rs61750239

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received -4 ACMG points: 1P and 5B. PP3BS2BP5

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The highest population minor allele frequency of the p.Arg268Trp variant in MECP2 (NM_004992.4) in gnomAD v4.1 is 0.00002175 in the European (Non-Finnish) population (not sufficient to meet BS1 criteria). The p.Arg268Trp variant is observed in at least 2 unaffected individuals (PMID 12750821, LabCorp Genetics (formerly Invitae) and GeneDx internal databases) (BS2). The p.Arg268Trp variant is found in a patient with an alternate molecular basis of disease (PMID:32340510) (BP5). The p.Arg268Trp variant in MECP2 has been reported in male individuals described to have x-linked intellectual disability (PMID:12750821), in female individuals described to have Rett syndrome (PMID:18842453), and in unaffected female and male individuals (PMID:1275082, GeneDx internal data) (PP4_not met). Computational prediction analysis tools suggest a deleterious impact; however, this information does not predict clinical significance on its own (PP3). In summary, the p.Arg268Trp variant in MECP2 is classified as a variant of uncertain significance based on the ACMG/AMP criteria (BS2, BP5, PP3). (MECP2 Specifications v.4.1; curation approved on [5/7/2025]) LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA233007/MONDO:0010726/036

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000036 ( 0 hom., 1 hem., cov: 23)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000024 ( 0 hom. 3 hem. )

Consequence

MECP2
NM_001110792.2 missense

Scores

11
5

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance reviewed by expert panel U:8B:2O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 5.13

Publications

2 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: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, 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: Uncertain_significance. The variant received -4 ACMG points.

PP3
For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
BP5
For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
BS2
For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_001110792.2. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
MECP2
NM_001110792.2
MANE Select
c.838C>Tp.Arg280Trp
missense
Exon 3 of 3NP_001104262.1A0A140VKC4
MECP2
NM_004992.4
MANE Plus Clinical
c.802C>Tp.Arg268Trp
missense
Exon 4 of 4NP_004983.1D3YJ43
MECP2
NM_001316337.2
c.523C>Tp.Arg175Trp
missense
Exon 5 of 5NP_001303266.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
MECP2
ENST00000453960.7
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.838C>Tp.Arg280Trp
missense
Exon 3 of 3ENSP00000395535.2P51608-2
MECP2
ENST00000303391.11
TSL:1 MANE Plus Clinical
c.802C>Tp.Arg268Trp
missense
Exon 4 of 4ENSP00000301948.6P51608-1
MECP2
ENST00000630151.3
TSL:5
c.802C>Tp.Arg268Trp
missense
Exon 4 of 4ENSP00000486089.2P51608-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000355
AC:
4
AN:
112533
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
23
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000930
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000564
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000548
AC:
1
AN:
182455
AF XY:
0.00
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000123
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000237
AC:
26
AN:
1098176
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.00000825
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
363548
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26402
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
35205
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
19383
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
30205
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000369
AC:
2
AN:
54147
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
40472
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4136
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000285
AC:
24
AN:
842129
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
46097
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.521
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
2
4
5
7
9
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Exome Hom
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:
0.0000355
AC:
4
AN:
112533
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
23
AF XY:
0.0000288
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
34697
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
30970
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000930
AC:
1
AN:
10753
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2649
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3569
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2772
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
6180
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
239
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000564
AC:
3
AN:
53201
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1514
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.475
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.0000310
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000378
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000149
AC:
1
ExAC
AF:
0.00000824
AC:
1

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions
Significance:Uncertain significance
Revision:reviewed by expert panel
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
-
2
1
not provided (4)
-
2
-
Rett syndrome (2)
-
1
-
Inborn genetic diseases (1)
-
1
-
MECP2-related disorder (1)
-
1
-
Rett syndrome;C0796222:X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome;C1845336:Autism, susceptibility to, X-linked 3;C1846058:Syndromic X-linked intellectual disability Lubs type;C1968556:Severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly (1)
-
1
-
Severe neonatal-onset encephalopathy with microcephaly (1)
-
-
1
X-linked intellectual disability-psychosis-macroorchidism syndrome (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.98
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.57
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.58
CADD
Uncertain
25
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.82
D
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.93
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.85
D
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.71
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.3
M
PhyloP100
5.1
PrimateAI
Pathogenic
0.86
D
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.2
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.83
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.034
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.66
MVP
1.0
ClinPred
0.92
D
GERP RS
4.7
Varity_R
0.62
gMVP
0.90
Mutation Taster
=7/93
disease causing

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: rs61750239; hg19: chrX-153296477; COSMIC: COSV57657805; COSMIC: COSV57657805; API