chr8-7016703-C-T

Variant names:

• chr8-7016703-C-T
• rs1271310030
• NM_005217.4:c.148G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM2 BP4_Moderate

The NM_005217.4(DEFA3):​c.148G>A​(p.Asp50Asn) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 13/20 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 27)
• Consequence: DEFA3 NM_005217.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.857

Genes affected

DEFA3 (HGNC:2762): (defensin alpha 3) Defensins are a family of antimicrobial and cytotoxic peptides thought to be involved in host defense. They are abundant in the granules of neutrophils and also found in the epithelia of mucosal surfaces such as those of the intestine, respiratory tract, urinary tract, and vagina. Members of the defensin family are highly similar in protein sequence and distinguished by a conserved cysteine motif. The protein encoded by this gene, defensin, alpha 3, is found in the microbicidal granules of neutrophils and likely plays a role in phagocyte-mediated host defense. Several alpha defensin genes are clustered on chromosome 8. This gene differs from defensin, alpha 1 by only one amino acid. This gene and the gene encoding defensin, alpha 1 are both subject to copy number variation. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]

LOC124901875 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.22560808).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
DEFA3	NM_005217.4	c.148G>A	p.Asp50Asn	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	ENST00000327857.7	NP_005208.1
DEFA3	XM_011534741.3	c.169G>A	p.Asp57Asn	missense_variant	Exon 3 of 4		XP_011533043.1
LOC124901875	XR_007060790.1	n.231C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 2
LOC124901875	XR_007060791.1	n.384C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
DEFA3	ENST00000327857.7	c.148G>A	p.Asp50Asn	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	1	NM_005217.4	ENSP00000328359.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 27

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 27

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 27

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Feb 26, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.148G>A (p.D50N) alteration is located in exon 2 (coding exon 1) of the DEFA3 gene. This alteration results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 148, causing the aspartic acid (D) at amino acid position 50 to be replaced by an asparagine (N). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.15
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.39	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.80
CADD	Benign	5.8
DANN	Benign	0.96
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.047	T
Eigen	Benign	-0.67
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.95
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.0012	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.52	T
M_CAP	Benign	0.0012	T
MetaRNN	Benign	0.23	T
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.99	T
PrimateAI	Benign	0.40	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.8	D
REVEL	Benign	0.11
Sift	Benign	0.47	T
Sift4G	Benign	0.37	T
Polyphen		0.99	D
Vest4		0.020
MutPred		0.71		Loss of loop (P = 0.1242);
MVP		0.33
MPC		3.0
ClinPred		0.43	T
GERP RS		-0.070
Varity_R		0.052
gMVP		0.057

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1271310030; hg19: chr8-6874225;