rs111033829

Variant names:

• chr9-34647104-G-A
• rs111033829
• NM_000155.4:c.98G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 17 ACMG points: 17P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000155.4(GALT):​c.98G>A​(p.Arg33His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: GALT NM_000155.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.22
• Publications: 4 publications found

Genes affected

GALT (HGNC:4135): (galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase) Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) catalyzes the second step of the Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism, namely the conversion of UDP-glucose + galactose-1-phosphate to glucose-1-phosphate + UDP-galactose. The absence of this enzyme results in classic galactosemia in humans and can be fatal in the newborn period if lactose is not removed from the diet. The pathophysiology of galactosemia has not been clearly defined. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

GALT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• classic galactosemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Orphanet
• galactosemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Myriad Women’s Health

ENSG00000258728 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 17 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 8 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 5 uncertain in NM_000155.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 104 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 17 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 0.91493 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 1.8645 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to galactosemia, classic galactosemia.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.989
• PP5: Variant 9-34647104-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr9-34647104-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 25124.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GALT	NM_000155.4	c.98G>A	p.Arg33His	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 11	ENST00000378842.8	NP_000146.2
GALT	NM_001258332.2	c.-105G>A		5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 2 of 9		NP_001245261.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GALT	ENST00000378842.8	c.98G>A	p.Arg33His	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 11	1	NM_000155.4	ENSP00000368119.4
ENSG00000258728	ENST00000556278.1	c.98G>A	p.Arg33His	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 8	5		ENSP00000451792.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Deficiency of UDPglucose-hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase Pathogenic:3

Nov 14, 2023

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

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: GALT c.98G>A (p.Arg33His) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase, N-terminal domain of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 251524 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.98G>A has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Galactosemia (examples: Gort_2006, Garcia_2016, Tele Kisa_2019). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports GALT enzyme activities below the normal range in erythrocytes from patients, suggesting a deleterious effect of the variant (Gort_2006 and Garcia_2016). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 20008339, 27176039, 17041746, 27005423, 31194682). One submitter has cited clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 and has classified the variant as likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic.

Mar 22, 2022

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. This variant disrupts the p.Arg33 amino acid residue in GALT. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with GALT-related conditions (PMID: 25592817, 31194895), which suggests that this may be a clinically significant amino acid residue. 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 GALT protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 25124). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with galactosemia (PMID: 17041746). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 33 of the GALT protein (p.Arg33His).

Dec 10, 2023

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.91
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.59	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.61
CADD	Pathogenic	33
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.99	D;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	1.0
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	1.0	D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.56	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.91	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.9	H;.
PhyloP100		9.2
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.77	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-4.4	D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.99
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Vest4		0.98
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.8
PromoterAI		-0.11	Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.92
RBP_regulation_power_radar		2.7
Varity_R		0.98
gMVP		0.97
Mutation Taster		=4/96	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.090		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs111033829; hg19: chr9-34647101;