rs1370913867

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PM2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_005548.3(KARS1):​c.690A>T​(p.Arg230Ser) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000372 in 1,614,104 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: 𝑓 0.000020 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000039 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

KARS1
NM_005548.3 missense

Scores

15
3

Clinical Significance

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

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.176

Publications

2 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
KARS1 (HGNC:6215): (lysyl-tRNA synthetase 1) Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are a class of enzymes that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. Lysyl-tRNA synthetase is a homodimer localized to the cytoplasm which belongs to the class II family of tRNA synthetases. It has been shown to be a target of autoantibodies in the human autoimmune diseases, polymyositis or dermatomyositis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
KARS1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 89
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
  • leukoencephalopathy, progressive, infantile-onset, with or without deafness
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease recessive intermediate B
    Inheritance: AR, Unknown Classification: SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • hearing loss, autosomal recessive
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss
    Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 14 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.945
PP5
Variant 16-75635785-T-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-75635785-T-A is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 547985.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_005548.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
KARS1
NM_005548.3
MANE Select
c.690A>Tp.Arg230Ser
missense
Exon 6 of 14NP_005539.1
KARS1
NM_001130089.2
c.774A>Tp.Arg258Ser
missense
Exon 7 of 15NP_001123561.1
KARS1
NM_001378148.1
c.222A>Tp.Arg74Ser
missense
Exon 6 of 14NP_001365077.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
KARS1
ENST00000302445.8
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.690A>Tp.Arg230Ser
missense
Exon 6 of 14ENSP00000303043.3
KARS1
ENST00000319410.9
TSL:1
c.774A>Tp.Arg258Ser
missense
Exon 7 of 15ENSP00000325448.5
KARS1
ENST00000566560.5
TSL:1
n.804A>T
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 6 of 7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000197
AC:
3
AN:
152226
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000654
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
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000390
AC:
57
AN:
1461878
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000289
AC XY:
21
AN XY:
727242
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26136
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53416
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000495
AC:
55
AN:
1112000
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000331
AC:
2
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.476
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
3
6
10
13
16
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
4
8
12
16
20
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000197
AC:
3
AN:
152226
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000403
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
74360
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41456
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000654
AC:
1
AN:
15290
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5198
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4838
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10620
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000294
AC:
2
AN:
68036
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.542
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
Bravo
AF:
0.0000151

ClinVar

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

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:2
Aug 06, 2024
Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

PP3, PM2, PM3, PS4_moderate

Aug 30, 2023
GeneDx
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Observed in unrelated patients with KARS1-related aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase deficiency in published literature (Schon et al., 2021; Macken et al., 2022); however it is unclear whether the variants are on the same allele (in cis) or on opposite alleles (in trans); Not observed 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: 34172899, 36344503, 34732400)

not specified Pathogenic:1
May 08, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.774A>T (p.R258S) alteration is located in exon 7 (coding exon 6) of the KARS gene. This alteration results from an A to T substitution at nucleotide position 774, causing the arginine (R) at amino acid position 258 to be replaced by a serine (S). This variant was not reported in population-based cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This variant has been identified in the homozygous state and/or in conjunction with other KARS variant(s) in individual(s) with features consistent with Cytoplasmic and mitochondrial lysyl-tRNA synthetase deficiency; in at least one instance, the variants were identified in trans (Lin, 2021; Macken, 2022). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. This alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, this alteration is classified as likely pathogenic.

Leukoencephalopathy, progressive, infantile-onset, with or without deafness Pathogenic:1
Aug 01, 2023
Medical Genetics, Spectrum Health
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
1.0
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.42
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.37
CADD
Uncertain
24
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.90
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.72
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.55
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.93
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.65
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.95
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.82
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.6
H
PhyloP100
0.18
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.85
D
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-5.8
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.86
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0010
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.95
MutPred
0.90
Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0276)
MVP
0.94
MPC
0.52
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
2.7
PromoterAI
0.0072
Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
1.0
gMVP
0.97
Mutation Taster
=7/93
disease causing

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: rs1370913867; hg19: chr16-75669683; API