rs727504459

chr1-40819467-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_004700.4(KCNQ4):c.829G>A(p.Gly277Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/20 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
• Consequence: KCNQ4 NM_004700.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 10.0

Genes affected

KCNQ4 (HGNC:6298): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 4) The protein encoded by this gene forms a potassium channel that is thought to play a critical role in the regulation of neuronal excitability, particularly in sensory cells of the cochlea. The current generated by this channel is inhibited by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and activated by retigabine, a novel anti-convulsant drug. The encoded protein can form a homomultimeric potassium channel or possibly a heteromultimeric channel in association with the protein encoded by the KCNQ3 gene. Defects in this gene are a cause of nonsyndromic sensorineural deafness type 2 (DFNA2), an autosomal dominant form of progressive hearing loss. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 8 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 6 uncertain in NM_004700.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.971

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
KCNQ4	NM_004700.4	c.829G>A	p.Gly277Arg	missense_variant	5/14	ENST00000347132.10

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
KCNQ4	ENST00000347132.10	c.829G>A	p.Gly277Arg	missense_variant	5/14	1	NM_004700.4	P2
KCNQ4	ENST00000509682.6	c.829G>A	p.Gly277Arg	missense_variant	5/13	5		A1
KCNQ4	ENST00000443478.3	c.517G>A	p.Gly173Arg	missense_variant	4/13	5
KCNQ4	ENST00000506017.1	n.148G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	2/11	2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 36

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 2A Uncertain:2

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Genome-Nilou Lab	Apr 11, 2023	- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics	Oct 31, 2018	- -

not specified Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Sep 12, 2013

The Gly277Arg variant in KCNQ4 has not been reported in individuals affected wit h hearing loss or in large population studies. Computational analyses (biochemic al amino acid properties, conservation, AlignGVGD, PolyPhen2, and SIFT) suggest that the Gly277Arg variant may impact the protein. In addition, this variant occ urs in the conserved pore forming region (P-loop) of the KCNQ4 protein, and s everal variants in this region have been reported as disease causing. However, w ith functional studies, this information is not enough to assume pathogenicity. In summary, additional data is needed to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.58	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.59
Cadd	Pathogenic	34
Dann	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	D;D;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.94
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.88
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.61	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.97	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.2	M;M;M
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.91	D
Polyphen		1.0	D;D;D
Vest4		0.99, 0.98
MutPred		0.83		Gain of helix (P = 0.062);Gain of helix (P = 0.062);Gain of helix (P = 0.062);
MVP		1.0
MPC		2.5
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.1
Varity_R		0.99
gMVP		1.0

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs727504459; hg19: chr1-41285139; COSMIC: COSV100714308;