Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2
The NM_016156.6(MTMR2):c.431G>A(p.Arg144Gln) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000342 in 1,461,428 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).
MTMR2 (HGNC:7450): (myotubularin related protein 2) This gene is a member of the myotubularin family of phosphoinositide lipid phosphatases. The encoded protein possesses phosphatase activity towards phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate. Mutations in this gene are a cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4B, an autosomal recessive demyelinating neuropathy. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
This sequence change replaces arginine with glutamine at codon 144 of the MTMR2 protein (p.Arg144Gln). The arginine residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between arginine and glutamine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with MTMR2-related disease. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. 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. -