rs121908814

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 20 ACMG points: 20P and 0B. PVS1PS1_ModeratePM2PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_017849.4(TMEM127):​c.3G>T​(p.Met1?) variant causes a start lost change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000785 in 1,274,416 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: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 7.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TMEM127
NM_017849.4 start_lost

Scores

7
6
3

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 4.07

Publications

1 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
TMEM127 (HGNC:26038): (transmembrane protein 127) This gene encodes a transmembrane protein with four predicted transmembrane domains. The protein is associated with a subpopulation of vesicular organelles corresponding to early endosomal structures, with the Golgi, and with lysosomes, and may participate in protein trafficking between these structures. Mutations in this gene and several other genes cause pheochromocytomas. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2022]
TMEM127 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • pheochromocytoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
  • renal cell carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 20 ACMG points.

PVS1
Start lost variant, next in-frame start position is after 53 pathogenic variants. Next in-frame start position is after 85 codons. Genomic position: 96254989. Lost 0.353 part of the original CDS.
PS1
Another start lost variant in NM_017849.4 (TMEM127) was described as [Pathogenic] in ClinVar
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP5
Variant 2-96265379-C-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-96265379-C-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 126968.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
TMEM127NM_017849.4 linkc.3G>T p.Met1? start_lost Exon 2 of 4 ENST00000258439.8 NP_060319.1 O75204
TMEM127NM_001193304.3 linkc.3G>T p.Met1? start_lost Exon 2 of 4 NP_001180233.1 O75204
TMEM127NM_001407283.1 linkc.-9+490G>T intron_variant Intron 1 of 2 NP_001394212.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
TMEM127ENST00000258439.8 linkc.3G>T p.Met1? start_lost Exon 2 of 4 1 NM_017849.4 ENSP00000258439.3 O75204

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
7.85e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1274416
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00000160
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
624168
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25366
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
20642
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
19176
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
29680
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000158
AC:
1
AN:
63436
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
30850
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3664
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1028928
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
52674
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.225
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.:
32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Pheochromocytoma Pathogenic:1
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Familial Cancer Clinic, Veneto Institute of Oncology
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

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not provided Pathogenic:1
Jan 04, 2023
GeneDx
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Initiation codon variant in a gene for which loss of function is a known mechanism of disease; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Identified in at least one patient with pheochromocytoma (Yao et al., 2010; Armaiz-Pena et al., 2021); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 32575117, 33051659, 21156949) -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1
Nov 06, 2017
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.M1? pathogenic mutation (also known as c.3G>T) is located in coding exon 1 of the TMEM127 gene and results from a G to T substitution at nucleotide position 3. This alters the methionine residue at the initiation codon. This alteration was identified in a cohort of 990 individuals with a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma and/or paraganglioma in a woman with a benign adrenal tumor and acrocyanosis who did not have a family history of PGL. The authors created a GFP expression construct containing the predicted N-terminal truncation of 85 amino acids and found that it did not have the same cellular localization as wild type protein, suggesting impaired function (Yao L et al. JAMA. 2010 Dec;304:2611-9). In addition to the clinical data presented in the literature, since sequence variations that modify the initiation codon (ATG) are expected to result in either loss of translation initiation, N-terminal truncation, or cause a shift in the mRNA reading frame, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation. -

Hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma Pathogenic:1
Dec 04, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change affects the initiator methionine of the TMEM127 mRNA. The next in-frame methionine is located at codon 85. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). Disruption of the initiator codon has been observed in individuals with paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndromes (PMID: 28384794; internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 126968). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of variants on gene product structure and function are not available or were not evaluated for this variant. Experimental studies have shown that disruption of the initiator codon affects TMEM127 function (PMID: 21156949). This variant disrupts a region of the TMEM127 protein in which other variant(s) (p.Ala47Asp) have been observed in individuals with TMEM127-related conditions (PMID: 20923864). This suggests that this is a clinically significant region of the protein, and that variants that disrupt it are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.63
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.49
CADD
Uncertain
25
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.043
T;T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.20
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.38
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.91
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.90
.;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.94
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D;D
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.43
D
PhyloP100
4.1
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.91
N;N
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.66
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D
Polyphen
0.0020
B;B
Vest4
0.94
MutPred
0.94
Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0982);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0982);
MVP
0.80
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
5.7
Varity_R
0.89
gMVP
0.73
Mutation Taster
=1/199
disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs121908814; hg19: chr2-96931117; API