rs549794342

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PVS1PP5

The NM_001164507.2(NEB):​c.23989C>T​(p.Arg7997*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000309 in 1,548,396 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 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00030 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.00031 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

NEB
NM_001164507.2 stop_gained

Scores

2
3
2

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:20U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.865

Publications

3 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
NEB (HGNC:7720): (nebulin) This gene encodes nebulin, a giant protein component of the cytoskeletal matrix that coexists with the thick and thin filaments within the sarcomeres of skeletal muscle. In most vertebrates, nebulin accounts for 3 to 4% of the total myofibrillar protein. The encoded protein contains approximately 30-amino acid long modules that can be classified into 7 types and other repeated modules. Protein isoform sizes vary from 600 to 800 kD due to alternative splicing that is tissue-, species-,and developmental stage-specific. Of the 183 exons in the nebulin gene, at least 43 are alternatively spliced, although exons 143 and 144 are not found in the same transcript. Of the several thousand transcript variants predicted for nebulin, the RefSeq Project has decided to create three representative RefSeq records. Mutations in this gene are associated with recessive nemaline myopathy. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]
RIF1 (HGNC:23207): (replication timing regulatory factor 1) This gene encodes a protein that shares homology with the yeast teleomere binding protein, Rap1 interacting factor 1. This protein localizes to aberrant telomeres may be involved in DNA repair. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2010]

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
PP5
Variant 2-151501423-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-151501423-G-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 373977.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
NEBNM_001164507.2 linkc.23989C>T p.Arg7997* stop_gained Exon 168 of 182 ENST00000427231.7 NP_001157979.2
NEBNM_001164508.2 linkc.23989C>T p.Arg7997* stop_gained Exon 168 of 182 ENST00000397345.8 NP_001157980.2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
NEBENST00000397345.8 linkc.23989C>T p.Arg7997* stop_gained Exon 168 of 182 5 NM_001164508.2 ENSP00000380505.3 P20929-2
NEBENST00000427231.7 linkc.23989C>T p.Arg7997* stop_gained Exon 168 of 182 5 NM_001164507.2 ENSP00000416578.2 P20929-3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000303
AC:
46
AN:
152048
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000725
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000197
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.000193
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.000189
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.000544
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.000272
AC:
43
AN:
157874
AF XY:
0.000276
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000407
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.000234
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.000237
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.000470
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00159
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.000310
AC:
433
AN:
1396230
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
29
AF XY:
0.000335
AC XY:
231
AN XY:
688560
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000951
AC:
3
AN:
31546
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000841
AC:
3
AN:
35660
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.000120
AC:
3
AN:
25088
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35796
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000127
AC:
1
AN:
78496
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.000793
AC:
39
AN:
49174
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5686
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.000339
AC:
365
AN:
1076946
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.000329
AC:
19
AN:
57838
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.467
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
21
41
62
82
103
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
10
20
30
40
50
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000302
AC:
46
AN:
152166
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.000309
AC XY:
23
AN XY:
74394
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000723
AC:
3
AN:
41514
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000196
AC:
3
AN:
15278
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.000193
AC:
1
AN:
5182
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4808
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.000189
AC:
2
AN:
10584
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.000544
AC:
37
AN:
68012
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2114
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.485
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
3
6
9
12
15
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.000286
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.000196
ExAC
AF:
0.000218
AC:
19
Asia WGS
AF:
0.00173
AC:
6
AN:
3476

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:20Uncertain:2
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:8
Aug 05, 2025
GeneDx
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Identified in a pregnancy loss with an unspecified fetal anomaly (PMID: 33100332); Nonsense variant predicted to result in protein truncation or nonsense mediated decay in a gene for which loss of function is a known mechanism of disease; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 31980526, 32721234, 31589614, 33100332, 39802796, 38167091) -

Nov 09, 2022
Revvity Omics, Revvity
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Nov 03, 2021
Institute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital TU Dresden, University Hospital TU Dresden
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Laboratory of Diagnostic Genome Analysis, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Genome Diagnostics Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Dec 08, 2023
Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

PM2_moderate, PVS1 -

May 01, 2025
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

NEB: PVS1, PM2:Supporting -

Feb 16, 2025
Laboratory of Genetics, Children's Clinical University Hospital Latvia
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Nemaline myopathy 2 Pathogenic:6Uncertain:1
Oct 04, 2018
Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This nonsense variant found in exon 168 of 182 is predicted to result in loss of normal protein function. It is present in the heterozygous state in the gnomAD population database at a frequency of 0.03% (61/183470) and thus is presumed to be rare. This variant has been classified as likely pathogenic by several clinical diagnostic labs in the ClinVar database (Variation ID: 373977). Based on the available evidence, the c.23989C>T (p.Arg7997Ter) variant is classified as likely pathogenic. -

Oct 01, 2019
Baylor Genetics
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was determined to be likely pathogenic according to ACMG Guidelines, 2015 [PMID:25741868]. -

