rs1555341986

Variant names:

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Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1PM5PP2PP3_Strong

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):c.157T>C(p.Cys53Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000411 in 1,460,150 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. C53S) has been classified as Pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000041 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJB2
NM_004004.6 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.26

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Bart-Pumphrey syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
keratoderma hereditarium mutilans
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, G2P, PanelApp Australia
hearing loss, autosomal recessive
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, ClinGen
autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
KID syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

GJB2 links:

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000296095 links:

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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 16 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 6 uncertain in NM_004004.6

PM5

Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20189425-A-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 1297075.Status of the report is no_assertion_criteria_provided, 0 stars.

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 111 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 10 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: -0.72044 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.4379 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A, ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss, keratoderma hereditarium mutilans, hearing loss, autosomal recessive, Bart-Pumphrey syndrome, palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome, autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, KID syndrome.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.996

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJB2	NM_004004.6 link	c.157T>C	p.Cys53Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000382848.5	NP_003995.2
GJB2	XM_011535049.3 link	c.157T>C	p.Cys53Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2		XP_011533351.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein
GJB2	ENST00000382848.5 link	c.157T>C	p.Cys53Arg	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_004004.6	ENSP00000372299.4
GJB2	ENST00000382844.2 link	c.157T>C	p.Cys53Arg	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 1	6		ENSP00000372295.1
ENSG00000296095	ENST00000736390.1 link	n.232-3845T>C		intron_variant	Intron 1 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000411

AC:

AN:

1460150

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000275

AC XY:

AN XY:

725996

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African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33432

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44690

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26094

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39662

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86232

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53396

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5764

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000540

AC:

AN:

1110554

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60326

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.508

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

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GnomAD4 genome

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ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified

Uncertain:1

May 29, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: GJB2 c.157T>C (p.Cys53Arg) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. The variant was absent in 251004 control chromosomes. c.157T>C has been observed in the compound heterozygous state in individuals affected with Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (Dahl_2001). These data indicate that the variant may be associated with disease. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publication have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 11587277). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 552416). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly pathogenic.

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

Uncertain:1

Jun 09, 2017

Counsyl

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

1.0

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.59

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.60

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.95

D;D;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.88

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.75

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.98

LIST_S2

Benign

0.0

.;.;D

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.65

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

1.0

D;D;D

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

0.96

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

3.7

H;H;H

PhyloP100

9.3

PrimateAI

Pathogenic

0.83

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-12

D;D;.

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.97

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;.

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;.

Vest4

0.99

ClinPred

1.0

GERP RS

5.2

PromoterAI

0.022

Neutral

(source)

Varity_R

0.99

gMVP

0.99

Mutation Taster

=2/98

disease causing

(source)

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

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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