rs374680617

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 5P and 1B. PM1PP2PP3_ModerateBS1_Supporting

The NM_005267.5(GJA8):c.487G>A(p.Val163Met) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000479 in 1,461,890 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 Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000048 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJA8
NM_005267.5 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 8.02

Publications

0 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

GJA8 (HGNC:4281): (gap junction protein alpha 8) This gene encodes a transmembrane connexin protein that is necessary for lens growth and maturation of lens fiber cells. The encoded protein is a component of gap junction channels and functions in a calcium and pH-dependent manner. Mutations in this gene have been associated with zonular pulverulent cataracts, nuclear progressive cataracts, and cataract-microcornea syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]

GJA8 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

cataract 1 multiple types
Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics
cataract - microcornea syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
early-onset nuclear cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
early-onset sutural cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
pulverulent cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
total early-onset cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

GJA8 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points.

PM1

In a disulfide_bond (size 140) in uniprot entity CXA8_HUMAN there are 31 pathogenic changes around while only 3 benign (91%) in NM_005267.5

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 49 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 13 curated benign missense variants. Trascript score misZ: -0.35816 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to cataract 1 multiple types, cataract - microcornea syndrome, early-onset nuclear cataract, early-onset sutural cataract, pulverulent cataract, total early-onset cataract.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.924

BS1

Variant frequency is greater than expected in population amr. GnomAdExome4 allele frequency = 0.00000479 (7/1461890) while in subpopulation AMR AF = 0.000157 (7/44724). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.0000728. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAdExome4. There are 1 alleles in the male GnomAdExome4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 35. 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
GJA8	NM_005267.5 link	c.487G>A	p.Val163Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000369235.2	NP_005258.2	P48165X5D7G1
GJA8	XM_011509417.3 link	c.487G>A	p.Val163Met	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 2		XP_011507719.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJA8	ENST00000369235.2 link	c.487G>A	p.Val163Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	6	NM_005267.5	ENSP00000358238.1		P48165

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000239

AC:

AN:

251422

AF XY:

0.00000736

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0000615

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000116

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000163

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000479

AC:

AN:

1461890

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000138

AC XY:

AN XY:

727246

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000157

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

1112008

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.482

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

Cov.:

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.000227

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.00000824

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Cataract 1 multiple types

Uncertain:1

Aug 08, 2016

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In summary, this variant is a rare missense change with uncertain impact on protein function. There is no indication that it causes disease, but the available evidence is currently insufficient to prove that conclusively. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Possibly Damaging"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). This sequence change replaces valine with methionine at codon 163 of the GJA8 protein (p.Val163Met). The valine residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between valine and methionine. This variant is present in population databases (rs374680617, ExAC 0.01%) but has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a GJA8-related disease. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.21

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.31

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.44

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.95

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.81

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.74

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.93

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.93

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.48

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.92

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.1

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.9

PhyloP100

8.0

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.69

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-2.8

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.93

Sift

Uncertain

0.0010

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0010

Polyphen

1.0

Vest4

0.79

MVP

0.93

ClinPred

0.94

GERP RS

4.9

Varity_R

0.73

gMVP

0.90

Mutation Taster

=55/45

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

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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