chr11-31794651-G-C

Variant names:

• chr11-31794651-G-C
• rs1131692309
• NM_001368894.2:c.703C>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2 PP3_Strong

The NM_001368894.2(PAX6):​c.703C>G​(p.Gln235Glu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,880 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PAX6 NM_001368894.2 missense
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.51
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

PAX6 (HGNC:8620): (paired box 6) This gene encodes paired box protein Pax-6, one of many human homologs of the Drosophila melanogaster gene prd. In addition to a conserved paired box domain, a hallmark feature of this gene family, the encoded protein also contains a homeobox domain. Both domains are known to bind DNA and function as regulators of gene transcription. Activity of this protein is key in the development of neural tissues, particularly the eye. This gene is regulated by multiple enhancers located up to hundreds of kilobases distant from this locus. Mutations in this gene or in the enhancer regions can cause ocular disorders such as aniridia and Peter's anomaly. Use of alternate promoters and alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Interestingly, inclusion of a particular alternate coding exon has been shown to increase the length of the paired box domain and alter its DNA binding specificity. Consequently, isoforms that carry the shorter paired box domain regulate a different set of genes compared to the isoforms carrying the longer paired box domain. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2019]

PAX6 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• aniridia 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• PAX6-related ocular dysgenesis

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Peters anomaly

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, G2P, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• coloboma, ocular, autosomal dominant

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
• diabetes mellitus

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• aniridia-cerebellar ataxia-intellectual disability syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• foveal hypoplasia-presenile cataract syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• isolated aniridia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• isolated optic nerve hypoplasia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• autosomal dominant keratitis

  Inheritance: Unknown, AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 4 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 1 uncertain in NM_001368894.2
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant in the PAX6 gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 75 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 15 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 2.8175 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 3.256 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to Peters anomaly, diabetes mellitus, aniridia-cerebellar ataxia-intellectual disability syndrome, foveal hypoplasia-presenile cataract syndrome, aniridia 1, PAX6-related ocular dysgenesis, coloboma, ocular, autosomal dominant, isolated optic nerve hypoplasia, autosomal dominant keratitis, isolated aniridia.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.95

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_001368894.2. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PAX6	NM_001368894.2	MANE Select	c.703C>G	p.Gln235Glu	missense	Exon 9 of 14	NP_001355823.1
	PAX6	NM_001368910.2		c.904C>G	p.Gln302Glu	missense	Exon 9 of 14	NP_001355839.1
	PAX6	NM_001368911.2		c.706C>G	p.Gln236Glu	missense	Exon 6 of 10	NP_001355840.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PAX6	ENST00000640368.2	TSL:5 MANE Select	c.703C>G	p.Gln235Glu	missense	Exon 9 of 14	ENSP00000492024.1
	PAX6	ENST00000419022.6	TSL:1	c.703C>G	p.Gln235Glu	missense	Exon 9 of 14	ENSP00000404100.1
	PAX6	ENST00000638914.3	TSL:1	c.703C>G	p.Gln235Glu	missense	Exon 9 of 14	ENSP00000492315.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461880 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 727238

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

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39698

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53418

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1112006

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60392

⚠️ 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.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.93
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.56	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.57
CADD	Pathogenic	26
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.2
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	1.1
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.96	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.82	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.95	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.3	M
PhyloP100		9.5
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.90	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.6	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.92
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.018	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.91
MutPred		0.79		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0648)
MVP		0.99
MPC		2.1
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		5.6
Varity_R		0.92
gMVP		0.95
Mutation Taster		=8/92	disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1131692309; hg19: chr11-31816199;