Genetic Variant KERA:p.Arg279* (chr12-91055447-G-A) – ACMG Classification: Pathogenic (16 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 16 ACMG points: 16P and 0B. PVS1PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_007035.4(KERA):c.835C>T(p.Arg279*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000211 in 1,609,986 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000040 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000019 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

KERA
NM_007035.4 stop_gained

Scores

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.684

Publications

6 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

KERA (HGNC:6309): (keratocan) The protein encoded by this gene is a keratan sulfate proteoglycan that is involved in corneal transparency. Defects in this gene are a cause of autosomal recessive cornea plana 2 (CNA2).[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

KERA Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

cornea plana
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
cornea plana 2
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
congenital cornea plana
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

KERA links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 16 ACMG points.

PVS1

Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.

PP5

Variant 12-91055447-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr12-91055447-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 56550.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_007035.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KERA	NM_007035.4	MANE Select	c.835C>T	p.Arg279*	stop_gained	Exon 2 of 3	NP_008966.1	O60938

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KERA	ENST00000266719.4	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.835C>T	p.Arg279*	stop_gained	Exon 2 of 3	ENSP00000266719.3	O60938

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000397

AC:

AN:

151024

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000727

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.000195

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000297

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000120

AC:

AN:

249380

AF XY:

0.0000223

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.0000545

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000178

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000192

AC:

AN:

1458962

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000138

AC XY:

AN XY:

725782

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33292

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44542

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

25958

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.0000252

AC:

AN:

39654

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86126

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53320

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5740

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000225

AC:

AN:

1110120

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000332

AC:

AN:

60210

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.461

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

<30

30-35

35-40

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000397

AC:

AN:

151024

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000407

AC XY:

AN XY:

73714

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000727

AC:

AN:

41266

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15098

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3436

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.000195

AC:

AN:

5122

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4812

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10592

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000297

AC:

AN:

67396

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2074

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.483

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000566

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000189

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance:Pathogenic

Revision:criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

View on ClinVar

Pathogenic

VUS

Benign

Condition

Cornea plana 2 (3)

not provided (2)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.51

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.30

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

0.99

Eigen

Uncertain

0.39

Eigen_PC

Benign

0.17

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.24

PhyloP100

0.68

Vest4

0.57

GERP RS

3.0

Mutation Taster

=20/180

disease causing (ClinVar)

(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

Variant Effect in Transcripts

RefSeq Transcripts

Ensembl Transcripts

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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