rs1555547008

chr17-29254226-ATATCGTGGG-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM4 PP3 PP5_Moderate

The NM_005208.5(CRYBA1):c.530_538del(p.Arg177_Tyr179del) variant causes a inframe deletion change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: CRYBA1 NM_005208.5 inframe_deletion
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.60

Genes affected

CRYBA1 (HGNC:2394): (crystallin beta A1) Crystallins are separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and ubiquitous. The latter class constitutes the major proteins of vertebrate eye lens and maintains the transparency and refractive index of the lens. Since lens central fiber cells lose their nuclei during development, these crystallins are made and then retained throughout life, making them extremely stable proteins. Mammalian lens crystallins are divided into alpha, beta, and gamma families; beta and gamma crystallins are also considered as a superfamily. Alpha and beta families are further divided into acidic and basic groups. Seven protein regions exist in crystallins: four homologous motifs, a connecting peptide, and N- and C-terminal extensions. Beta-crystallins, the most heterogeneous, differ by the presence of the C-terminal extension (present in the basic group, none in the acidic group). Beta-crystallins form aggregates of different sizes and are able to self-associate to form dimers or to form heterodimers with other beta-crystallins. This gene, a beta acidic group member, encodes two proteins (crystallin, beta A3 and crystallin, beta A1) from a single mRNA, the latter protein is 17 aa shorter than crystallin, beta A3 and is generated by use of an alternate translation initiation site. Deletion of exons 3 and 4 causes the autosomal dominant disease 'zonular cataract with sutural opacities'. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 9 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a domain Beta/gamma crystallin 'Greek key' 4 (size 48) in uniprot entity CRBA1_HUMAN there are 4 pathogenic changes around while only 0 benign (100%) in NM_005208.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM4: Nonframeshift variant in NON repetitive region in NM_005208.5.
• PP3: No computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, but strongly conserved according to phyloP
• PP5: Variant 17-29254226-ATATCGTGGG-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-29254226-ATATCGTGGG-A is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 464096.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
CRYBA1	NM_005208.5	c.530_538del	p.Arg177_Tyr179del	inframe_deletion	6/6	ENST00000225387.8

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
CRYBA1	ENST00000225387.8	c.530_538del	p.Arg177_Tyr179del	inframe_deletion	6/6	1	NM_005208.5	P1
CRYBA1	ENST00000484605.1	c.*151_*159del		3_prime_UTR_variant, NMD_transcript_variant	5/5	5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

We have no GnomAD4 exomes data on this position. Probably position not covered by the project.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Cataract 10 multiple types Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Apr 19, 2017

This sequence change deletes 9 nucleotides from exon 6 of the CRYBA1 mRNA (c.530_538del). This leads to the deletion of 3 amino acid residues in the CRYBA1 protein (p.Arg177_Tyr179del) but otherwise preserves the integrity of the reading frame. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency) and has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a CRYBA1-related disease. However, family studies have indicated that this variant was not present in the parents of an individual with congenital cataracts, which suggests that it was de novo in that affected individual (Invitae). Experimental studies and prediction algorithms are not available for this variant, and the functional significance of the deleted amino acids is currently unknown. In summary, this variant is a rare in-frame deletion variant that has been observed to be de novo in an affected individual. This evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data is needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Splicing

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555547008; hg19: chr17-27581244;