rs199474752

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 16 ACMG points: 16P and 0B. PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_001042492.3(NF1):​c.479G>A​(p.Arg160Lys) variant causes a missense, splice region change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R160S) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)

Consequence

NF1
NM_001042492.3 missense, splice_region

Scores

6
2
3
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.18

Publications

9 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
NF1 (HGNC:7765): (neurofibromin 1) This gene product appears to function as a negative regulator of the ras signal transduction pathway. Mutations in this gene have been linked to neurofibromatosis type 1, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and Watson syndrome. The mRNA for this gene is subject to RNA editing (CGA>UGA->Arg1306Term) resulting in premature translation termination. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have also been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
NF1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • neurofibromatosis type 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, PanelApp Australia, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
  • neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, PanelApp Australia
  • Moyamoya disease
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • familial ovarian cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 16 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr17-31163376-G-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 68353.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
PP3
Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF, max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
PP5
Variant 17-31163376-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-31163376-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 480206.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
NF1NM_001042492.3 linkc.479G>A p.Arg160Lys missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 4 of 58 ENST00000358273.9 NP_001035957.1 P21359-1
NF1NM_000267.4 linkc.479G>A p.Arg160Lys missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 4 of 57 NP_000258.1 P21359-2
NF1NM_001128147.3 linkc.479G>A p.Arg160Lys missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 4 of 15 NP_001121619.1 P21359-5

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
NF1ENST00000358273.9 linkc.479G>A p.Arg160Lys missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 4 of 58 1 NM_001042492.3 ENSP00000351015.4 P21359-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 exome
Cov.:
31
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Neurofibromatosis, type 1 Pathogenic:1
Nov 11, 2024
NHS Central & South Genomic Laboratory Hub
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome;CN230736:Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1
Jul 26, 2017
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.479G>A variant (also known as p.R160K), located in coding exon 4 of the NF1 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 479. The amino acid change results in arginine to lysine at codon 160, an amino acid with highly similar properties. However, this change occurs in the last base pair of coding exon 4, which makes it likely to have some effect on normal mRNA splicing. This alteration was detected in one individual meeting clinical diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) (Ambry internal data), as well as one individual from a prospective cohort of patients with clinical suspicion of NF1 (Pasmant E et al. Eur. J. Hum. Genet., 2015 May;23:596-601). A different nucleotide change at the same position (c.479G>C) has been identified in two individuals meeting NF1 clinical diagnostic criteria and was shown via mRNA analysis to result in exon-skipping (Wimmer K et al. Hum. Mutat., 2007 Jun;28:599-612; Ponti G et al. Hered Cancer Clin Pract, 2011 Aug;9:6). In addition, another different nucleotide change at the same position (c.479G>T) occurred de novo in an individual meeting NF1 diagnostic criteria (Bianchessi D et al. Mol Genet Genomic Med, 2015 Nov;3:513-25; Leiden Open Variation Database- http:// www.LOVD.nl/NF1). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Using the BDGP and ESEfinder splice site prediction tools, this alteration is predicted to weaken the efficiency of the native splice donor site; however, direct evidence is unavailable. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.73
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.19
D
BayesDel_noAF
Uncertain
0.030
CADD
Pathogenic
32
DANN
Benign
0.94
Eigen
Uncertain
0.65
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.71
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.49
T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.80
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.82
D
PhyloP100
9.2
ClinPred
0.81
D
GERP RS
5.8
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.8
Varity_R
0.37
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
1.0
SpliceAI score (max)
0.62
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai
0.62
Position offset: 0

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs199474752; hg19: chr17-29490394; API