rs1555339543

Variant names:

• chr13-20143270-G-C
• rs1555339543
• NM_021954.4:c.19C>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2 PP3_Strong

The NM_021954.4(GJA3):​c.19C>G​(p.Leu7Val) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. 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. L7P) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: GJA3 NM_021954.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.58
• Publications: 0 publications found

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

ENSG00000299362 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

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

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 4 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
• 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, 0.961

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_021954.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GJA3	NM_021954.4	MANE Select	c.19C>G	p.Leu7Val	missense	Exon 2 of 2	NP_068773.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GJA3	ENST00000241125.4	TSL:3 MANE Select	c.19C>G	p.Leu7Val	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000241125.3	Q9Y6H8
	GJA3	ENST00000890229.1		c.19C>G	p.Leu7Val	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000560288.1
	GJA3	ENST00000890230.1		c.19C>G	p.Leu7Val	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000560289.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 34

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Uncertain significance

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
-	1	-	Cataract 14 multiple types (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.90
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.39	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.32
CADD	Benign	22
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.85	D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.51
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.41
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.95	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.87	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.96	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.7	M
PhyloP100		3.6
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.81	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.4	N
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.85
Sift	Uncertain	0.0030	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.65
MutPred		0.83		Gain of catalytic residue at G2 (P = 0.0137)
MVP		0.87
MPC		2.1
ClinPred		0.97	D
GERP RS		2.9
Varity_R		0.45
gMVP		0.96
Mutation Taster		=52/48	polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555339543; hg19: chr13-20717409;