rs201666443

Variant names:

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Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 0P and 3B. BP4_ModerateBS1_Supporting

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):c.11437C>T(p.Arg3813Cys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000251 in 1,566,214 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign 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. R3813H) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00021 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.00026 ( 1 hom. )

Consequence

PLEC
NM_201384.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.38

Publications

3 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

PLEC Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

epidermolysis bullosa simplex
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P
epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5A, Ogna type
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, PanelApp Australia, Genomics England PanelApp
autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
congenital myasthenic syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
aplasia cutis congenita
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
cholestasis
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

PLEC links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.07471144).

BS1

Variant frequency is greater than expected in population sas. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.00021 (32/152240) while in subpopulation SAS AF = 0.00104 (5/4824). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.000408. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 22 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 33. This position passed quality control check. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PLEC	NM_201384.3 link	c.11437C>T	p.Arg3813Cys	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	ENST00000345136.8	NP_958786.1	Q15149-4
PLEC	NM_201378.4 link	c.11395C>T	p.Arg3799Cys	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	ENST00000356346.7	NP_958780.1	Q15149-9

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PLEC	ENST00000345136.8 link	c.11437C>T	p.Arg3813Cys	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	1	NM_201384.3	ENSP00000344848.3		Q15149-4
PLEC	ENST00000356346.7 link	c.11395C>T	p.Arg3799Cys	missense_variant	Exon 32 of 32	1	NM_201378.4	ENSP00000348702.3		Q15149-9

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.000204

AC:

AN:

152122

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000720

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00104

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.000206

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.000478

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.000297

AC:

AN:

174840

AF XY:

0.000272

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000402

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.000195

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000208

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.000255

AC:

361

AN:

1413974

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000274

AC XY:

192

AN XY:

700802

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

32748

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000387

AC:

AN:

38764

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

25438

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

37734

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00101

AC:

AN:

82434

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

38538

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5720

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.000226

AC:

247

AN:

1093684

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000272

AC:

AN:

58914

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.484

Heterozygous variant carriers

108

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

100

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.000210

AC:

AN:

152240

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000296

AC XY:

AN XY:

74434

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000241

AC:

AN:

41546

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000719

AC:

AN:

15298

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5166

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00104

AC:

AN:

4824

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10624

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.000206

AC:

AN:

67990

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000473

AC:

AN:

2116

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.467

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.000391

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.000219

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000240

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.000218

AC:

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000577

AC:

AN:

3478

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:3

Nov 24, 2021

Revvity Omics, Revvity

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jan 19, 2018

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Nov 06, 2023

Athena Diagnostics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Available data are insufficient to determine the clinical significance of the variant at this time. The frequency of this variant in the general population is higher than would generally be expected for pathogenic variants in this gene. (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org) Computational tools predict that this variant is not damaging. -

Inborn genetic diseases

Uncertain:1

Apr 24, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.11518C>T (p.R3840C) alteration is located in exon 33 (coding exon 32) of the PLEC gene. This alteration results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 11518, causing the arginine (R) at amino acid position 3840 to be replaced by a cysteine (C). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy

Uncertain:1

Jan 15, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 3840 of the PLEC protein (p.Arg3840Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs201666443, gnomAD 0.1%), including at least one homozygous and/or hemizygous individual. This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PLEC-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 167503). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.097

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.27

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.22

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.94

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.086

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Eigen

Benign

0.11

Eigen_PC

Benign

0.11

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.75

LIST_S2

Pathogenic

0.98

D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.12

MetaRNN

Benign

0.075

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T

MetaSVM

Benign

-0.37

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.1

.;.;.;.;L;.;.;.;.;.

PhyloP100

3.4

PrimateAI

Benign

0.28

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-3.0

D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D

REVEL

Uncertain

0.31

Sift

Benign

0.057

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;.;T

Sift4G

Benign

0.18

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;.;T

Polyphen

0.89

P;P;P;P;P;P;D;P;.;.

Vest4

0.54

MVP

0.61

ClinPred

0.14

GERP RS

3.8

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.8

Varity_R

0.12

gMVP

0.42

Mutation Taster

=99/1

polymorphism

(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

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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