rs1060499734

chr6-31780935-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 7 ACMG points: 7P and 0B. PM2 PP2 PP3_Moderate PP5_Moderate

The NM_006295.3(VARS1):c.2653C>T(p.Leu885Phe) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,782 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 Likely pathogenic (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: VARS1 NM_006295.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:2 U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.38

Genes affected

VARS1 (HGNC:12651): (valyl-tRNA synthetase 1) Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA by their cognate amino acid. Because of their central role in linking amino acids with nucleotide triplets contained in tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are thought to be among the first proteins that appeared in evolution. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family and is located in the class III region of the major histocompatibility complex. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 7 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant where missense usually causes diseases, VARS1
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.921
• PP5: Variant 6-31780935-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr6-31780935-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 402133.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr6-31780935-G-A is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
VARS1	NM_006295.3	c.2653C>T	p.Leu885Phe	missense_variant	23/30	ENST00000375663.8
VARS1	XM_005249362.3	c.2656C>T	p.Leu886Phe	missense_variant	23/30
VARS1	XM_047419296.1	c.2656C>T	p.Leu886Phe	missense_variant	22/29
VARS1	XM_047419297.1	c.2653C>T	p.Leu885Phe	missense_variant	22/29

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
VARS1	ENST00000375663.8	c.2653C>T	p.Leu885Phe	missense_variant	23/30	1	NM_006295.3	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461782 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727202

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2 Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, seizures, and cortical atrophy Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	curation	Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	May 20, 2024	The homozygous p.Leu885Phe variant in VARS1 was identified by our study in two siblings with neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, seizures, and cortical atrophy. This variant has also been reported in two individuals with neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, seizures, and cortical atrophy (PMIDs: 26539891, 30755616), and has been identified in 0.02% (1/4148) of Middle Eastern chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP (rs1060499734)). Data from large population studies is insufficient to assess the frequency of this variant. Of the 2 affected individuals, both of those were homozygotes, which increases the likelihood that the p.Leu885Phe variant is pathogenic (PMIDs: 26539891, 30755616). This variant has been reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 402133) and has been interpreted as likely pathogenic by Baylor-Hopkins CMG and pathogenic by OMIM. Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses do not provide strong support for or against an impact to the protein. The number of missense variants reported in VARS1 in the general population is lower than expected, suggesting there is little benign variation in this gene and slightly increasing the possibility that a missense variant in this gene may not be tolerated. In summary, the clinical significance of the p.Leu885Phe variant is uncertain. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM2_Supporting, PM3, PP2 (Richards 2015). -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	literature only	OMIM	Aug 20, 2019	- -

Abnormal brain morphology Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

research

Lupski Lab, Baylor-Hopkins CMG, Baylor College of Medicine

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There is one more families with similar phenotype -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.83
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.018	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.26
Cadd	Pathogenic	28
Dann	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.28	T
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.69
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.67
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.97	D
M_CAP	Benign	0.067	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.92	D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.52	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	4.4	H
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.66	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-3.8	D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.44
Sift	Uncertain	0.0010	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0020	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.76
MutPred		0.81		Loss of helix (P = 0.1299);
MVP		0.59
MPC		1.4
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.0
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.1
Varity_R		0.88
gMVP		0.80

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.020		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: rs1060499734; hg19: chr6-31748712;