rs727504309

Variant names:

• chr13-20189394-A-G
• rs727504309
• NM_004004.6:c.188T>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PM1 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):​c.188T>C​(p.Val63Ala) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000093 in 1,613,308 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. V63L) has been classified as Likely pathogenic. The gene GJB2 is included in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000089 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GJB2 NM_004004.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:3 U:6
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.26
• Publications: 5 publications found

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]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Bart-Pumphrey syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
• keratoderma hereditarium mutilans

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
• palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
• syndromic genetic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
• nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• KID syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hearing loss, autosomal recessive

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Specifications for GJB2 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 15 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 10 uncertain in NM_004004.6
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20189395-C-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 447443.
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 111 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 10 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: -0.72044 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.4379 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A, ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss, autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A, nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss, palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome, keratoderma hereditarium mutilans, Bart-Pumphrey syndrome, KID syndrome, autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, hearing loss, autosomal recessive, syndromic genetic hearing loss.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.992
• PP5: Variant 13-20189394-A-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-20189394-A-G is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 177751.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_004004.6. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GJB2	NM_004004.6	MANE Select	c.188T>C	p.Val63Ala	missense	Exon 2 of 2	NP_003995.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GJB2	ENST00000382848.5	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.188T>C	p.Val63Ala	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000372299.4	P29033
	GJB2	ENST00000382844.2	TSL:6	c.188T>C	p.Val63Ala	missense	Exon 1 of 1	ENSP00000372295.1	P29033
	GJB2	ENST00000906230.1		c.188T>C	p.Val63Ala	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000576289.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152216 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.0000654

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: 0.0000147

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.0000398 AC: 10 AN: 251280 AF XY: 0.0000368

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.000260

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000880

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000890 AC: 13 AN: 1461092 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00000826 AC XY: 6 AN XY: 726682

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33450

American (AMR) AF: 0.000201 AC: 9 AN: 44708

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26128

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39648

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53416

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5764

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000360 AC: 4 AN: 1111340

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60382

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152216 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.0000134 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 74370

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41444

American (AMR) AF: 0.0000654 AC: 1 AN: 15290

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3472

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5194

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4838

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10626

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000147 AC: 1 AN: 68030

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2094

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0.00000000770867), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Alfa AF: 0.0000712 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000340

ExAC AF: 0.0000412 AC: 5

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
1	2	-	Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A (3)
1	2	-	not provided (3)
-	1	-	Autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome;C0265964:Mutilating keratoderma;C0266004:Knuckle pads, deafness AND leukonychia syndrome;C1835672:Palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome;C1844678:X-linked mixed hearing loss with perilymphatic gusher;C1865234:Ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss;C2673759:Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A;C2675750:Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A (1)
1	-	-	Autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome;C0265964:Mutilating keratoderma;C0266004:Knuckle pads, deafness AND leukonychia syndrome;C1835672:Palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome;C1865234:Ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss;C2673759:Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A;C2675750:Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A (1)
-	1	-	not specified (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.61
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.29	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.48
CADD	Benign	23
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.86	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.77
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.71
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.86	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.75	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.5	M
PhyloP100		9.3
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.80	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-4.0	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.95
Sift	Uncertain	0.0090	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.055	T
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.89
MutPred		0.88		Gain of ubiquitination at K61 (P = 0.078)
MVP		0.96
MPC		0.30
ClinPred		0.79	D
GERP RS		5.3
PromoterAI		-0.029	Neutral
Varity_R		0.86
gMVP		0.94
Mutation Taster		=21/79	disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs727504309; hg19: chr13-20763533;