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rs587783644

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 3 ACMG points: 3P and 0B. PP3PM3

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The NM_004004.6:c.107T>C variant in the GJB2 gene is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of leucine by proline at amino acid 36 (p.Leu36Pro). The highest population minor allele frequency of the variant is 0.01% (2/19954) in the East Asian population in gnomAD v.2.1.1, which does not meet any population codes based on the thresholds defined by the ClinGen Hearing Loss Expert Panel (BA1/BS1/PM2_Supporting not met). The REVEL computational prediction analysis tool produced a score of 0.945, which is above the threshold necessary to apply PP3. This variant has been detected in trans with a pathogenic variant in three patients with hearing loss (4 points, PM3_VeryStrong; PMID:16125251, 16467727, 29605365, 31246659, Invitae internal date (SCV002241983.2)). The variant has also been reported in five individuals with no pathogenic variant reported in trans (PMIDs:17666888, 26043044, 31581539, 31992338). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for autosomal recessive hearing loss. ACMG/AMP criteria applied as specified by the ClinGen Hearing Loss VCEP: PM3_VeryStrong, PP3 (ClinGen Hearing Loss VCEP specifications version 2; 1/18/2022). LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA172208/MONDO:0019497/005

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000033 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJB2
NM_004004.6 missense

Scores

15
2
1

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance reviewed by expert panel P:2U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.41
Variant links:
Genes affected
GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 3 ACMG points.

PM3
PP3

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
GJB2NM_004004.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.107T>C p.Leu36Pro missense_variant 2/2 ENST00000382848.5
GJB2XM_011535049.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.107T>C p.Leu36Pro missense_variant 2/2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
GJB2ENST00000382848.5 linkuse as main transcriptc.107T>C p.Leu36Pro missense_variant 2/21 NM_004004.6 P1
GJB2ENST00000382844.2 linkuse as main transcriptc.107T>C p.Leu36Pro missense_variant 1/1 P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000329
AC:
5
AN:
152192
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000483
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000131
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
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.00000797
AC:
2
AN:
250874
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000147
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
135644
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.0000615
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.0000544
Gnomad SAS 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:
0.00000137
AC:
2
AN:
1461482
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00000138
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
726950
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.0000597
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000329
AC:
5
AN:
152192
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74338
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.0000483
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.000131
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.000193
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Alfa
AF:
0.0000348
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000113
ExAC
AF:
0.0000165
AC:
2

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2Uncertain:2
Revision: reviewed by expert panel
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hearing impairment Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenetic Services Laboratory, University of ChicagoFeb 08, 2013- -
not provided Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeApr 20, 2022This sequence change replaces leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with proline, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 36 of the GJB2 protein (p.Leu36Pro). This variant is present in population databases (rs587783644, gnomAD 0.01%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss (PMID: 16467727, 17666888, 26043044, 29605365, 31581539). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 158604). 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 GJB2 protein function. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
not specified Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAthena DiagnosticsApr 24, 2017- -
Nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, reviewed by expert panelcurationClinGen Hearing Loss Variant Curation Expert PanelApr 29, 2019The allele frequency of the p.Leu36Pro variant in the GJB2 gene is 0.01% (2/19954) of East Asian chromosomes by gnomAD, which is a low enough frequency to apply PM2_Supporting based on the thresholds defined by the ClinGen Hearing Loss Expert Panel for autosomal recessive hearing loss (PM2_Supporting). The REVEL computational prediction analysis tool produced a score of 0.945, which is above the threshold necessary to apply PP3. This variant has been detected in one patient with hearing loss in trans with 35delG (PM3; PMID:16125251). The variant has also been reported in three individuals with no pathogenic variant found in trans (PMIDs: 17666888, 26043044). In summary, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain. ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the Hearing Loss Expert Panel: PM2_Supporting, PP3, PM3. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.99
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.42
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.55
CADD
Uncertain
24
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.94
D;D;D
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.82
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.70
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.98
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.65
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.96
D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.0
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
3.4
M;M;M
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
D;D
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.80
D
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-4.6
D;D;.
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.94
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D;.
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;.
Polyphen
1.0
D;D;D
Vest4
0.96
MVP
0.88
MPC
0.34
ClinPred
0.99
D
GERP RS
5.2
Varity_R
0.96
gMVP
0.99

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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs587783644; hg19: chr13-20763614; API