rs375645779

Variant names:

• chr7-107701932-C-A
• rs375645779
• NM_000441.2:c.1909C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points: 3P and 2B. PM1 PP2 BP4_Moderate

The NM_000441.2(SLC26A4):​c.1909C>A​(p.Gln637Lys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000062 in 1,612,928 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000055 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: SLC26A4 NM_000441.2 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:7
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.91
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

SLC26A4 (HGNC:8818): (solute carrier family 26 member 4) Mutations in this gene are associated with Pendred syndrome, the most common form of syndromic deafness, an autosomal-recessive disease. It is highly homologous to the SLC26A3 gene; they have similar genomic structures and this gene is located 3' of the SLC26A3 gene. The encoded protein has homology to sulfate transporters. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

SLC26A4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 4

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, PanelApp Australia, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• Pendred syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
• athyreosis

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• thyroid hypoplasia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hearing loss, autosomal recessive

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a domain STAS (size 194) in uniprot entity S26A4_HUMAN there are 55 pathogenic changes around while only 7 benign (89%) in NM_000441.2
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 167 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 19 curated benign missense variants. Trascript score misZ: -1.7621 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 4, Pendred syndrome, athyreosis, thyroid hypoplasia, hearing loss, autosomal recessive.
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.25343642).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
SLC26A4	NM_000441.2	c.1909C>A	p.Gln637Lys	missense_variant	Exon 17 of 21	ENST00000644269.2	NP_000432.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
SLC26A4	ENST00000644269.2	c.1909C>A	p.Gln637Lys	missense_variant	Exon 17 of 21		NM_000441.2	ENSP00000494017.1
SLC26A4	ENST00000492030.2	n.196C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 6	5
SLC26A4	ENST00000644846.1	n.619C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 7 of 10			ENSP00000494344.1
SLC26A4	ENST00000480841.5	n.*48C>A		downstream_gene_variant		3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152144 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

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: 0.0000294

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251198 AF XY: 0.00

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: 0.00000881

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000548 AC: 8 AN: 1460784 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 726740

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33456

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26126

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39688

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86230

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53416

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000720 AC: 8 AN: 1111024

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60354

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152144 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74320

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41424

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15268

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3470

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5194

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4826

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10610

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000294 AC: 2 AN: 68030

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2094

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000151

ESP6500AA AF: 0.00 AC: 0

ESP6500EA AF: 0.000233 AC: 2

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:7

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Pendred syndrome Uncertain:3

Sep 05, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Jan 13, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease. -

Oct 05, 2021

Natera, Inc.

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 4 Uncertain:2

Jan 13, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease. -

Sep 05, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

not specified Uncertain:1

Mar 22, 2016

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Gln637Lys variant in SLC26A4 has not been previously reported in individua ls with hearing loss. This variant has been identified in 1/66690 European chrom osomes by the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC, http://exac.broadinstitute.org ; dbSNP rs375645779). Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses s uggest that the p.Gln637Lys variant may not impact the protein, though this info rmation is not predictive enough to rule out pathogenicity. In summary, the clin ical significance of the p.Gln637Lys variant is uncertain. -

Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain:1

Jan 16, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.1909C>A (p.Q637K) alteration is located in exon 17 (coding exon 16) of the SLC26A4 gene. This alteration results from a C to A substitution at nucleotide position 1909, causing the glutamine (Q) at amino acid position 637 to be replaced by a lysine (K). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.084
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.13	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	-0.060
CADD	Benign	22
DANN	Uncertain	0.97
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.41	T;T
Eigen	Uncertain	0.27
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.39
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.79	.;T
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.11	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.25	T;T
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.54	D
MutationAssessor	Benign	1.6	L;L
PhyloP100		4.9
PrimateAI	Benign	0.32	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.5	N;.
REVEL	Uncertain	0.48
Sift	Benign	0.30	T;.
Sift4G	Benign	0.15	T;.
Polyphen		0.065	B;B
Vest4		0.30
MVP		0.94
MPC		0.012
ClinPred		0.41	T
GERP RS		5.9
Varity_R		0.38
gMVP		0.52
Mutation Taster		=30/70	disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs375645779; hg19: chr7-107342377;