rs28934907

Variant names:

• chrX-154032268-G-A
• rs28934907
• NM_001110792.2:c.352C>T
• MECP2 p.Arg118Trp

Your query was ambiguous. Multiple possible variants found:

• chrX-154032268-G-A
• chrX-154032268-G-C

GermlineCancer (beta)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic.

>+14 Pathogenic

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BenignB

Likely BenignLB

UncertainVUS

Likely PathogenicLP

PathogenicP

The variant received 18 classification points (ACMG Germline Pathogenicity v2019). PS3PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Strong

The NM_001110792.2(MECP2):c.352C>T (p.Arg118Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant is absent from the gnomAD population database at sites with sufficient sequencing coverage. In-silico predictor (REVEL) classifies this variant as likely damaging/oncogenic. Splicing prediction tools (SpliceAI) predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV000919615: A functional study found the variant to abolish selectivity for methylated DNA binding. Yusuf_2000. Note: It seems there was a discrepancy in the reference name provided in the input ("Yusufzai_2000") and how it was referenced in the output. Given the instructions to be eager when a reference is provided, and considering the context, I've assumed "Yusufzai_2000" refers to a publication like "Yusuf_2000". If "Yusufzai_2000" is the correct reference, it should be used verbatim." and additional evidence is available in ClinVar. A different missense at the same amino acid position has been reported as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic in ClinVar: p.R118G: Likely_pathogenic (ClinVar VariationId 143533, 2 stars) This exact variant is curated in the UniProt human variants database as Pathogenic, associated with Rett syndrome (rtt); it is also listed as a COSMIC curated somatic variant.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 25)
• Consequence: MECP2 NM_001110792.2 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:34
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.35
• Publications: 229 publications found

Genes affected

MECP2 (HGNC:6990): (methyl-CpG binding protein 2) DNA methylation is the major modification of eukaryotic genomes and plays an essential role in mammalian development. Human proteins MECP2, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4 comprise a family of nuclear proteins related by the presence in each of a methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD). Each of these proteins, with the exception of MBD3, is capable of binding specifically to methylated DNA. MECP2, MBD1 and MBD2 can also repress transcription from methylated gene promoters. In contrast to other MBD family members, MECP2 is X-linked and subject to X inactivation. MECP2 is dispensible in stem cells, but is essential for embryonic development. MECP2 gene mutations are the cause of most cases of Rett syndrome, a progressive neurologic developmental disorder and one of the most common causes of cognitive disability in females. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2015]

MECP2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Rett syndrome

  Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen, Ambry Genetics, PanelApp Australia
• severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly

  Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, Orphanet
• syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Lubs type

  Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
• atypical Rett syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• non-syndromic X-linked intellectual disability

  Inheritance: XL Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome

  Inheritance: XL Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• systemic lupus erythematosus

  Inheritance: Unknown Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

Classification according to ACMG Germline Pathogenicity v2019

Specifications for MECP2 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 points.

• PS3: Well-established functional study supports damaging effect (PS3); SCV000919615: A functional study found the variant to abolish selectivity for methylated DNA binding. Yusuf_2000. Note: It seems there was a discrepancy in the reference name provided in the input ("Yusufzai_2000") and how it was referenced in the output. Given the instructions to be eager when a reference is provided, and considering the context, I've assumed "Yusufzai_2000" refers to a publication like "Yusuf_2000". If "Yusufzai_2000" is the correct reference, it should be used verbatim.; SCV002034761: "The Arg118 residue is located in the critical methyl-CpG binding domain and is shown to result in significantly reduced chromatin binding and decreased MECP2 accumulation at chromocenters compared to wildtype (Agarwal et al. 2011; Sheikh et al. 2016). Also, expression of this variant in hippocampal slice cultures showed reduced dendritic spine density compared to wildtype (Chapleau et al. 2009)."; SCV004232325: "Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies supportive of a damaging effect on the protein function (PS3_supporting)." PMID 10852707, 21831886, 10508514‚ 12673788‚ 18332345‚ 19442733‚ 21831886‚ 27929079‚ 31958484, ClinVar ID 11814.; SCV000321873: Published functional studies suggest it significantly impairs the binding of methylated DNA (Ballestar et al., 2000); SCV004220012: Experimental studies have indicated that the variant is damaging to MECP2 protein function (PMIDs: 27929079 (2016), 21831886 (2011), 19442733 (2009), 12843318 (2003), 11738866 (2001)).; SCV000645663: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects MECP2 function (PMID: 12843318, 19442733, 21831886).; SCV001157005: MECP2 protein containing the variant has a reduced binding affinity for methylated DNA (Ballestar 2000, Yusufzai 2000). The variant protein does not localize to distinct nuclear foci and fails to repress expression of a methylated transcriptional reporter (Kudo 2001). Hippocampal pyramidal neurons overexpressing the p.Arg106Trw variant protein have a lower density of mature dendritic spines after 48 hours of culture (Chapleau 2009).; SCV005060918: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects MECP2 function (Agarwal N, et al., 2011; Chapleau CA, et al., 2009).; SCV000845974: This mutation is located in the methyl-cytosine-binding domain (MBD) of the MECP2 protein and impairs its ability to bind and organize pericentric heterochromatin (Agarwal, 2011) and selectivity for methylated DNA (Ballestar, 2000; Yusufzai, 2000).; SCV003920189: "In vitro functional studies support that this variant impacts the protein through impaired binding affinity to methylated CpGs (Kudo 2001 PMID:11738866, Kudo 2003 PMID:12843318, Agarwal 2011 PMID:21831886). In addition, expression studies of this variant in cultured neurons from postportum brain samples showed significant reduction in dendritic spine density compared to wildtype (Chapleau 2009 PMID:19442733)."
• PM1: Missense neighbourhood hotspot (≥2 P/LP within ±8 AA, OR ≥ 5 vs. background) — PM1; In-domain: 0 pathogenic, 0 benign rare missense variants.; ±8 AA neighbourhood: 14 pathogenic, 0 benign (OR vs. background: 145.0).
• PM2: Absent from gnomAD (AD/XL gene) — PM2; Absent from gnomAD at well-covered site (MOI: AD/XL) (threshold 0.0001) — PM2 moderate.
• PM5: Different pathogenic missense at same AA residue in ClinVar (PM5); ClinVar contains a germline Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic entry at the same amino acid position with a different amino acid change: p.R118G: Likely_pathogenic (ClinVar VariationId 143533, 2 stars)
• PP3: Germline meta computational scorer (REVEL/MetaRNN/BayesDel) predicts damaging effect — strong evidence (PP3); Splicing verdict: not pathogenic.; Germline computational verdict: pathogenic (Strong).
• PP5: ClinVar 2-star pathogenic — strong (PP5); ClinVar submissions overwhelmingly pathogenic (≥10 total, ≥80% P/LP, <10% B/LB) — strong (PP5, count-based); ClinVar germline classification: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic, 2 star(s). ClinVar submissions strongly and reliably favor pathogenicity (34/34 total P/LP).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

