rs1273330603

Positions:

• chr13-20189094-A-C
• chr13-20189094-A-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):​c.488T>G​(p.Met163Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. M163L) has been classified as Pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: GJB2 NM_004004.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.27

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 10 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a chain Gap junction beta-2 protein (size 225) in uniprot entity CXB2_HUMAN there are 70 pathogenic changes around while only 16 benign (81%) in NM_004004.6
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20189095-T-G is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.974

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJB2	NM_004004.6	c.488T>G	p.Met163Arg	missense_variant	2/2	ENST00000382848.5	NP_003995.2
GJB2	XM_011535049.3	c.488T>G	p.Met163Arg	missense_variant	2/2		XP_011533351.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJB2	ENST00000382848.5	c.488T>G	p.Met163Arg	missense_variant	2/2	1	NM_004004.6	ENSP00000372299	P1
GJB2	ENST00000382844.2	c.488T>G	p.Met163Arg	missense_variant	1/1			ENSP00000372295	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2

Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Joint Genome Diagnostic Labs from Nijmegen and Maastricht, Radboudumc and MUMC+	-	- -
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Clinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center	-	- -

not specified Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

May 22, 2024

Variant summary: GJB2 c.488T>G (p.Met163Arg) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the gap junction protein, cysteine-rich domain (IPR019570) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 251140 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.488T>G in individuals affected with Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1297584). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.87
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.55	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.55
CADD	Uncertain	25
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.91	D;D;D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.94
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.88
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.96	.;.;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.38	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.97	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.5	M;M;M
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.65	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-4.9	D;D;.
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.98
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;.
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;.
Polyphen		1.0	D;D;D
Vest4		0.94
MutPred		0.79		Gain of catalytic residue at M163 (P = 0.0216);Gain of catalytic residue at M163 (P = 0.0216);Gain of catalytic residue at M163 (P = 0.0216);
MVP		0.95
MPC		0.28
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.5
Varity_R		0.98
gMVP		0.98

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

No publications associated with this variant yet.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr13-20763233;