rs1555339539

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP2PP3_Moderate

The NM_021954.4(GJA3):​c.82G>T​(p.Val28Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000007 in 1,429,568 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. V28M) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 7.0e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJA3
NM_021954.4 missense

Scores

12
6
1

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.80

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
GJA3 (HGNC:4277): (gap junction protein alpha 3) The protein encoded by this gene is a connexin and is a component of lens fiber gap junctions. Defects in this gene are a cause of zonular pulverulent cataract type 3 (CZP3). [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]
GJA3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • cataract 14 multiple types
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • early-onset nuclear cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • early-onset posterior polar cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • pulverulent cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 3 uncertain in NM_021954.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20143207-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 468544.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submission is: [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity].
PP2
Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 27 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 6 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 1.7112 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: -0.026578 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to early-onset nuclear cataract, pulverulent cataract, early-onset posterior polar cataract, cataract 14 multiple types.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.909

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
GJA3NM_021954.4 linkc.82G>T p.Val28Leu missense_variant Exon 2 of 2 ENST00000241125.4 NP_068773.2 Q9Y6H8
GJA3XM_011535048.3 linkc.82G>T p.Val28Leu missense_variant Exon 2 of 2 XP_011533350.1 Q9Y6H8

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
GJA3ENST00000241125.4 linkc.82G>T p.Val28Leu missense_variant Exon 2 of 2 3 NM_021954.4 ENSP00000241125.3 Q9Y6H8
ENSG00000299362ENST00000762843.1 linkn.133+5205C>A intron_variant Intron 1 of 1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
7.00e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1429568
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.00000142
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
706420
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33078
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000232
AC:
1
AN:
43096
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
23678
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39388
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
79998
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
51688
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5618
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1093992
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
59032
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.000000), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.225
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
Cov.:
33

ClinVar

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

Submissions by phenotype

Cataract 14 multiple types Uncertain:1
Jan 21, 2023
Dept. Genetics and Cancer, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

Variant identified and curated during a GJA3 specific review of the literature in relation to pediatric or congenital cataract. ACMG-AMP criteria applied: PM1, PM2(Supporting), PP3. Original variant reports: PMID:32384692. Gene review and curation guidelines are outlined in: https://doi.org/10.1080/17469899.2023.2160320 -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.83
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.37
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.29
CADD
Pathogenic
27
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.72
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.79
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.79
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.89
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.68
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.91
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.1
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.1
M
PhyloP100
7.8
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.71
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-2.8
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.83
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.65
MutPred
0.74
Gain of catalytic residue at F30 (P = 0.001);
MVP
0.97
MPC
2.0
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
5.6
Varity_R
0.91
gMVP
0.95
Mutation Taster
=16/84
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
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: rs1555339539; hg19: chr13-20717346; API