rs1553130228

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2BP4_Strong

The NM_001008216.2(GALE):​c.873+6C>T variant causes a splice region, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000986 in 1,013,886 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 9.9e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GALE
NM_001008216.2 splice_region, intron

Scores

2
Splicing: ADA: 0.0004778
2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.626

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
GALE (HGNC:4116): (UDP-galactose-4-epimerase) This gene encodes UDP-galactose-4-epimerase which catalyzes two distinct but analogous reactions: the epimerization of UDP-glucose to UDP-galactose, and the epimerization of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine to UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. The bifunctional nature of the enzyme has the important metabolic consequence that mutant cells (or individuals) are dependent not only on exogenous galactose, but also on exogenous N-acetylgalactosamine as a necessary precursor for the synthesis of glycoproteins and glycolipids. Mutations in this gene result in epimerase-deficiency galactosemia, also referred to as galactosemia type 3, a disease characterized by liver damage, early-onset cataracts, deafness and cognitive disability, with symptoms ranging from mild ('peripheral' form) to severe ('generalized' form). Multiple alternatively spliced transcripts encoding the same protein have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
GALE Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • galactose epimerase deficiency
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, G2P, Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.71).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
GALENM_001008216.2 linkc.873+6C>T splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 10 of 11 ENST00000617979.5 NP_001008217.1 Q14376-1A0A384NL38
GALENM_000403.4 linkc.873+6C>T splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 10 of 11 NP_000394.2 Q14376-1A0A384NL38
GALENM_001127621.2 linkc.873+6C>T splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 9 of 10 NP_001121093.1 Q14376-1A0A384NL38

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
GALEENST00000617979.5 linkc.873+6C>T splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 10 of 11 1 NM_001008216.2 ENSP00000483375.1 Q14376-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
31
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
9.86e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1013886
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
513246
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
23478
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
38916
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
17814
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000429
AC:
1
AN:
23294
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
78450
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
37758
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2840
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
751552
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39784
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.575
Heterozygous variant carriers
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0
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2
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0.40
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0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
31

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

UDPglucose-4-epimerase deficiency Uncertain:1
Sep 28, 2017
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change falls in intron 10 of the GALE gene. It does not directly change the encoded amino acid sequence of the GALE protein, but it affects a nucleotide within the consensus splice site of the intron. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with GALE-related disease. Nucleotide substitutions within the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant is not likely to affect RNA splicing, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.71
CADD
Benign
8.5
DANN
Benign
0.75
PhyloP100
0.63
PromoterAI
-0.051
Neutral

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Benign
0.00048
dbscSNV1_RF
Benign
0.020
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: rs1553130228; hg19: chr1-24122993; API