rs1228590199

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points: 19P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_181458.4(PAX3):​c.808C>T​(p.Arg270Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000248 in 1,613,656 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R270P) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PAX3
NM_181458.4 missense

Scores

16
2
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 4.89

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
PAX3 (HGNC:8617): (paired box 3) This gene is a member of the paired box (PAX) family of transcription factors. Members of the PAX family typically contain a paired box domain and a paired-type homeodomain. These genes play critical roles during fetal development. Mutations in paired box gene 3 are associated with Waardenburg syndrome, craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome, and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The translocation t(2;13)(q35;q14), which represents a fusion between PAX3 and the forkhead gene, is a frequent finding in alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Alternative splicing results in transcripts encoding isoforms with different C-termini. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
PAX3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome
    Inheritance: AD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Waardenburg syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • Waardenburg syndrome type 1
    Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, G2P, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Waardenburg syndrome type 3
    Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 7 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 1 uncertain in NM_181458.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr2-222221371-C-G is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 1677250.Status of the report is no_assertion_criteria_provided, 0 stars.
PP2
Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 47 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 9 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 1.618 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 1.7934 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to Waardenburg syndrome type 3, Waardenburg syndrome type 1, Waardenburg syndrome, craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.991
PP5
Variant 2-222221372-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-222221372-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 547747.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
PAX3NM_181458.4 linkc.808C>T p.Arg270Cys missense_variant Exon 6 of 9 ENST00000392070.7 NP_852123.1 P23760-7

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
PAX3ENST00000392070.7 linkc.808C>T p.Arg270Cys missense_variant Exon 6 of 9 1 NM_181458.4 ENSP00000375922.3 P23760-7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152132
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000398
AC:
1
AN:
251006
AF XY:
0.00000737
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.0000615
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:
0.00000205
AC:
3
AN:
1461524
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00000413
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
727098
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:
33466
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44720
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26128
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39690
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86246
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53418
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5764
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000270
AC:
3
AN:
1111714
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60378
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.00194278), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.358
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
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30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
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55-60
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Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152132
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74290
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000241
AC:
1
AN:
41432
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15268
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5198
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4826
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10596
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
314
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68026
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.575
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

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

Submissions by phenotype

Waardenburg syndrome type 1 Pathogenic:2
Jul 01, 2025
Laboratory of Dr. Barbara Vona, University Medical Center Göttingen
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Nov 01, 2016
Center for Human Genetics, Inc, Center for Human Genetics, Inc
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided Pathogenic:2
Apr 13, 2022
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. This variant disrupts the p.Arg270 amino acid residue in PAX3. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with PAX3-related conditions (PMID: 9279758, 30936914), which suggests that this may be a clinically significant amino acid residue. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Probably Damaging"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 547747). This missense change has been observed in individuals with Waardenburg syndrome (PMID: 858969, 8845842, 20478267, 30936914). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.007%). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 270 of the PAX3 protein (p.Arg270Cys). -

Jan 13, 2025
GeneDx
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 27013732, 30936914, 28135719, 9654197, 31785789, 8589691, 35607853, 35982159, 33057194, 25533962, 20478267, 858969, 8845842) -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
1.0
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.42
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.54
CADD
Pathogenic
33
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.98
.;.;.;.;.;D
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.0
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.94
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.95
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.92
D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.47
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.1
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
3.5
M;M;M;M;.;M
PhyloP100
4.9
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.94
D
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-6.5
D;D;D;D;D;D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.94
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;D;D;D;D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;D;D;D;D
Polyphen
1.0
.;.;D;D;.;D
Vest4
0.99
MutPred
0.98
Loss of disorder (P = 0.0507);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0507);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0507);Loss of disorder (P = 0.0507);.;Loss of disorder (P = 0.0507);
MVP
0.99
MPC
1.5
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
5.9
Varity_R
0.87
gMVP
0.95
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.050
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: rs1228590199; hg19: chr2-223086091; COSMIC: COSV60589510; API