chr11-72196127-T-A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM2BP4_Moderate

The NM_016729.3(FOLR1):c.724T>A(p.Trp242Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000991 in 1,614,066 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 17/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000033 ( 1 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000075 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

FOLR1
NM_016729.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.392

Publications

0 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

FOLR1 (HGNC:3791): (folate receptor alpha) The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the folate receptor family. Members of this gene family bind folic acid and its reduced derivatives, and transport 5-methyltetrahydrofolate into cells. This gene product is a secreted protein that either anchors to membranes via a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol linkage or exists in a soluble form. Mutations in this gene have been associated with neurodegeneration due to cerebral folate transport deficiency. Due to the presence of two promoters, multiple transcription start sites, and alternative splicing, multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]

FOLR1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

neurodegenerative syndrome due to cerebral folate transport deficiency
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P

FOLR1 links:

ENSG00000204971 (HGNC:58347):

ENSG00000204971 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.108192325).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
FOLR1	NM_016729.3 link	c.724T>A	p.Trp242Arg	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 4	ENST00000393676.5	NP_057941.1	P15328A0A024R5H1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
FOLR1	ENST00000393676.5 link	c.724T>A	p.Trp242Arg	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 4	1	NM_016729.3	ENSP00000377281.3		P15328

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000329

AC:

AN:

152190

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000262

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:

251310

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:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00000880

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000752

AC:

AN:

1461876

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000413

AC XY:

AN XY:

727238

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33474

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.000347

AC:

AN:

5762

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000540

AC:

AN:

1112008

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000331

AC:

AN:

60394

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.470

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.40

0.60

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000329

AC:

AN:

152190

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000134

AC XY:

AN XY:

74360

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41452

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000262

AC:

AN:

15278

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5194

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4832

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10620

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68032

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2086

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.525

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

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0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

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>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000282

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000151

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Cerebral folate transport deficiency

Uncertain:2

Aug 15, 2022

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 242 of the FOLR1 protein (p.Trp242Arg). This variant is present in population databases (rs796052445, gnomAD 0.0009%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with FOLR1-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 205459). 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 (SIFT: "Tolerated"; PolyPhen-2: "Not Available"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). 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. -

Oct 31, 2018

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided

Uncertain:1

Jul 11, 2025

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis suggests that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.15

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.17

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.48

CADD

Benign

4.2

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.64

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.16

T;T;T;T

Eigen

Benign

-1.2

Eigen_PC

Benign

-1.3

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.033

LIST_S2

Benign

0.21

.;.;.;T

M_CAP

Benign

0.021

MetaRNN

Benign

0.11

T;T;T;T

MetaSVM

Benign

-1.0

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.5

L;L;L;L

PhyloP100

-0.39

PrimateAI

Benign

0.37

PROVEAN

Benign

-0.62

N;N;N;N

REVEL

Benign

0.12

Sift

Benign

0.34

T;T;T;T

Sift4G

Benign

0.35

T;T;T;T

Polyphen

0.0

B;B;B;B

Vest4

0.27

MutPred

0.60

Loss of catalytic residue at A241 (P = 0.0463);Loss of catalytic residue at A241 (P = 0.0463);Loss of catalytic residue at A241 (P = 0.0463);Loss of catalytic residue at A241 (P = 0.0463);

MVP

0.18

MPC

0.72

ClinPred

0.037

GERP RS

-3.6

Varity_R

0.050

gMVP

0.77

Mutation Taster

=95/5

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

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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