rs6478078

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -18 ACMG points: 0P and 18B. BP4_ModerateBP6_Very_StrongBS1BS2

The NM_015404.4(WHRN):​c.2256G>C​(p.Gln752His) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000932 in 1,613,212 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 11 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Benign (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0052 ( 5 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.00048 ( 6 hom. )

Consequence

WHRN
NM_015404.4 missense

Scores

1
2
2

Clinical Significance

Benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 5.45

Publications

30 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
WHRN (HGNC:16361): (whirlin) This gene is thought to function in the organization and stabilization of sterocilia elongation and actin cystoskeletal assembly, based on studies of the related mouse gene. Mutations in this gene have been associated with autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness and Usher Syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2016]
WHRN Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Usher syndrome type 2D
    Inheritance: AR, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, G2P
  • autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 31
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
  • nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss
    Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • hearing loss, autosomal recessive
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Usher syndrome type 2
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -18 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.093723685).
BP6
Variant 9-114404058-C-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr9-114404058-C-G is described in ClinVar as Benign. ClinVar VariationId is 177749.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population afr. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.00524 (798/152360) while in subpopulation AFR AF = 0.0185 (771/41594). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.0175. There are 5 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 371 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 33. This position passed quality control check.
BS2
High Homozygotes in GnomAd4 at 5 AR gene

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_015404.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
WHRN
NM_015404.4
MANE Select
c.2256G>Cp.Gln752His
missense
Exon 10 of 12NP_056219.3Q9P202-1
WHRN
NM_001173425.2
c.2253G>Cp.Gln751His
missense
Exon 10 of 12NP_001166896.1
WHRN
NM_001346890.1
c.1203G>Cp.Gln401His
missense
Exon 6 of 8NP_001333819.1Q9P202-4

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
WHRN
ENST00000362057.4
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.2256G>Cp.Gln752His
missense
Exon 10 of 12ENSP00000354623.3Q9P202-1
WHRN
ENST00000265134.10
TSL:1
c.1107G>Cp.Gln369His
missense
Exon 10 of 12ENSP00000265134.6Q9P202-3
WHRN
ENST00000866780.1
c.2253G>Cp.Gln751His
missense
Exon 10 of 12ENSP00000536839.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00523
AC:
796
AN:
152242
Hom.:
5
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0185
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00124
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:
0.0000294
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00287
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.000483
AC:
706
AN:
1460852
Hom.:
6
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.000438
AC XY:
318
AN XY:
726678
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0165
AC:
554
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00121
AC:
54
AN:
44722
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26136
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000232
AC:
2
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
52408
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.000693
AC:
4
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000198
AC:
22
AN:
1111988
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00116
AC:
70
AN:
60392
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.536
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
53
105
158
210
263
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Exome Hom
Variant carriers
0
20
40
60
80
100
<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:
0.00524
AC:
798
AN:
152360
Hom.:
5
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.00498
AC XY:
371
AN XY:
74516
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0185
AC:
771
AN:
41594
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00124
AC:
19
AN:
15298
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3472
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5188
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4832
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10624
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000294
AC:
2
AN:
68030
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00284
AC:
6
AN:
2116
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.499
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
41
82
123
164
205
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Genome Hom
Variant carriers
0
10
20
30
40
50
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.0170
Hom.:
784
Bravo
AF:
0.00571

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions
Significance:Benign
Revision:criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
View on ClinVar
Pathogenic
VUS
Benign
Condition
-
-
1
not provided (1)
-
-
1
not specified (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.61
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.59
CADD
Pathogenic
26
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.93
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.094
T
PhyloP100
5.5
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0070
D
Vest4
0.68
gMVP
0.64

Splicing

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs6478078; hg19: chr9-117166338; API