rs61749743

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1PM2PP5_Moderate

The NM_001110792.2(MECP2):​c.745_746delGG​(p.Gly249TrpfsTer21) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. G249G) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 22)

Consequence

MECP2
NM_001110792.2 frameshift

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.99

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
MECP2 (HGNC:6990): (methyl-CpG binding protein 2) DNA methylation is the major modification of eukaryotic genomes and plays an essential role in mammalian development. Human proteins MECP2, MBD1, MBD2, MBD3, and MBD4 comprise a family of nuclear proteins related by the presence in each of a methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD). Each of these proteins, with the exception of MBD3, is capable of binding specifically to methylated DNA. MECP2, MBD1 and MBD2 can also repress transcription from methylated gene promoters. In contrast to other MBD family members, MECP2 is X-linked and subject to X inactivation. MECP2 is dispensible in stem cells, but is essential for embryonic development. MECP2 gene mutations are the cause of most cases of Rett syndrome, a progressive neurologic developmental disorder and one of the most common causes of cognitive disability in females. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2015]
MECP2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • chromosome Xq28 duplication syndrome
    Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
  • Rett syndrome
    Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, G2P
  • severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly
    Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, Orphanet
  • syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Lubs type
    Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
  • atypical Rett syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • non-syndromic X-linked intellectual disability
    Inheritance: XL Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome
    Inheritance: XL Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
    Inheritance: Unknown Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product does not undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Variant is located in the 3'-most exon, not predicted to undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. There are 457 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP5
Variant X-154031117-ACC-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chrX-154031117-ACC-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 2747354.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
MECP2NM_001110792.2 linkc.745_746delGG p.Gly249TrpfsTer21 frameshift_variant Exon 3 of 3 ENST00000453960.7 NP_001104262.1
MECP2NM_004992.4 linkc.709_710delGG p.Gly237TrpfsTer21 frameshift_variant Exon 4 of 4 ENST00000303391.11 NP_004983.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
MECP2ENST00000453960.7 linkc.745_746delGG p.Gly249TrpfsTer21 frameshift_variant Exon 3 of 3 1 NM_001110792.2 ENSP00000395535.2
MECP2ENST00000303391.11 linkc.709_710delGG p.Gly237TrpfsTer21 frameshift_variant Exon 4 of 4 1 NM_004992.4 ENSP00000301948.6

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
22
We have no GnomAD4 exomes data on this position. Probably position not covered by the project.
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
22

ClinVar

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

Submissions by phenotype

Severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly Pathogenic:1
May 15, 2024
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.Gly237Trpfs*21) in the MECP2 gene. While this is not anticipated to result in nonsense mediated decay, it is expected to disrupt the last 250 amino acid(s) of the MECP2 protein. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with MECP2-related conditions. This variant disrupts a region of the MECP2 protein in which other variant(s) (p.Gln406*) have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 10986043, 14560307, 22476991; Invitae). This suggests that this is a clinically significant region of the protein, and that variants that disrupt it are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

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Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
PhyloP100
3.0

Splicing

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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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs61749743; hg19: chrX-153296568; API