rs397514594

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PM2PP3_ModeratePP5_Very_Strong

The NM_001083614.2(EARS2):c.500G>A(p.Cys167Tyr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000432 in 1,598,866 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 (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000047 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

EARS2
NM_001083614.2 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.46

Publications

5 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

EARS2 (HGNC:29419): (glutamyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial) This gene encodes a member of the class I family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. These enzymes play a critical role in protein biosynthesis by charging tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. This protein is encoded by the nuclear genome but is likely to be imported to the mitochondrion where it is thought to catalyze the ligation of glutamate to tRNA molecules. Mutations in this gene have been associated with combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 12 (COXPD12). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2015]

EARS2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Leigh syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

EARS2 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.907

PP5

Variant 16-23535346-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-23535346-C-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 39792.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
EARS2	NM_001083614.2 link	c.500G>A	p.Cys167Tyr	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 9	ENST00000449606.7	NP_001077083.1	Q5JPH6-1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
EARS2	ENST00000449606.7 link	c.500G>A	p.Cys167Tyr	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 9	1	NM_001083614.2	ENSP00000395196.2		Q5JPH6-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152218

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000241

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:

0.0000377

AC:

AN:

238852

AF XY:

0.0000230

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:

0.0000804

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000470

AC:

AN:

1446648

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000444

AC XY:

AN XY:

720180

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33408

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44712

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26070

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39688

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86130

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

40640

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4160

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000612

AC:

AN:

1111704

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60136

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.479

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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30-35

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45-50

50-55

55-60

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65-70

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152218

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000134

AC XY:

AN XY:

74354

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000241

AC:

AN:

41456

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15280

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5196

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4826

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10622

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68048

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2090

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.675

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.0000630

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000378

EpiCase

AF:

0.00

EpiControl

AF:

0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Pathogenic:2

Mar 18, 2025

GeneDx

Significance:Likely pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

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: 31658717, 25476837, 33962821, 35772644, 39173847, 22492562) -

Feb 16, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Pathogenic

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, with tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 167 of the EARS2 protein (p.Cys167Tyr). This variant is present in population databases (rs397514594, gnomAD 0.008%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with leukoencephalopathy with thalamus and brainstem involvement and high lactate (PMID: 22492562). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 39792). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on EARS2 protein function. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Leukoencephalopathy-thalamus and brainstem anomalies-high lactate syndrome

Pathogenic:1

May 01, 2012

OMIM

Significance:Pathogenic

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:literature only

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.94

BayesDel_addAF

Uncertain

0.15

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.16

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.80

D;D;D;.

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.89

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.85

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.99

LIST_S2

Pathogenic

0.98

D;.;D;D

M_CAP

Benign

0.053

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.91

D;D;D;D

MetaSVM

Benign

-0.73

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

3.0

M;M;.;M

PhyloP100

7.5

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.76

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-11

D;D;D;D

REVEL

Uncertain

0.61

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;D;D

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

D;D;D;D

Polyphen

1.0

D;D;.;.

Vest4

0.95

MutPred

0.70

Gain of phosphorylation at C167 (P = 0.0336);Gain of phosphorylation at C167 (P = 0.0336);Gain of phosphorylation at C167 (P = 0.0336);Gain of phosphorylation at C167 (P = 0.0336);

MVP

0.68

MPC

0.92

ClinPred

0.99

GERP RS

5.6

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Varity_R

0.98

gMVP

0.92

Mutation Taster

=0/100

disease causing (ClinVar)

(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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