Genetic Variant MERTK:p.Arg727Arg (chr2-112019512-C-A) – ACMG Classification: Uncertain_significance (2 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2

The NM_006343.3(MERTK):c.2179C>A(p.Arg727Arg) variant causes a synonymous change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000248 in 1,610,370 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

MERTK
NM_006343.3 synonymous

Scores

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.80

Publications

3 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

MERTK (HGNC:7027): (MER proto-oncogene, tyrosine kinase) This gene is a member of the MER/AXL/TYRO3 receptor kinase family and encodes a transmembrane protein with two fibronectin type-III domains, two Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains, and one tyrosine kinase domain. Mutations in this gene have been associated with disruption of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) phagocytosis pathway and onset of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

MERTK Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

MERTK-related retinopathy
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
retinitis pigmentosa 38
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
retinitis pigmentosa
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

MERTK links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
MERTK	NM_006343.3 link	c.2179C>A	p.Arg727Arg	synonymous_variant	Exon 16 of 19	ENST00000295408.9	NP_006334.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
MERTK	ENST00000295408.9 link	c.2179C>A	p.Arg727Arg	synonymous_variant	Exon 16 of 19	1	NM_006343.3	ENSP00000295408.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152096

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.000207

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00000398

AC:

AN:

251440

AF XY:

0.00000736

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:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000206

AC:

AN:

1458274

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000413

AC XY:

AN XY:

725714

show subpopulations

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33422

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44718

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26126

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39680

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000348

AC:

AN:

86156

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53414

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5762

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1108728

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60268

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.0225104), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.375

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152096

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74294

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41390

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15270

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5200

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000207

AC:

AN:

4826

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10598

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68024

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2090

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.625

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:

0.00000756

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.13

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.67

PhyloP100

3.8

PromoterAI

-0.14

Neutral

(source)

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Mutation Taster

=70/30

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.22

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

DS_DL_spliceai

0.22

Position offset: 10

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

ClinVar

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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