rs544828395

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points: 1P and 0B. PP3

The NM_002693.3(POLG):c.2509T>C(p.Tyr837His) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000198 in 1,613,848 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Y837C) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

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

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000021 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

POLG
NM_002693.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.12

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

POLG (HGNC:9179): (DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit) Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting of a homodimer of accessory subunits plus a catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase. The encoded protein contains a polyglutamine tract near its N-terminus that may be polymorphic. Defects in this gene are a cause of progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions 1 (PEOA1), sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO), Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), and mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

POLG Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4a
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P
sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P
autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
recessive mitochondrial ataxia syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Leigh syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

POLG links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.81

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
POLG	NM_002693.3 link	c.2509T>C	p.Tyr837His	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 23	ENST00000268124.11	NP_002684.1
POLG	NM_001126131.2 link	c.2509T>C	p.Tyr837His	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 23		NP_001119603.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
POLG	ENST00000268124.11 link	c.2509T>C	p.Tyr837His	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 23	1	NM_002693.3	ENSP00000268124.5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152164

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

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:

0.000207

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000358

AC:

AN:

251434

AF XY:

0.0000441

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:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000212

AC:

AN:

1461566

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000303

AC XY:

AN XY:

727094

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33474

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26134

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39694

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000313

AC:

AN:

86254

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53406

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000180

AC:

AN:

1111730

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000331

AC:

AN:

60384

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.498

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152282

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000134

AC XY:

AN XY:

74464

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41566

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15312

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3468

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5172

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000207

AC:

AN:

4820

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10618

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68006

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2114

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.475

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

ExAC

AF:

0.0000576

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:2

Jun 05, 2025

Revvity Omics, Revvity

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Jul 11, 2019

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; In silico analysis, which includes protein predictors and evolutionary conservation, supports a deleterious effect

not specified

Uncertain:1

May 25, 2017

Athena Diagnostics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1

Uncertain:1

Neuberg Centre For Genomic Medicine, NCGM

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The missense variant c.2509T>C (p.Tyr837His) in POLG gene has not been reported previously as a pathogenic variant nor as a benign variant, to our knowledge . This variant has been reported to the ClinVar database as Uncertain Significance. The p.Tyr837His variant is novel (not in any individuals) in 1000 Genomes and allele frequency of 0.003579% is reported in gnomAD. The amino acid Tyr at position 837 is changed to a His changing protein sequence and it might alter its composition and physico-chemical properties. The variant is predicted to be damaging by both SIFT and PolyPhen2. The residue is conserved across species. The amino acid change p.Tyr837His in POLG is predicted as conserved by GERP++ and PhyloP across 100 vertebrates. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Uncertain Significance.

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy

Uncertain:1

Jul 30, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 837 of the POLG protein (p.Tyr837His). This variant is present in population databases (rs544828395, gnomAD 0.03%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with POLG-related disorders (PMID: 25488682). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 448103). 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) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt POLG protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Uncertain

0.37

BayesDel_addAF

Uncertain

0.15

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.27

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.90

D;D

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.70

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.67

LIST_S2

Benign

0.0

.;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.27

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.81

D;D

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

1.1

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.5

M;M

PhyloP100

7.1

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.67

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-2.9

D;D

Sift

Uncertain

0.029

D;D

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.012

D;D

Vest4

0.78

ClinPred

0.79

GERP RS

5.4

Varity_R

0.56

gMVP

0.79

Mutation Taster

=37/63

disease causing

(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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