rs558057376

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -7 ACMG points: 0P and 7B. BP4_ModerateBS1_SupportingBS2

The NM_001303256.3(MORC2):​c.976C>T​(p.Arg326Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000112 in 1,613,784 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 0.000046 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000075 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

MORC2
NM_001303256.3 missense

Scores

3
8
8

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.99

Publications

2 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
MORC2 (HGNC:23573): (MORC family CW-type zinc finger 2) This gene encodes a member of the Microrchidia (MORC) protein superfamily. The encoded protein is known to regulate the condensation of heterochromatin in response to DNA damage and play a role in repressing transcription. The protein has been found to regulate the activity of ATP citrate lyase via specific interaction with this enzyme in the cytosol of lipogenic breast cancer cells. The protein also plays a role in lipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]
MORC2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • developmental delay, impaired growth, dysmorphic facies, and axonal neuropathy
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Leigh syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -7 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.15954816).
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population sas. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.000046 (7/152260) while in subpopulation SAS AF = 0.000207 (1/4822). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.0000627. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 5 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 32. This position passed quality control check. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting
BS2
High AC in GnomAd4 at 7 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
MORC2NM_001303256.3 linkc.976C>T p.Arg326Trp missense_variant Exon 11 of 26 ENST00000397641.8 NP_001290185.1 Q9Y6X9-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
MORC2ENST00000397641.8 linkc.976C>T p.Arg326Trp missense_variant Exon 11 of 26 5 NM_001303256.3 ENSP00000380763.2 Q9Y6X9-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152142
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.000145
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:
0.0000159
AC:
4
AN:
250788
AF XY:
0.0000221
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.0000617
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.0000544
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00000881
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000753
AC:
11
AN:
1461524
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00000688
AC XY:
5
AN XY:
727072
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33478
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44716
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26132
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000756
AC:
3
AN:
39696
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86228
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53142
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.000173
AC:
1
AN:
5766
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000630
AC:
7
AN:
1111978
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60388
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.520
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
2
3
4
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome 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
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152260
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000672
AC XY:
5
AN XY:
74436
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.000144
AC:
6
AN:
41558
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15294
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5172
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.000207
AC:
1
AN:
4822
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10610
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68014
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2112
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.496
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
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:
0.0000518
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000416
ExAC
AF:
0.0000165
AC:
2

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z Uncertain:1
Nov 01, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 326 of the MORC2 protein (p.Arg326Trp). This variant is present in population databases (rs558057376, gnomAD 0.01%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with MORC2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 475603). 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 MORC2 protein function. 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
0.42
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.20
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.35
CADD
Pathogenic
26
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.28
T;.
Eigen
Uncertain
0.36
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.29
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.91
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.97
D;D
M_CAP
Benign
0.0098
T
MetaRNN
Benign
0.16
T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-1.1
T
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.4
M;.
PhyloP100
3.0
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.62
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-4.8
D;D
REVEL
Benign
0.21
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0050
D;D
Polyphen
1.0
D;.
Vest4
0.26
MVP
0.37
MPC
1.0
ClinPred
0.90
D
GERP RS
4.9
RBP_binding_hub_radar
1.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
2.1
Varity_R
0.69
gMVP
0.83
Mutation Taster
=81/19
polymorphism

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.010
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs558057376; hg19: chr22-31335957; COSMIC: COSV99309572; COSMIC: COSV99309572; API