rs201553266

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PM2PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_004543.5(NEB):​c.14841G>A​(p.Ser4947Ser) variant causes a splice region, synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000136 in 1,612,444 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000014 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

NEB
NM_004543.5 splice_region, synonymous

Scores

2
Splicing: ADA: 0.9999
2

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:13U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.745
Variant links:
Genes affected
NEB (HGNC:7720): (nebulin) This gene encodes nebulin, a giant protein component of the cytoskeletal matrix that coexists with the thick and thin filaments within the sarcomeres of skeletal muscle. In most vertebrates, nebulin accounts for 3 to 4% of the total myofibrillar protein. The encoded protein contains approximately 30-amino acid long modules that can be classified into 7 types and other repeated modules. Protein isoform sizes vary from 600 to 800 kD due to alternative splicing that is tissue-, species-,and developmental stage-specific. Of the 183 exons in the nebulin gene, at least 43 are alternatively spliced, although exons 143 and 144 are not found in the same transcript. Of the several thousand transcript variants predicted for nebulin, the RefSeq Project has decided to create three representative RefSeq records. Mutations in this gene are associated with recessive nemaline myopathy. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
Splicing scoreres supports a deletorius effect: Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF, max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
PP5
Variant 2-151551738-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-151551738-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 235402.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr2-151551738-C-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic]. Variant chr2-151551738-C-T is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic]. Variant chr2-151551738-C-T is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
NEBNM_001164507.2 linkc.19944G>A p.Ser6648Ser synonymous_variant Exon 129 of 182 ENST00000427231.7 NP_001157979.2
NEBNM_001164508.2 linkc.19944G>A p.Ser6648Ser synonymous_variant Exon 129 of 182 ENST00000397345.8 NP_001157980.2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
NEBENST00000397345.8 linkc.19944G>A p.Ser6648Ser synonymous_variant Exon 129 of 182 5 NM_001164508.2 ENSP00000380505.3 P20929-2
NEBENST00000427231.7 linkc.19944G>A p.Ser6648Ser synonymous_variant Exon 129 of 182 5 NM_001164507.2 ENSP00000416578.2 P20929-3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152136
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000282
AC:
7
AN:
248206
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000297
AC XY:
4
AN XY:
134644
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000582
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.000112
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000178
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000166
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000144
AC:
21
AN:
1460308
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.0000138
AC XY:
10
AN XY:
726526
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000896
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.0000505
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.0000116
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000108
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000332
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152136
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74306
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Bravo
AF:
0.0000189
EpiCase
AF:
0.00
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:13Uncertain:2
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Nemaline myopathy 2 Pathogenic:3Uncertain:1
Jul 30, 2018
Counsyl
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Mar 01, 2024
Muscle and Diseases Team, Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: research

PM3+PM2+PP3 -

Oct 09, 2024
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.3.4, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0102 - Loss of function is a known mechanism of disease in this gene and is associated with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 6 (MIM#619334) and nemaline myopathy 2 (MIM#256030). (I) 0106 - This gene is associated with autosomal recessive disease. (I) 0210 - Splice site variant proven to affect splicing of the transcript with known effect on protein sequence. RT-PCR studies on blood from an individual homozygous for this variant have shown it causes loss of the canonical donor splice site, and gain of a cryptic splice site in the intron. This causes the retention of 120 intronic nucleotides creating a premature stop codon that is expected to lead to nonsense-mediated decay (PMID: 26841830). (SP) 0251 - This variant is heterozygous. (I) 0304 - Variant is present in gnomAD (v2) <0.01 for a recessive condition (7 heterozygotes, 0 homozygotes). (SP) 0801 - This variant has strong previous evidence of pathogenicity in unrelated individuals. This variant has been classified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic by multiple clinical laboratories in ClinVar, and has been observed as homozygous or compound heterozygous in individuals with congenital myopathy in the literature (PMIDs: 26841830, 35081925). (SP) 1205 - This variant has been shown to be maternally inherited (by trio analysis). (I) Legend: (SP) - Supporting pathogenic, (I) - Information, (SB) - Supporting benign -

Dec 09, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change affects codon 6648 of the NEB mRNA. It is a 'silent' change, meaning that it does not change the encoded amino acid sequence of the NEB protein. This variant also falls at the last nucleotide of exon 129, which is part of the consensus splice site for this exon. This variant is present in population databases (rs201553266, gnomAD 0.01%). This variant has been observed in individuals with nemaline myopathy (PMID: 25205148; internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 235402). Variants that disrupt the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

not provided Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1
Aug 13, 2014
Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Feb 24, 2025
GeneDx
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

