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rs121909187

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1PM2PP5_Moderate

The NM_000474.4(TWIST1):c.368C>A(p.Ser123Ter) variant causes a stop gained change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,410 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 Pathogenic (★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. S123S) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TWIST1
NM_000474.4 stop_gained

Scores

4
2
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.73
Variant links:
Genes affected
TWIST1 (HGNC:12428): (twist family bHLH transcription factor 1) This gene encodes a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor that plays an important role in embryonic development. The encoded protein forms both homodimers and heterodimers that bind to DNA E box sequences and regulate the transcription of genes involved in cranial suture closure during skull development. This protein may also regulate neural tube closure, limb development and brown fat metabolism. This gene is hypermethylated and overexpressed in multiple human cancers, and the encoded protein promotes tumor cell invasion and metastasis, as well as metastatic recurrence. Mutations in this gene cause Saethre-Chotzen syndrome in human patients, which is characterized by craniosynostosis, ptosis and hypertelorism. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product does not undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Variant is located in the 3'-most 50 bp of the penultimate exon, not predicted to undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. There are 55 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP5
Variant 7-19116954-G-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr7-19116954-G-T is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 7976.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr7-19116954-G-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic]. Variant chr7-19116954-G-T is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
TWIST1NM_000474.4 linkuse as main transcriptc.368C>A p.Ser123Ter stop_gained 1/2 ENST00000242261.6
TWIST1NR_149001.2 linkuse as main transcriptn.683C>A non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/3

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
TWIST1ENST00000242261.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.368C>A p.Ser123Ter stop_gained 1/21 NM_000474.4 P1
TWIST1ENST00000354571.5 linkuse as main transcriptc.167C>A p.Ser56Ter stop_gained, NMD_transcript_variant 1/32
TWIST1ENST00000443687.5 linkuse as main transcript upstream_gene_variant 4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
6.84e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1461410
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00000138
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
727042
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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:
8.99e-7
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:2
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingClinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center-- -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingJoint Genome Diagnostic Labs from Nijmegen and Maastricht, Radboudumc and MUMC+-- -
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome;C4551902:TWIST1-related craniosynostosis Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeApr 29, 2021For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. This variant has been observed in individual(s) with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (PMID: 8988167). The variant is also known as p.S127Ter. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 7976). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Ser123*) in the TWIST1 gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in TWIST1 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 10749989). -
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedliterature onlyOMIMOct 26, 2017- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.58
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.57
Cadd
Pathogenic
43
Dann
Uncertain
0.99
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.89
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.70
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.96
D
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
A
Vest4
0.91
GERP RS
3.8

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: rs121909187; hg19: chr7-19156577; API