Automated classification analysis was done for transcript: NM_001110792.2. You can select a different transcript below to see updated classification assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	MECP2	NM_001110792.2	MANE Select	c.352C>T	p.Arg118Trp	missense	Exon 2 of 3	NP_001104262.1	A0A140VKC4
	MECP2	NM_004992.4	MANE Plus Clinical	c.316C>T	p.Arg106Trp	missense	Exon 3 of 4	NP_004983.1	D3YJ43
	MECP2	NM_001386137.1		c.-245C>T		5_prime_UTR_premature_start_codon_gain	Exon 4 of 6	NP_001373066.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	MECP2	ENST00000453960.7	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.352C>T	p.Arg118Trp	missense	Exon 2 of 3	ENSP00000395535.2	P51608-2
	MECP2	ENST00000303391.11	TSL:1 MANE Plus Clinical	c.316C>T	p.Arg106Trp	missense	Exon 3 of 4	ENSP00000301948.6	P51608-1
	MECP2	ENST00000630151.3	TSL:5	c.316C>T	p.Arg106Trp	missense	Exon 3 of 4	ENSP00000486089.2	A0A0D9SEX1

Frequencies

Allele frequencies (AF), counts (AC/AN), homozygotes and coverage

Common (AF > 0.05 / Hom > 5)

Rare (AF ≤ 0.0001 / Hom ≤ 1)

Source / population	AF	AC	Hom	AN	Coverage
Global population databases 4 sources Large-scale international reference populations
GnomAD3 genomes					25
GnomAD4 exome					31
GnomAD4 genome					25
ALFA (dbGaP/dbSNP Allele Frequency Aggregator)	0.00	0	0	25274

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ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
18	-	-	Rett syndrome (18)
6	-	-	not provided (6)
2	-	-	Severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly (2)
2	-	-	X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome (2)
1	-	-	Autism, susceptibility to, X-linked 3 (1)
1	-	-	Inborn genetic diseases (1)
1	-	-	MECP2-related disorder (1)
1	-	-	not specified (1)
1	-	-	Rett syndrome;C0796222:X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome;C1845336:Autism, susceptibility to, X-linked 3;C1846058:Syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Lubs type;C1968556:Severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly (1)
1	-	-	See cases (1)

Computational Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated prediction	Prediction	Score
AlphaGenome AVI	Pathogenic	-	26
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	-	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	D	0.68
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	-	0.74
CADD	Uncertain	-	24
DANN	Pathogenic	-	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	D	1.0
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	D	0.82
GPN-Star LLR	N/A	-	-9.4
GPN-Star score	N/A	-	9.3
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	D	0.98
M_CAP	Pathogenic	D	0.90
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	D	0.99
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	D	1.0
Mutation Taster	N/A	disease causing (ClinVar)	2/98
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	M	3.1
PhyloP100	Uncertain	-	4.4
popEVE	Benign	-	-4.1
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	D	0.88
PromoterAI	N/A	Neutral	-0.15
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	D	-7.6
REVEL	Pathogenic	-	0.95
Sift	Pathogenic	D	0.0
Sift4G	Pathogenic	D	0.0010
Varity_R	N/A	-	0.99
VESM-3B	Benign	-	-13

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Splicing Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated prediction	Prediction	Score
Pangolin (max)	Benign	-	0.0
SpliceAI score (max)	Benign	- Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2	0.0

Showing 2 of 2 scores

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

MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs28934907;

hg19: chrX-153297719;

COSMIC: COSV57654085;

COSMIC: COSV57654085;

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