rs746406535

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points: 4P and 1B. PM1PM5BP4

The NM_002693.3(POLG):c.1736G>A(p.Arg579Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000118 in 1,609,822 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R579W) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000012 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

POLG
NM_002693.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:6

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.90

Publications

0 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

POLG (HGNC:9179): (DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit) Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting of a homodimer of accessory subunits plus a catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase. The encoded protein contains a polyglutamine tract near its N-terminus that may be polymorphic. Defects in this gene are a cause of progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions 1 (PEOA1), sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO), Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), and mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

POLG Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4a
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P
sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P
autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
recessive mitochondrial ataxia syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Leigh syndrome
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

POLG links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 4 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 17 uncertain in NM_002693.3

PM5

Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr15-89325664-G-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 458695.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.3416964).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
POLG	NM_002693.3 link	c.1736G>A	p.Arg579Gln	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 23	ENST00000268124.11	NP_002684.1	P54098E5KNU5
POLG	NM_001126131.2 link	c.1736G>A	p.Arg579Gln	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 23		NP_001119603.1	P54098E5KNU5

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
POLG	ENST00000268124.11 link	c.1736G>A	p.Arg579Gln	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 23	1	NM_002693.3	ENSP00000268124.5		P54098

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152120

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000242

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

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:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000283

AC:

AN:

247392

AF XY:

0.0000373

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000578

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.0000544

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000265

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000164

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000123

AC:

AN:

1457702

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000152

AC XY:

AN XY:

725376

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33474

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000224

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.0000252

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86256

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

49368

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.000173

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000117

AC:

AN:

1111918

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000331

AC:

AN:

60360

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.464

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152120

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74296

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000242

AC:

AN:

41394

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15288

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5184

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4828

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10612

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68024

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2090

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.425

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.00000378

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:6

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:2

Jul 01, 2023

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function -

May 24, 2018

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

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Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy

Uncertain:2

Oct 01, 2018

Wong Mito Lab, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The NM_002693.2:c.1736G>A (NP_002684.1:p.Arg579Gln) [GRCH38: NC_000015.10:g.89325663C>T] variant in POLG gene is interpretated to be a Uncertain Significance based on ACMG guidelines (PMID: 25741868). This variant meets the following evidence codes reported in the ACMG-guideline. BP4:Computational evidence/predictors indicate no impact on the POLG structure, function, or protein-protein interaction. Based on the evidence criteria codes applied, the variant is suggested to be Uncertain Significance. -

Jan 11, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glutamine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 579 of the POLG protein (p.Arg579Gln). This variant is present in population databases (rs746406535, gnomAD 0.006%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with POLG-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 588951). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed for this missense variant. However, the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on POLG protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Arg579 amino acid residue in POLG. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 12975295, 33486010). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

not specified

Uncertain:1

Jul 25, 2023

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: POLG c.1736G>A (p.Arg579Gln) results in a conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Three of five in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.8e-05 in 247392 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.1736G>A in individuals affected with POLG-Related Spectrum Disorders and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. Five submitters have cited clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014. All submitters classified the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Inborn genetic diseases

Uncertain:1

May 24, 2017

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.R579Q variant (also known as c.1736G>A), located in coding exon 9 of the POLG gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 1736. The arginine at codon 579 is replaced by glutamine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This amino acid position is not well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.15

BayesDel_addAF

Uncertain

0.047

BayesDel_noAF

Uncertain

0.010

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Pathogenic

1.0

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.31

T;T

Eigen

Uncertain

0.23

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.26

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.81

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.91

.;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.27

MetaRNN

Benign

0.34

T;T

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.53

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.2

M;M

PhyloP100

2.9

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.52

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.0

N;N

REVEL

Uncertain

0.48

Sift

Uncertain

0.016

D;D

Sift4G

Benign

0.061

T;T

Polyphen

0.97

D;D

Vest4

0.44

MutPred

0.35

Gain of methylation at K575 (P = 0.0534);Gain of methylation at K575 (P = 0.0534);

MVP

0.93

MPC

0.40

ClinPred

0.29

GERP RS

5.0

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Varity_R

0.33

gMVP

0.52

Mutation Taster

=87/13

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.040

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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