rs17145779
Variant names: 
Variant summary
Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2BP4_StrongBP7
The NM_178012.5(TUBB2B):c.1248C>T(p.Asn416Asn) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000685 in 1,460,720 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).
Frequency
 Genomes: not found (cov: 22) 
 Exomes 𝑓:  6.8e-7   (  0   hom.  ) 
Consequence
 TUBB2B
NM_178012.5 synonymous
NM_178012.5 synonymous
Scores
 2
Clinical Significance
Conservation
 PhyloP100:  -0.273  
Publications
1 publications found 
Genes affected
 TUBB2B  (HGNC:30829):  (tubulin beta 2B class IIb) The protein encoded by this gene is a beta isoform of tubulin, which binds GTP and is a major component of microtubules. This gene is highly similar to TUBB2A and TUBB2C. Defects in this gene are a cause of asymmetric polymicrogyria. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010] 
TUBB2B Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
- complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformationsInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
- complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 7Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Orphanet
- congenital fibrosis of extraocular musclesInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
- tubulinopathy-associated dysgyriaInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- cerebellar ataxia, intellectual disability, and dysequilibriumInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
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ACMG classification
Classification was made for transcript
Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage; 
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.5). 
BP7
Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-0.273 with no splicing effect.
Transcripts
RefSeq
| Gene | Transcript | HGVSc | HGVSp | Effect | Exon rank | MANE | Protein | UniProt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUBB2B | NM_178012.5 | c.1248C>T | p.Asn416Asn | synonymous_variant | Exon 4 of 4 | ENST00000259818.8 | NP_821080.1 | 
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes  
GnomAD3 genomes 
Cov.: 
22
GnomAD4 exome  AF:  6.85e-7  AC: 1AN: 1460720Hom.:  0  Cov.: 33 AF XY:  0.00000138  AC XY: 1AN XY: 726628 show subpopulations 
GnomAD4 exome 
 AF: 
AC: 
1
AN: 
1460720
Hom.: 
Cov.: 
33
 AF XY: 
AC XY: 
1
AN XY: 
726628
show subpopulations 
African (AFR) 
 AF: 
AC: 
0
AN: 
33472
American (AMR) 
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AC: 
0
AN: 
44692
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) 
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AC: 
0
AN: 
26082
East Asian (EAS) 
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AC: 
0
AN: 
39698
South Asian (SAS) 
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AC: 
0
AN: 
86196
European-Finnish (FIN) 
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AC: 
0
AN: 
53102
Middle Eastern (MID) 
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AC: 
0
AN: 
5566
European-Non Finnish (NFE) 
 AF: 
AC: 
1
AN: 
1111566
Other (OTH) 
 AF: 
AC: 
0
AN: 
60346
 Allele Balance Distribution 
 Red line indicates average allele balance 
 Average allele balance: 0.525 
Heterozygous variant carriers
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Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome  
GnomAD4 genome 
Cov.: 
22
Alfa 
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Bravo 
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ClinVar
Significance: Uncertain significance 
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1 
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link 
Submissions by phenotype
Complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 7    Uncertain:1 
Mar 04, 2013
Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
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Computational scores
Source: 
Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
 BayesDel_noAF 
 Benign 
 DANN 
 Benign 
 PhyloP100 
Splicing
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Calibrated prediction
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 SpliceAI score (max) 
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
 Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at 
Publications
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