Jun 20, 2019
Counsyl
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com. -

Feb 02, 2022
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.3.4, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0102 - Loss of function is a known mechanism of disease in this gene and is associated with nemaline myopathy 2, autosomal recessive (MIM#256030). (I) 0106 - This gene is associated with autosomal recessive disease. (I) 0201 - Variant is predicted to cause nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) and loss of protein (premature termination codon is located at least 54 nucleotides upstream of the final exon-exon junction). In silico splice site analysis of this variant may also result in activation of a cryptic 5' splice site resulting in a frameshift (Splicing Diagnostics, Kids Neuroscience Centre). (SP) 0304 - Variant is present in gnomAD <0.01 for a recessive condition (v2: 62 heterozygotes, 0 homozygotes). (SP) 0701 - Other NMD-predicted variants comparable to the one identified in this case have very strong previous evidence for pathogenicity (ClinVar). (SP) 0801 - This variant has strong previous evidence of pathogenicity in unrelated individuals with nemaline myopathy 2, autosomal recessive (MIM#256030) (ClinVar). (SP) 0905 - No published segregation evidence has been identified for this variant. (I) 1007 - No published functional evidence has been identified for this variant. (I) Legend: (SP) - Supporting pathogenic, (I) - Information, (SB) - Supporting benign -

Feb 01, 2024
Laboratory of Medical Genetics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

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Jan 01, 2019
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Jan 27, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Arg8032*) in the NEB gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in NEB are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 25205138). This variant is present in population databases (rs549794342, gnomAD 0.06%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with NEB-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 373977). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Nemaline myopathy 2;C5543431:Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 6 Pathogenic:2
Apr 12, 2024
Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Nov 10, 2022
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:research

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Nemaline myopathy Pathogenic:1Uncertain:1
Feb 21, 2023
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: NEB c.24094C>T (p.Arg8032X) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. Truncations downstream of this position have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00027 in 157874 control chromosomes. This frequency is not higher than estimated for a pathogenic variant in NEB causing Nemaline Myopathy 2 (0.00027 vs 0.0035), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.24094C>T in individuals affected with Nemaline Myopathy 2 and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. Eleven ClinVar submitters (evaluation after 2014) cite the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic and one ClinVar submitter (evaluation after 2014) cites it as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic. -

Feb 26, 2025
Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

The p.Arg7997Ter (p.Arg8032Ter) variant in NEB has not been previously reported in the literature in individuals with nemaline myopathy, and has been identified in 0.07% (41/59758) of European (Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs549794342). This variant has been seen in the general population, in a heterozygous state, at a greater rate than expected for the disorder. The p.Arg7997Ter variant has been reported in several publications, but never in cases with an established diagnosis with nemaline myopathy. This variant has been detected in carriers and in cases with non-specific phenotype or pregnancy loss due to fetal anomaly (Personal communication, PMID: 33100332, 32721234, 31980526, 31589614, 38167091). This variant has also been reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 373977) and has been interpreted as pathogenic/likely pathogenic by multiple submitters and as a variant of uncertain significance by Counsyl. This nonsense variant leads to a premature termination codon at position 7997, which is predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein. Expression data indicates that this exon might not be biologically relevant for this disease, and therefore this variant may not result in loss of function of NEB. Loss of function of the NEB gene is an established disease mechanism in autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy. In summary, the clinical significance of the p.Arg7997Ter variant is uncertain. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PVS1, BS1 (Richards 2015). -

NEB-related disorder Pathogenic:1
Mar 15, 2024
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

The NEB c.24094C>T variant is predicted to result in premature protein termination (p.Arg8032*). This variant was reported in an individual as part of a large genome-wide sequencing study and classified as likely pathogenic (Hou et al. 2020. PubMed ID: 31980526). This variant has also been reported with a second NEB variant in a pregnancy loss with fetal anomalies (Zhao et al. 2021. PubMed ID: 33100332). This variant is reported in 0.058% of alleles in individuals of European (Non-Finnish) descent in gnomAD. Nonsense variants in NEB are expected to be pathogenic, and this variant has been classified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic by several independent submitters to the ClinVar database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/373977/). This variant is interpreted as likely pathogenic. -

Muscular dystrophy;C0030196:Limb pain;C1836156:Progressive proximal muscle weakness Pathogenic:1
Sep 15, 2015
Centre for Mendelian Genomics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 6 Pathogenic:1
Mar 27, 2024
Baylor Genetics
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.34
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.55
CADD
Pathogenic
46
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
Eigen
Uncertain
0.36
Eigen_PC
Benign
0.15
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.88
D
PhyloP100
0.86
Vest4
0.76
ClinPred
0.35
T
GERP RS
-2.1
Mutation Taster
=0/200
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.29
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai
0.29
Position offset: -32

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs549794342; hg19: chr2-152357937; API