retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, retinitis pigmentosa 20, RPE65-related dominant retinopathy, severe early-childhood-onset retinal dystrophy.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
RPE65	NM_000329.3 link	c.718G>A	p.Val240Ile	missense_variant	Exon 7 of 14	ENST00000262340.6	NP_000320.1	Q16518

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
RPE65	ENST00000262340.6 link	c.718G>A	p.Val240Ile	missense_variant	Exon 7 of 14	1	NM_000329.3	ENSP00000262340.5		Q16518

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152140

Hom.:

Cov.:

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Gnomad AFR

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0.00

Gnomad AMI

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0.00

Gnomad AMR

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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:

0.0000147

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00000398

AC:

AN:

251356

AF XY:

0.00000736

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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:

0.0000544

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000103

AC:

AN:

1461530

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000825

AC XY:

AN XY:

727090

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African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33470

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26128

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.0000252

AC:

AN:

39686

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86250

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53406

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.000173

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000117

AC:

AN:

1111710

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60390

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.462

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152140

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Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74324

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African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

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AN:

41438

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

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AN:

15278

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

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AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

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AN:

5196

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4836

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10592

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68014

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2088

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.425

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Alfa

AF:

0.00

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Bravo

AF:

0.00000378

ExAC

AF:

0.00000824

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ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified

Uncertain:1

Jun 11, 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: RPE65 c.718G>A (p.Val240Ile) 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 4e-06 in 251356 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.718G>A has been observed in a heterozygous individual without second RPE65 variant affected with rode-cone dystrophy (e.g. Mihalich_2024). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Leber Congenital Amaurosis. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publication has been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 38927702). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 875163). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Leber congenital amaurosis 2;C3151086:Retinitis pigmentosa 20

Uncertain:1

Jul 14, 2022

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces valine, which is neutral and non-polar, with isoleucine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 240 of the RPE65 protein (p.Val240Ile). This variant is present in population databases (rs192907397, gnomAD 0.006%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with RPE65-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 875163). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated. This variant disrupts the p.Val240 amino acid residue in RPE65. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 30870047; 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 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. -

Leber congenital amaurosis 2

Uncertain:1

Jan 13, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease. -

Retinitis pigmentosa

Uncertain:1

Jan 13, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.087

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.075

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.18

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Uncertain

0.58

Eigen

Benign

-0.12

Eigen_PC

Benign

0.10

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.98

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.92

M_CAP

Benign

0.085

MetaRNN

Uncertain

0.54

MetaSVM

Uncertain

-0.092

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.6

PhyloP100

3.7

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.63

PROVEAN

Benign

0.080

REVEL

Uncertain

0.41

Sift

Benign

0.049

Sift4G

Benign

0.098

Polyphen

0.020

Vest4

0.34

MutPred

0.45

Gain of ubiquitination at K236 (P = 0.1245);

MVP

0.96

MPC

0.054

ClinPred

0.39

GERP RS

5.8

Varity_R

0.32

gMVP

0.50

Mutation Taster

=92/8

polymorphism

(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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