chr12-32824091-AC-A

Variant names:

• chr12-32824091-AC-A
• rs397517008
• NM_001005242.3:c.1627delG

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_001005242.3(PKP2):​c.1627delG​(p.Val543SerfsTer69) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: PKP2 NM_001005242.3 frameshift
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.10
• Publications: 4 publications found

Genes affected

PKP2 (HGNC:9024): (plakophilin 2) This gene encodes a member of the arm-repeat (armadillo) and plakophilin gene families. Plakophilin proteins contain numerous armadillo repeats, localize to cell desmosomes and nuclei, and participate in linking cadherins to intermediate filaments in the cytoskeleton. This gene may regulate the signaling activity of beta-catenin and is required to maintain transcription of genes that control intracellular calcium cycling including ryanodine receptor 2, ankyrin-B, triadin, and calcium channel, voltage-dependent, L type, alpha 1C. Mutations in this gene are associated with different inherited cardiac conditions including Arrythmogenic Cardiomyopathy, Brugada Syndrome, and Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation. A processed pseudogene with high similarity to this gene has been mapped to chromosome 12p13. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

PKP2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 9

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• left ventricular noncompaction

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Brugada syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• Brugada syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen
• catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen
• dilated cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 12-32824091-AC-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr12-32824091-AC-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 45045.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PKP2	NM_001005242.3	c.1627delG	p.Val543SerfsTer69	frameshift_variant	Exon 7 of 13	ENST00000340811.9	NP_001005242.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PKP2	ENST00000340811.9	c.1627delG	p.Val543SerfsTer69	frameshift_variant	Exon 7 of 13	1	NM_001005242.3	ENSP00000342800.5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 29

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy Pathogenic:1

Dec 14, 2010

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The Val587fs variant has not been reported in the literature and has not been pr eviously detected by our laboratory. This variant is predicted to cause a frame shift, which alters the protein's amino acid sequence beginning at codon 587 and leads to a premature stop codon 69 amino acids downstream. This alteration is t hen predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein (loss of function). Patho genic loss of function variants are common in the PKP2 gene, which makes it high ly likely that the Val587fs is pathogenic. -

Cardiomyopathy Pathogenic:1

May 24, 2020

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant deletes 1 nucleotide in exon 8 of the PKP2 gene, creating a frameshift and premature translation stop signal. This variant is expected to result in an absent or non-functional protein product. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in individuals affected with cardiovascular disorders in the literature. This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Loss of PKP2 function is a known mechanism of disease (clinicalgenome.org). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Jun 03, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Identified in a patient with ventricular tachycardia referred for genetic testing at GeneDx and in an individual with probable ARVC in published literature (PMID: 20857253, 34120153); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Frameshift variant predicted to result in protein truncation or nonsense mediated decay in a gene for which loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 31402444, 20857253, 31386562, 34120153) -

Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1

Apr 12, 2018

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.1759delG pathogenic mutation, located in coding exon 8 of the PKP2 gene, results from a deletion of one nucleotide at nucleotide position 1759, causing a translational frameshift with a predicted alternate stop codon (p.V587Sfs*69). This alteration has been reported in an arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) cohort (Tan BY et al. J Cardiovasc Transl Res, 2010 Dec;3:663-73). In addition to the clinical data presented in the literature, this alteration is expected to result in loss of function by premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. As such, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		3.1
Mutation Taster		=1/199	disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs397517008; hg19: chr12-32977025;