rs1553751717

Variant names:

• chr3-49099345-CG-C
• rs1553751717
• NM_005051.3:c.1612delC

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Moderate

The NM_005051.3(QARS1):​c.1612delC​(p.Arg538GlyfsTer4) variant causes a frameshift, splice region change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. 1/1 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: QARS1 NM_005051.3 frameshift, splice_region
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.08
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

QARS1 (HGNC:9751): (glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase 1) Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA by their cognate amino acid. Because of their central role in linking amino acids with nucleotide triplets contained in tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are thought to be among the first proteins that appeared in evolution. In metazoans, 9 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases specific for glutamine (gln), glutamic acid (glu), and 7 other amino acids are associated within a multienzyme complex. Although present in eukaryotes, glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (QARS) is absent from many prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, in which Gln-tRNA(Gln) is formed by transamidation of the misacylated Glu-tRNA(Gln). Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013]

QARS1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• diffuse cerebral and cerebellar atrophy - intractable seizures - progressive microcephaly syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Orphanet
• microcephaly-short stature-intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 3-49099345-CG-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr3-49099345-CG-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 544142.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
QARS1	NM_005051.3	c.1612delC	p.Arg538GlyfsTer4	frameshift_variant, splice_region_variant	Exon 17 of 24	ENST00000306125.12	NP_005042.1
QARS1	NM_001272073.2	c.1579delC	p.Arg527GlyfsTer4	frameshift_variant, splice_region_variant	Exon 17 of 24		NP_001259002.1
QARS1	XM_017006965.3	c.1612delC	p.Arg538GlyfsTer4	frameshift_variant, splice_region_variant	Exon 17 of 23		XP_016862454.2
QARS1	NR_073590.2	n.1587delC		splice_region_variant, non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 17 of 24

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
QARS1	ENST00000306125.12	c.1612delC	p.Arg538GlyfsTer4	frameshift_variant, splice_region_variant	Exon 17 of 24	1	NM_005051.3	ENSP00000307567.6

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 35

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Diffuse cerebral and cerebellar atrophy - intractable seizures - progressive microcephaly syndrome Pathogenic:1

Oct 24, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Arg538Glyfs*4) in the QARS gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in QARS are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 24656866, 25471517). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with QARS-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 544142). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		4.1
Mutation Taster		=1/199	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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1553751717; hg19: chr3-49136778;