rs1553751939

Variant summary

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

The NM_005051.3(QARS1):​c.1164+6G>C variant causes a splice region, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000124 in 1,614,074 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: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

QARS1
NM_005051.3 splice_region, intron

Scores

2
Splicing: ADA: 0.00006429
2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.0480

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
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

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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=-0.82).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
QARS1NM_005051.3 linkc.1164+6G>C splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 13 of 23 ENST00000306125.12 NP_005042.1
QARS1NM_001272073.2 linkc.1131+6G>C splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 13 of 23 NP_001259002.1
QARS1NR_073590.2 linkn.1139+6G>C splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 13 of 23
QARS1XM_017006965.3 linkc.1164+6G>C splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 13 of 22 XP_016862454.2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
QARS1ENST00000306125.12 linkc.1164+6G>C splice_region_variant, intron_variant Intron 13 of 23 1 NM_005051.3 ENSP00000307567.6

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152238
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
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:
0.000478
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
6.84e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1461836
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000138
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
727232
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:
26130
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86256
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.0000187
AC:
1
AN:
53416
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1111966
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.525
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152238
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74380
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41458
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15286
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5206
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4836
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10626
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68034
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.000478
AC:
1
AN:
2094
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.725
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
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>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000378

ClinVar

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

Submissions by phenotype

Diffuse cerebral and cerebellar atrophy - intractable seizures - progressive microcephaly syndrome Uncertain:1
Feb 08, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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. This sequence change falls in intron 13 of the QARS gene. It does not directly change the encoded amino acid sequence of the QARS protein. It affects a nucleotide within the consensus splice site. 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: 1407985). Variants that disrupt 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.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.82
CADD
Benign
13
DANN
Benign
0.53
PhyloP100
-0.048
PromoterAI
0.0036
Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.0

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Benign
0.000064
dbscSNV1_RF
Benign
0.28
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: rs1553751939; hg19: chr3-49137617; API