rs55836855

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. Variant got -21 ACMG points: 0P and 21B. BP4_StrongBP6_Very_StrongBP7BA1

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):c.4680G>A(p.Ala1560Ala) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.387 in 1,587,434 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 125,381 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Benign (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.30 ( 8640 hom., cov: 35)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.40 ( 116741 hom. )

Consequence

PLEC
NM_201384.3 synonymous

Scores

Clinical Significance

Benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:12

Conservation

PhyloP100: -4.31

Variant links:

Genes affected

PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

PLEC links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Benign. Variant got -21 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.84).

BP6

Variant 8-143925249-C-T is Benign according to our data. Variant chr8-143925249-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Benign]. Clinvar id is 93056.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr8-143925249-C-T is described in Lovd as [Benign].

BP7

Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-4.31 with no splicing effect.

BA1

GnomAd4 highest subpopulation (NFE) allele frequency at 95% confidence interval = 0.411 is higher than 0.05.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PLEC	NM_201384.3 link	c.4680G>A	p.Ala1560Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 31 of 32	ENST00000345136.8	NP_958786.1	Q15149-4
PLEC	NM_201378.4 link	c.4638G>A	p.Ala1546Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 31 of 32	ENST00000356346.7	NP_958780.1	Q15149-9

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PLEC	ENST00000345136.8 link	c.4680G>A	p.Ala1560Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 31 of 32	1	NM_201384.3	ENSP00000344848.3		Q15149-4
PLEC	ENST00000356346.7 link	c.4638G>A	p.Ala1546Ala	synonymous_variant	Exon 31 of 32	1	NM_201378.4	ENSP00000348702.3		Q15149-9

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.303

AC:

46000

AN:

152004

Hom.:

8642

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0893

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.431

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.306

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.453

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.153

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.354

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.396

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.347

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.415

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.334

GnomAD3 exomes

AF:

0.334

AC:

68347

AN:

204420

Hom.:

12690

AF XY:

0.346

AC XY:

39531

AN XY:

114112

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0712

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.240

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.461

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.144

Gnomad SAS exome

AF:

0.355

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.401

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.410

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.379

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.396

AC:

568493

AN:

1435322

Hom.:

116741

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.396

AC XY:

282510

AN XY:

713714

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR exome

AF:

0.0724

Gnomad4 AMR exome

AF:

0.251

Gnomad4 ASJ exome

AF:

0.460

Gnomad4 EAS exome

AF:

0.175

Gnomad4 SAS exome

AF:

0.360

Gnomad4 FIN exome

AF:

0.396

Gnomad4 NFE exome

AF:

0.421

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.383

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.302

AC:

45975

AN:

152112

Hom.:

8640

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.302

AC XY:

22421

AN XY:

74362

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.0890

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.305

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.453

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.153

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.352

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.396

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.415

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.331

Alfa

AF:

0.366

Hom.:

2051

Bravo

AF:

0.282

Asia WGS

AF:

0.221

AC:

763

AN:

3454

ClinVar

Significance: Benign

Submissions summary: Benign:12

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified

Benign:4

PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

Likely benign based on allele frequency in 1000 Genomes Project or ESP global frequency and its presence in a patient with a rare or unrelated disease phenotype. NOT Sanger confirmed. -

Jan 13, 2015

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

p.Ala1697Ala in exon 31 of PLEC: This variant is not expected to have clinical s ignificance because it does not alter an amino acid residue and is not located w ithin the splice consensus sequence. It has been identified in 36.1% (2520/6990) of European American chromosomes from a broad population by the NHLBI Exome Seq uencing Project (http://evs.gs.washington.edu/EVS; dbSNP rs55836855). -

Jun 05, 2014

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

not provided

Benign:2

Breakthrough Genomics, Breakthrough Genomics

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: not provided

- -

Mar 03, 2015

GeneDx

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy

Benign:1

Oct 25, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy

Benign:1

Feb 04, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia

Benign:1

Oct 25, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy

Benign:1

Oct 25, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q

Benign:1

Oct 25, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type

Benign:1

Oct 25, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.84

CADD

Benign

0.019

DANN

Benign

0.84

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.8

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

LitVar

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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