rs147816326

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5

The NM_000275.3(OCA2):c.1322A>G(p.Asp441Gly) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000124 in 1,613,858 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). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. D441N) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

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

Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

OCA2
NM_000275.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:4U:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.24

Publications

2 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

OCA2 (HGNC:8101): (OCA2 melanosomal transmembrane protein) This gene encodes the human homolog of the mouse p (pink-eyed dilution) gene. The encoded protein is believed to be an integral membrane protein involved in small molecule transport, specifically tyrosine, which is a precursor to melanin synthesis. It is involved in mammalian pigmentation, where it may control skin color variation and act as a determinant of brown or blue eye color. Mutations in this gene result in type 2 oculocutaneous albinism. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]

OCA2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, G2P, ClinGen

OCA2 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 4 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 12 uncertain in NM_000275.3

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

PM5

Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr15-27985107-C-T is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 2021799.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.95

PP5

Variant 15-27985106-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-27985106-T-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 502704.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
OCA2	NM_000275.3 link	c.1322A>G	p.Asp441Gly	missense_variant	Exon 13 of 24	ENST00000354638.8	NP_000266.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
OCA2	ENST00000354638.8 link	c.1322A>G	p.Asp441Gly	missense_variant	Exon 13 of 24	1	NM_000275.3	ENSP00000346659.3
OCA2	ENST00000353809.9 link	c.1250A>G	p.Asp417Gly	missense_variant	Exon 12 of 23	1		ENSP00000261276.8

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152130

Hom.:

Cov.:

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:

0.00000800

AC:

AN:

250048

AF XY:

0.00000739

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0000620

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:

0.00000887

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

6.84e-7

AC:

AN:

1461728

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000138

AC XY:

AN XY:

727148

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33472

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44720

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26132

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86254

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53348

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1111950

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60384

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.475

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152130

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74316

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000241

AC:

AN:

41416

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15278

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3468

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5170

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4834

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10616

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68030

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2092

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.525

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000113

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.000227

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Pathogenic:1Uncertain:2

Jun 23, 2017

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jul 06, 2020

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Observed in a patient in published literature with oculocutaneous albinism (Shahzad et al., 2017), although it is not stated whether this variant was present in the homozygous or heterozygous state; In silico analysis, which includes protein predictors and evolutionary conservation, supports a deleterious effect; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 28266639) -

Sep 11, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces aspartic acid, which is acidic and polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 441 of the OCA2 protein (p.Asp441Gly). This variant is present in population databases (rs147816326, gnomAD 0.004%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of oculocutaneous albinism (PMID: 28266639; internal data). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 502704). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt OCA2 protein function with a positive predictive value of 80%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects OCA2 function (PMID: 28266639). This variant disrupts the p.Asp441 amino acid residue in OCA2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (internal data). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

SKIN/HAIR/EYE PIGMENTATION 1, BLUE/NONBLUE EYES

Pathogenic:1

Sep 13, 2023

Baylor Genetics

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Oculocutaneous albinism

Pathogenic:1

Jun 20, 2025

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

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: OCA2 c.1322A>G (p.Asp441Gly) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the citrate transporter-like domain (IPR004680) of the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 8e-06 in 250048 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.1322A>G has been observed in individual(s) affected with Oculocutaneous Albinism (internal testing, Shahzad_2017). These data indicate that the variant is likely to be associated with disease. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 28266639, 35741834). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 502704). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic. -

Nonsyndromic Oculocutaneous Albinism

Pathogenic:1

Mar 07, 2017

University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, University of Washington

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:research

- -

Tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism

Uncertain:1

Nov 07, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.99

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.49

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.47

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.83

.;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.86

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.79

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.97

LIST_S2

Pathogenic

1.0

D;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.14

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.95

D;D

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.0

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

3.4

.;M

PhyloP100

7.2

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.74

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-6.9

D;D

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.93

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D

Polyphen

1.0

D;D

Vest4

0.95

MVP

1.0

MPC

0.55

ClinPred

1.0

GERP RS

5.2

Varity_R

0.92

gMVP

0.98

Mutation Taster

=7/93

disease causing

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.0

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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