Menu
GeneBe

rs121912545

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1PM2PP3_StrongPP5

The NM_182894.3(VSX2):​c.679C>T​(p.Arg227Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000496 in 1,613,808 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 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000020 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000034 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

VSX2
NM_182894.3 missense

Scores

13
5
1

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:4U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.58
Variant links:
Genes affected
VSX2 (HGNC:1975): (visual system homeobox 2) This gene encodes a homeobox protein originally described as a retina-specific transcription factor. Mutations in this gene are associated with microphthalmia, cataracts and iris abnormalities. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]

Genome browser will be placed here

ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 9 ACMG points.

PM1
In a domain CVC (size 53) in uniprot entity VSX2_HUMAN there are 5 pathogenic changes around while only 1 benign (83%) in NM_182894.3
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.973
PP5
Variant 14-74259701-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr14-74259701-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 14862.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submissions are: {Pathogenic=2, Uncertain_significance=2}.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
VSX2NM_182894.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.679C>T p.Arg227Trp missense_variant 4/5 ENST00000261980.3

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
VSX2ENST00000261980.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.679C>T p.Arg227Trp missense_variant 4/51 NM_182894.3 P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000197
AC:
3
AN:
152172
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000294
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000159
AC:
4
AN:
251100
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000221
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
135674
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.0000615
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000289
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:
0.0000176
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000342
AC:
5
AN:
1461636
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00000550
AC XY:
4
AN XY:
727094
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000224
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.0000252
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
AF:
0.0000197
AC:
3
AN:
152172
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74340
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.0000241
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000294
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Bravo
AF:
0.0000113
ExAC
AF:
0.0000165
AC:
2

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4Uncertain:2
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Isolated microphthalmia 2 Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeJan 14, 2023For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects VSX2 function (PMID: 23028343). 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 VSX2 protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 14862). This missense change has been observed in individuals with microphthalmia (PMID: 15257456, 20414678). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. This variant is present in population databases (rs121912545, gnomAD 0.007%). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 227 of the VSX2 protein (p.Arg227Trp). -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedliterature onlyOMIMSep 01, 2004- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenomic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesAug 07, 2018- -
Anophthalmia;C0026010:Microphthalmia Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedresearchMolecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute for Ophthalmic ResearchDec 13, 2017- -
VSX2-related Microphthalmia Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingWomen's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorpApr 15, 2024Variant summary: VSX2 c.679C>T (p.Arg227Trp) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the CVC domain (IPR023339) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 1.6e-05 in 251100 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.679C>T has been reported in the literature in several homozygous individuals affected with VSX2-related Microphthalmia (Bar-Yosef_2004). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. The following publication has been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 15257456). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 14862). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -
Microphthalmia, isolated, with coloboma 3 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenomic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesAug 07, 2018- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
1.0
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.31
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.38
CADD
Pathogenic
32
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.88
D
Eigen
Uncertain
0.49
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.42
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.90
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
1.0
D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.23
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.97
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.89
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.2
M
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
A
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.94
D
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-7.9
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.84
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.98
MutPred
0.88
Loss of phosphorylation at S229 (P = 0.0621);
MVP
0.92
MPC
0.84
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
3.2
Varity_R
0.90
gMVP
0.87

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: rs121912545; hg19: chr14-74726404; API