rs121908042

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000527.5(LDLR):​c.326G>A​(p.Cys109Tyr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000205 in 1,461,052 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. C109F) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

LDLR
NM_000527.5 missense

Scores

14
4
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:11

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.92
Variant links:
Genes affected
LDLR (HGNC:6547): (low density lipoprotein receptor) The low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene family consists of cell surface proteins involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis of specific ligands. The encoded protein is normally bound at the cell membrane, where it binds low density lipoprotein/cholesterol and is taken into the cell. Lysosomes release the cholesterol, which is made available for repression of microsomal enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis. At the same time, a reciprocal stimulation of cholesterol ester synthesis takes place. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal dominant disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points.

PM1
In a disulfide_bond (size 12) in uniprot entity LDLR_HUMAN there are 22 pathogenic changes around while only 1 benign (96%) in NM_000527.5
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr19-11105232-G-T is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.987
PP5
Variant 19-11105232-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr19-11105232-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 226319.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr19-11105232-G-A is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic]. Variant chr19-11105232-G-A is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
LDLRNM_000527.5 linkc.326G>A p.Cys109Tyr missense_variant Exon 4 of 18 ENST00000558518.6 NP_000518.1 P01130-1A0A024R7D5

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
LDLRENST00000558518.6 linkc.326G>A p.Cys109Tyr missense_variant Exon 4 of 18 1 NM_000527.5 ENSP00000454071.1 P01130-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.00000400
AC:
1
AN:
250250
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.00000737
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
135616
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 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00000886
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000205
AC:
3
AN:
1461052
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00000413
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
726850
show subpopulations
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:
0.00000270
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33
ExAC
AF:
0.00000824
AC:
1

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:11
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1 Pathogenic:7
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Robarts Research Institute, Western University
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Apr 25, 2024
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant (also known as p.Cys88Tyr in the mature protein) replaces cysteine with tyrosine at codon 109 in the LDLR type A repeat 3 of the LDLR protein. This variant alters a conserved cysteine residue that is critical for proper protein folding and function (PMID: 2088165, 6091915, 15952897). Computational prediction suggests that this variant may have a deleterious impact on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold >= 0.7, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This LDLR variant has been reported in over 10 heterozygous individuals affected with familial hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 9026534, 11313767, 17094996, 17539906, 20145306, 22883975, 23833242, 24075752, 33418990, 33740630, 34037665). This variant has also been observed in compound heterozygous state with a known pathogenic LDLR variant in an individual affected with severe homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and extensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, a phenotype expected of having two deleterious LDLR variants (PMID: 22883975, 32276786). Additionally, this variant has been reported in an individual affected with coronary artery disease (PMID: 27050191) and in an individual affected with moderately high total cholesterol despite cholesterol-lowering therapy (PMID: 24956927). This variant has been identified in 1/250250 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. -

Jul 22, 2008
Cardiovascular Genetics Laboratory, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA - Fiona Stanley Hospital
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Mar 25, 2016
LDLR-LOVD, British Heart Foundation
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: literature only

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Oct 01, 2021
Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Laboratorium voor Moleculaire Diagnostiek Experimentele Vasculaire Geneeskunde, Academisch Medisch Centrum
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: research

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Juno Genomics, Hangzhou Juno Genomics, Inc
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

PM2_Supporting+PS4_Moderate+PP4+PM1+PP3_Strong -

not provided Pathogenic:2
Feb 07, 2023
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.000004 (1/250250 chromosomes, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org), is uninformative in assessment of its pathogenicity. In the published literature, the variant has been reported in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) (PMID: 9544745 (1998), 11313767 (2001), 16465405 (2006), 21310417 (2011), 22883975 (2012), 23054246 (2012), 33418990 (2021)), including one compound heterozygous individual (PMID: 22883975 (2012)). It was also reported in individuals with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 20145306 (2010), 33740630 (2021)), and coronary artery disease (PMID: 27050191 (2016)). Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded predictions that this variant is damaging. Based on the available information, this variant is classified as pathogenic. -

Jun 11, 2024
GeneDx
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Identified in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in published literature, although segregation data is largely unavailable (PMID: 9544745, 11313767, 17539906, 17094996, 20145306, 21310417, 23054246, 22883975, 24075752, 24956927, 25487149, 12459547, 2988123); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Also known as p.(C88Y); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 25487149, 17094996, 20145306, 19837725, 21310417, 24075752, 17539906, 22883975, 23054246, 11313767, 9544745, 9409298, 33740630, 33418990, 34037665, 32041611, 24956927, 12459547, 2988123) -

Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1
Apr 24, 2024
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.326G>A (p.C109Y) alteration is located in exon 4 (coding exon 4) of the LDLR gene. This alteration results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 326, causing the cysteine (C) at amino acid position 109 to be replaced by a tyrosine (Y). Based on data from gnomAD, the A allele has an overall frequency of <0.001% (1/250250) total alleles studied. The highest observed frequency was 0.001% (1/112912) of European (non-Finnish) alleles. This alteration, which is also known at p.C88Y, has been reported in individuals with FH (Sun, 1998; Heath, 2001; Sozen, 2004; Taylor, 2007; Chmara, 2010; Hooper, 2012; Norsworthy, 2014; Do, 2015; Dron, 2020; Meshkov, 2021; Sturm, 2021; Leren, 2021). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Pathogenic LDLR mutations that result in the substitution or generation of cysteine residues within the cysteine-rich LDLR class A repeats and EGF-like domains are common in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) (Vill&eacute;ger, 2002). Internal structural analysis indicates this variant eliminates a disulfide bond critical for the structural integrity of the LDLR class A repeat 3 domain (Ambry internal data). This alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, this alteration is classified as likely pathogenic. -

Familial hypercholesterolemia Pathogenic:1
Oct 28, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, with tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 109 of the LDLR protein (p.Cys109Tyr). This variant is present in population databases (rs121908042, gnomAD 0.0009%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 9544745, 11313767, 20145306, 21310417, 22883975, 24956927). This variant is also known as Cys88Tyr. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 226319). 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 LDLR protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. This variant affects a cysteine residue located within an LDLRA or epidermal-growth-factor (EGF)-like domains of the LDLR protein. Cysteine residues in these domains have been shown to be involved in the formation of disulfide bridges, which are critical for protein structure and stability (PMID: 7548065, 7603991, 7979249). In addition, missense substitutions within the LDLRA and EGF-like domains affecting cysteine residues are overrepresented among patients with hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 18325082). This variant disrupts the p.Cys109 amino acid residue in LDLR. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with LDLR-related conditions (PMID: 11313767, 12009418), which suggests that this may be a clinically significant amino acid residue. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.98
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.58
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.60
CADD
Pathogenic
28
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.97
D;.;.;.
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.91
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.72
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
1.0
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.92
D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.94
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.96
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.5
H;.;.;H
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.64
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-9.3
D;D;D;D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.95
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D;D;D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;D;D
Polyphen
1.0
D;.;.;.
Vest4
0.84
MutPred
0.80
Loss of methylation at K107 (P = 0.0491);Loss of methylation at K107 (P = 0.0491);.;Loss of methylation at K107 (P = 0.0491);
MVP
1.0
MPC
1.1
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
5.3
RBP_binding_hub_radar
1.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
2.2
Varity_R
0.99
gMVP
1.0

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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs121908042; hg19: chr19-11215908; API