rs587710840

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 7 ACMG points: 7P and 0B. PM1PP2PP3_Strong

The NM_005267.5(GJA8):c.97C>T(p.Arg33Trp) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000155 in 1,614,092 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging 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. R33G) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

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

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000016 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJA8
NM_005267.5 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 4.06

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

GJA8 (HGNC:4281): (gap junction protein alpha 8) This gene encodes a transmembrane connexin protein that is necessary for lens growth and maturation of lens fiber cells. The encoded protein is a component of gap junction channels and functions in a calcium and pH-dependent manner. Mutations in this gene have been associated with zonular pulverulent cataracts, nuclear progressive cataracts, and cataract-microcornea syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]

GJA8 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

cataract 1 multiple types
Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics
cataract - microcornea syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
early-onset nuclear cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
early-onset sutural cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
pulverulent cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
total early-onset cataract
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

GJA8 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 7 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 5 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 8 uncertain in NM_005267.5

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 49 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 13 curated benign missense variants. Trascript score misZ: -0.35816 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to cataract 1 multiple types, cataract - microcornea syndrome, early-onset nuclear cataract, early-onset sutural cataract, pulverulent cataract, total early-onset cataract.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.98

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJA8	NM_005267.5 link	c.97C>T	p.Arg33Trp	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000369235.2	NP_005258.2	P48165X5D7G1
GJA8	XM_011509417.3 link	c.97C>T	p.Arg33Trp	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 2		XP_011507719.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJA8	ENST00000369235.2 link	c.97C>T	p.Arg33Trp	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	6	NM_005267.5	ENSP00000358238.1		P48165

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152196

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:

0.000193

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:

0.00000398

AC:

AN:

251468

AF XY:

0.00000736

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.0000544

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000164

AC:

AN:

1461778

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000963

AC XY:

AN XY:

727206

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86254

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53408

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000198

AC:

AN:

1111918

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000166

AC:

AN:

60390

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.527

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

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0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

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55-60

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152314

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000134

AC XY:

AN XY:

74480

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41574

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15292

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.000193

AC:

AN:

5174

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4824

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10622

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68034

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2116

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.425

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

ExAC

AF:

0.00000824

AC:

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000289

AC:

AN:

3478

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Cataract 1 multiple types

Uncertain:1

Aug 08, 2016

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In summary, this variant is a rare missense change with uncertain impact on protein function. There is no indication that it causes disease, but the available evidence is currently insufficient to prove that conclusively. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies. This variant is present in population databases (rs587710840, ExAC 0.01%) but has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a GJA8-related disease. This sequence change replaces arginine with tryptophan at codon 33 of the GJA8 protein (p.Arg33Trp). The arginine residue is highly conserved and there is a moderate physicochemical difference between arginine and tryptophan. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.92

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.42

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.53

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.98

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.72

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.58

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.90

LIST_S2

Pathogenic

0.99

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.90

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.98

MetaSVM

Pathogenic

0.97

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

3.7

PhyloP100

4.1

PrimateAI

Pathogenic

0.88

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-7.9

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.96

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0

Polyphen

1.0

Vest4

0.95

MutPred

0.84

Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0748);

MVP

0.96

ClinPred

1.0

GERP RS

4.0

Varity_R

0.94

gMVP

0.99

Mutation Taster

=12/88

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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