chr16-78424977-A-G

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM1BP4BS1_Supporting

The NM_016373.4(WWOX):c.713A>G(p.Tyr238Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000613 in 1,614,056 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 0.00026 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000040 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

WWOX
NM_016373.4 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 4.48

Publications

2 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

WWOX (HGNC:12799): (WW domain containing oxidoreductase) This gene encodes a member of the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) protein family. This gene spans the FRA16D common chromosomal fragile site and appears to function as a tumor suppressor gene. Expression of the encoded protein is able to induce apoptosis, while defects in this gene are associated with multiple types of cancer. Disruption of this gene is also associated with autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 12. Disruption of a similar gene in mouse results in impaired steroidogenesis, additionally suggesting a metabolic function for the protein. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]

WWOX Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 12
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, Ambry Genetics
developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 28
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics
46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
undetermined early-onset epileptic encephalopathy
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

WWOX links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 12 uncertain in NM_016373.4

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.28087968).

BS1

Variant frequency is greater than expected in population afr. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.000263 (40/152172) while in subpopulation AFR AF = 0.000963 (40/41524). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.000727. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 18 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 32. This position passed quality control check. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
WWOX	NM_016373.4 link	c.713A>G	p.Tyr238Cys	missense_variant	Exon 7 of 9	ENST00000566780.6	NP_057457.1	Q9NZC7-1A0A411HBC7
WWOX	NM_001291997.2 link	c.374A>G	p.Tyr125Cys	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 8		NP_001278926.1	Q9NZC7

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
WWOX	ENST00000566780.6 link	c.713A>G	p.Tyr238Cys	missense_variant	Exon 7 of 9	1	NM_016373.4	ENSP00000457230.1		Q9NZC7-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.000250

AC:

AN:

152054

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.000918

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

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:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000681

AC:

AN:

249538

AF XY:

0.0000369

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.000775

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000116

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00000883

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000404

AC:

AN:

1461884

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000358

AC XY:

AN XY:

727246

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00111

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000112

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:

0.0000116

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.000347

AC:

AN:

5764

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000540

AC:

AN:

1112008

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000132

AC:

AN:

60394

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.472

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.000263

AC:

AN:

152172

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000242

AC XY:

AN XY:

74374

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.000963

AC:

AN:

41524

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15288

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5166

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4796

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10602

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68008

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2112

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.511

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

Alfa

AF:

0.000112

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.000234

TwinsUK

AF:

0.000270

AC:

ALSPAC

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.000754

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.000124

AC:

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000577

AC:

AN:

3478

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:2

Apr 04, 2023

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 25411445) -

Jul 11, 2016

Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

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Autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 12;C3463992:Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 1

Uncertain:1

Oct 17, 2022

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 238 of the WWOX protein (p.Tyr238Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs142806268, gnomAD 0.07%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with WWOX-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 377189). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt WWOX protein function. 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. -

not specified

Uncertain:1

Jun 13, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: WWOX c.713A>G (p.Tyr238Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 6.8e-05 in 249538 control chromosomes. This frequency is not significantly higher than estimated for a pathogenic variant in WWOX causing Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Autosomal Recessive, allowing no conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.713A>G in individuals affected with Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, Autosomal Recessive and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 377189). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 12

Uncertain:1

Jan 24, 2021

Al Jalila Children’s Genomics Center, Al Jalila Childrens Speciality Hospital

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.12

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.044

BayesDel_noAF

Uncertain

0.070

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Uncertain

0.67

D;.;T

Eigen

Uncertain

0.48

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.47

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.94

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.89

D;D;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.16

MetaRNN

Benign

0.28

T;T;T

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.31

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.4

L;L;.

PhyloP100

4.5

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.70

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-6.2

D;D;.

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.74

Sift

Uncertain

0.0040

D;D;.

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.023

D;D;D

Polyphen

0.98

D;.;.

Vest4

0.74

MVP

1.0

ClinPred

0.31

GERP RS

4.6

PromoterAI

0.013

Neutral

(source)

Varity_R

0.79

gMVP

0.67

Mutation Taster

=73/27

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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