chr13-20189588-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points: 0P and 4B. BP4_Strong

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):c.-7G>A variant causes a 5 prime UTR change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000013 in 1,613,772 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000026 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000012 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJB2
NM_004004.6 5_prime_UTR

Scores

Clinical Significance

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

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.257

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Bart-Pumphrey syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
keratoderma hereditarium mutilans
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, G2P, PanelApp Australia
hearing loss, autosomal recessive
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, ClinGen
autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
KID syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

GJB2 links:

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000296095 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.78).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJB2	NM_004004.6 link	c.-7G>A		5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000382848.5	NP_003995.2
GJB2	XM_011535049.3 link	c.-7G>A		5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 2 of 2		XP_011533351.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein
GJB2	ENST00000382848.5 link	c.-7G>A	5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_004004.6	ENSP00000372299.4
GJB2	ENST00000382844.2 link	c.-7G>A	5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 1 of 1	6		ENSP00000372295.1
ENSG00000296095	ENST00000736390.1 link	n.232-4008G>A	intron_variant	Intron 1 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000263

AC:

AN:

152202

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000196

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:

0.0000442

AC:

AN:

249108

AF XY:

0.0000445

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000289

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00000897

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000116

AC:

AN:

1461570

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000963

AC XY:

AN XY:

727106

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33464

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000224

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:

86248

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53416

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5660

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000450

AC:

AN:

1111844

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000331

AC:

AN:

60378

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.466

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000263

AC:

AN:

152202

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000269

AC XY:

AN XY:

74358

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41450

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000196

AC:

AN:

15282

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:

4828

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10622

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68034

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2094

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.488

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:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000453

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

Uncertain:2

Oct 03, 2017

Counsyl

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com.

Jul 29, 2020

Natera, Inc.

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

not provided

Uncertain:2

Jul 10, 2012

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Apr 04, 2025

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Observed in one unaffected control individual and no affected individuals in the published literature, however, additional details were not available (PMID: 27501294); Nucleotide substitution has no predicted effect on splicing and is not conserved across species; Located in a regulatory region; in the absence of functional studies, the actual effect of this sequence change is unknown; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 27501294)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.78

CADD

Benign

2.9

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.56

PhyloP100

-0.26

PromoterAI

0.0080

Neutral

(source)

Mutation Taster

=300/0

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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