rs1554646710

chr9-6589193-A-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points: 16P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000170.3(GLDC):c.1580+2T>G variant causes a splice donor change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000127 in 1,420,050 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 2/2 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000013 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GLDC NM_000170.3 splice_donor
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 8.42

Genes affected

GLDC (HGNC:4313): (glycine decarboxylase) Degradation of glycine is brought about by the glycine cleavage system, which is composed of four mitochondrial protein components: P protein (a pyridoxal phosphate-dependent glycine decarboxylase), H protein (a lipoic acid-containing protein), T protein (a tetrahydrofolate-requiring enzyme), and L protein (a lipoamide dehydrogenase). The protein encoded by this gene is the P protein, which binds to glycine and enables the methylamine group from glycine to be transferred to the T protein. Defects in this gene are a cause of nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH).[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing variant, NOT destroyed by nmd, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.031668298 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 3.4, offset of 39, new splice context is: ttgGTaatc. Cryptic site results in inframe change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing scoreres supports a deletorius effect: Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
• PP5: Variant 9-6589193-A-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr9-6589193-A-C is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 462856.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr9-6589193-A-C is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
GLDC	NM_000170.3	c.1580+2T>G		splice_donor_variant		ENST00000321612.8

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
GLDC	ENST00000321612.8	c.1580+2T>G		splice_donor_variant		1	NM_000170.3	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000127 AC: 18 AN: 1420050 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 26 AF XY: 0.00000987 AC XY: 7 AN XY: 709018

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.0000168

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia Pathogenic:4

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Counsyl	Apr 03, 2018	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Invitae	Jan 16, 2024	This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 12 of the GLDC gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing. Variants that disrupt the donor or acceptor splice site typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in GLDC are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 16601880). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individual(s) with nonketotic hyperglycemia (glycine encephalopathy) (PMID: 26179960). 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: 462856). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Natera, Inc.	Feb 04, 2021	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp	May 25, 2018	Variant summary: GLDC c.1580+2T>G is located in a canonical splice-site and is predicted to affect mRNA splicing resulting in a significantly altered protein due to either exon skipping, shortening, or inclusion of intronic material. Several computational tools predict a significant impact on normal splicing: Five predict the variant abolishes a 5 splicing donor site. However, these predictions have yet to be confirmed by functional studies. The variant was absent in 121382 control chromosomes. c.1580+2T>G has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Glycine Encephalopathy (Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function. The most pronounced variant effect results in <10% of normal activity measured as an elevation of CSF and plasma glycine levels. One clinical diagnostic laboratory has submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. One laboratory classified the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.26
Cadd	Pathogenic	33
Dann	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.99
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D
GERP RS		5.7

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.93
SpliceAI score (max)		0.99		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.99		Position offset: 2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554646710; hg19: chr9-6589193; COSMIC: COSV58682954; COSMIC: COSV58682954;