rs372760913

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PM1PP3_ModeratePP5_Very_Strong

The NM_020549.5(CHAT):​c.1669G>A​(p.Ala557Thr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000644 in 1,613,868 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A557A) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000039 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000067 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHAT
NM_020549.5 missense

Scores

13
5
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 10.0

Publications

10 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
CHAT (HGNC:1912): (choline O-acetyltransferase) This gene encodes an enzyme which catalyzes the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. This gene product is a characteristic feature of cholinergic neurons, and changes in these neurons may explain some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Polymorphisms in this gene have been associated with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Mutations in this gene are associated with congenital myasthenic syndrome associated with episodic apnea. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene, and some of these variants have been shown to encode more than one isoform. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
CHAT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • congenital myasthenic syndrome 6
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • presynaptic congenital myasthenic syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 4 uncertain in NM_020549.5
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.904
PP5
Variant 10-49655129-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr10-49655129-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 461452.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
CHATNM_020549.5 linkc.1669G>A p.Ala557Thr missense_variant Exon 12 of 15 ENST00000337653.7 NP_065574.4

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
CHATENST00000337653.7 linkc.1669G>A p.Ala557Thr missense_variant Exon 12 of 15 1 NM_020549.5 ENSP00000337103.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000395
AC:
6
AN:
152050
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.000145
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000517
AC:
13
AN:
251264
AF XY:
0.0000515
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000968
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000163
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000670
AC:
98
AN:
1461818
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
37
AF XY:
0.0000701
AC XY:
51
AN XY:
727216
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26136
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000252
AC:
1
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000232
AC:
2
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.0000187
AC:
1
AN:
53354
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000827
AC:
92
AN:
1112002
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000331
AC:
2
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.482
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
6
11
17
22
28
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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10
20
30
40
50
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30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000395
AC:
6
AN:
152050
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000269
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
74246
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.000145
AC:
6
AN:
41394
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15264
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5196
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4812
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10590
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68008
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.542
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.000167
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000718
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000116
AC:
1
ExAC
AF:
0.0000577
AC:
7
EpiCase
AF:
0.000109
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:5
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Familial infantile myasthenia Pathogenic:3
Aug 29, 2019
Revvity Omics, Revvity
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Dec 19, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, with threonine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 557 of the CHAT protein (p.Ala557Thr). This variant is present in population databases (rs372760913, gnomAD 0.009%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with congenital myasthenic syndrome (PMID: 19520274, 29189923; internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 461452). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt CHAT protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects CHAT function (PMID: 21786365). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Nov 20, 2023
Baylor Genetics
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided Pathogenic:1
Jul 27, 2022
GeneDx
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect, as the A557T variant demonstrates reduced expression, low catalytic rate, and an extremely low affinity for acetyl-CoA and choline in comparison to wild-type (PMID: 21786365); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 19520274, 21786365, 29189923, 29783273, 26080897, 33650116, Kong 2022 [Poster], 34431804) -

Congenital myasthenic syndrome Pathogenic:1
Nov 20, 2023
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: CHAT c.1669G>A (p.Ala557Thr) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Choline/carnitine acyltransferase domain (IPR039551) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 5.2e-05 in 251264 control chromosomes (gnomAD). This frequency is not significantly higher than estimated for a pathogenic variant in CHAT causing Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (5.2e-05 vs 0.00079), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. c.1669G>A has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (e.g., Mallory_2009, Shen_2011). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function, finding that the variant results in reduced expression and catalytic efficiency (e.g., Shen_2011). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 19520274, 21786365). Three submitters have reported clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014. All submitters classified the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.71
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.35
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.47
CADD
Pathogenic
32
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.73
.;.;.;D;.;.
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.82
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.69
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.98
.;.;D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.34
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.90
D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.0
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
3.0
.;.;.;M;.;.
PhyloP100
10
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.65
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.8
D;D;D;D;D;.
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.86
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D;D;D;D;.
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0030
D;D;D;D;D;.
Polyphen
1.0
.;.;.;D;.;.
Vest4
0.94
MVP
0.97
MPC
0.85
ClinPred
0.85
D
GERP RS
5.4
Varity_R
0.87
gMVP
0.87
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs372760913; hg19: chr10-50863175; COSMIC: COSV60333345; API