rs11617415

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2BP4_StrongBP7

The NM_021954.4(GJA3):​c.1017G>T​(p.Ala339Ala) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000709 in 1,409,448 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. Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A339A) has been classified as Benign.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 7.1e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJA3
NM_021954.4 synonymous

Scores

2

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: -1.07

Publications

17 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
GJA3 (HGNC:4277): (gap junction protein alpha 3) The protein encoded by this gene is a connexin and is a component of lens fiber gap junctions. Defects in this gene are a cause of zonular pulverulent cataract type 3 (CZP3). [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]
GJA3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • cataract 14 multiple types
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • early-onset nuclear cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • early-onset posterior polar cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • pulverulent cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.54).
BP7
Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-1.07 with no splicing effect.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_021954.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
GJA3
NM_021954.4
MANE Select
c.1017G>Tp.Ala339Ala
synonymous
Exon 2 of 2NP_068773.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
GJA3
ENST00000241125.4
TSL:3 MANE Select
c.1017G>Tp.Ala339Ala
synonymous
Exon 2 of 2ENSP00000241125.3
GJA3
ENST00000890229.1
c.1017G>Tp.Ala339Ala
synonymous
Exon 2 of 2ENSP00000560288.1
GJA3
ENST00000890230.1
c.1017G>Tp.Ala339Ala
synonymous
Exon 2 of 2ENSP00000560289.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
167114
AF XY:
0.00
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:
7.09e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1409448
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
41
AF XY:
0.00000143
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
697626
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
30702
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
38064
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25140
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
36130
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
80230
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
46190
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5646
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
9.18e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1088902
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
58444
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.475
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.54
CADD
Benign
0.47
DANN
Benign
0.69
PhyloP100
-1.1

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs11617415; hg19: chr13-20716411; API