RNA studies demonstrate a disruption of the canonical splice site resulting in a premature termination codon and thus a shortened nebulin protein (PMID: 26841830); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports a deleterious effect on splicing; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 25205138, 26841830, 32721234, 17576681, 9536098, 39194158, 37460656, 36233295, 35081925, 39802796, 36714460, 38280421, 32222963, 26403434) -

Feb 24, 2017
Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Nemaline myopathy Pathogenic:2
Jun 12, 2018
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: NEB c.19944G>A (p.Ser6648Ser) alters a non-conserved nucleotide that is the last nucleotide of an exon and therefore could affect mRNA splicing, leading to a significantly altered protein sequence. Several computational tools predict a significant impact on normal splicing: Three predict the variant abolishes a 5' splicing donor site, while two predict the variant weakens a 5' donor site. These predictions are supported by functional evidence reported by Oliveira_2016 using whole blood from a homozygous patient, which showed the preferential use of a cryptic splice site, leading to a predicted truncation of the protein. Truncations downstream of this variant have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory (e.g., p.Arg7026X and p.Leu8137fsX18). The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.9e-05 in 245250 control chromosomes, which does not exceed the maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in NEB. c.19944G>A has been reported in the literature in several individuals affected with Nemaline Myopathy 2, including both homozygous and compound heterozygous patients, indicating that the variant is likely to be associated with disease. Four clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 with conflicting assessments, including pathogenic (1x), likely pathogenic (2x), and VUS (1x). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -

Mar 07, 2025
Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: curation

The p.Ser6648= variant in NEB has been reported in at least 10 individuals with nemaline myopathy (PMID: 25205138, 26403434, 26841830, 32222963, 36233295, 37460656, 36714460), and has been identified in 0.007% (4/59922) of Latino/Admixed American chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP ID: rs201553266). Although this variant has been seen in the general population in a heterozygous state, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a recessive carrier frequency. This variant has also been reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 235402) and has been interpreted as pathogenic/likely pathogenic by multiple submitters, and as a variant of uncertain significance by Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga). Of the ten affected individuals, seven were compound heterozygotes that carried a reported likely pathogenic variant in trans or with unknown phase and two were homozygotes, which increases the likelihood that the p.Ser6648= variant is pathogenic (Variation ID: 190457; PMID: 25205138, 26403434, 26841830, 32222963, 36233295, 37460656, 36714460). mRNA analysis performed on unaffected tissues shows possible evidence of intron retention after exon 129. This variant is located in the last three bases of the exon, which is part of the 5' splice region. Computational tools do suggest an impact to splicing. However, this information is not predictive enough to determine/rule out pathogenicity. The phenotype of individuals heterozygous for this variant are highly specific for nemaline myopathy based on the presence of nemaline rods consistent with disease. In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant is likely pathogenic for autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM3_strong, PVS1_moderate, PP4, PM2_supporting (Richards 2015). -

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 6 Pathogenic:2
Feb 14, 2022
DASA
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change has been observed in affected individual(s) and ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (ClinVar ID: 235402; PMID: 9536098; 17576681; 32721234; 32222963; 26841830; 26403434; 25205138) - PS4. The variant is present at low allele frequencies population databases (rs201553266 - gnomAD 0.00006573%; ABraOM no frequency - http://abraom.ib.usp.br/) - PM2_supporting. The p.(Ser6648=) was detected in trans with a pathogenic variant (PMID: 9536098; 17576681; 32721234) - PM3_strong. Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product - PP3. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic. -

Mar 09, 2024
Baylor Genetics
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Nemaline myopathy 2;C5543431:Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 6 Pathogenic:2
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Juno Genomics, Hangzhou Juno Genomics, Inc
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

PS3+PM2_Supporting+PM3_Strong+PP4 -

Jun 06, 2024
Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Inborn genetic diseases Pathogenic:1
Jun 12, 2015
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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NEB-related disorder Pathogenic:1
May 26, 2023
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The NEB c.19944G>A variant is not predicted to result in an amino acid change (p.=). This variant is predicted to abolish the adjacent splice donor site (Alamut Visual Plus v1.6.1). This variant has been reported along with a second putative disease-causing variant in multiple individuals with nemaline myopathy; in most cases parental testing confirmed the variants were on opposite alleles (Lehtokari et al 2014. PubMed ID: 25205138; Wang Q et al 2020. PubMed ID: 32222963; Zhang Y et al 2022. PubMed ID: 35081925). This variant is reported in 0.011% of alleles in individuals of East Asian descent in gnomAD (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/2-152408252-C-T). This variant is interpreted as pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.34
CADD
Benign
21
DANN
Benign
0.53

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
0.98
SpliceAI score (max)
0.77
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai
0.77
Position offset: 0

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

Publications

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs201553266; hg19: chr2-152408252; API