rs766143485

Variant names:

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Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points: 1P and 6B. PP2BP4_ModerateBS2

The NM_000891.3(KCNJ2):c.119G>A(p.Arg40Gln) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000304 in 1,614,054 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a benign 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. R40L) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000039 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000029 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

KCNJ2
NM_000891.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:8B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.84

Publications

5 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

KCNJ2 (HGNC:6263): (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 2) Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, probably participates in establishing action potential waveform and excitability of neuronal and muscle tissues. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Andersen syndrome, which is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and dysmorphic features. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNJ2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

Andersen-Tawil syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
short QT syndrome type 3
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
short QT syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
familial atrial fibrillation
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED, NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp
long QT syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

KCNJ2 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points.

PP2

Missense variant in the KCNJ2 gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 51 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 2 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 2.7459 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 3.9347 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to short QT syndrome type 3, short QT syndrome, Andersen-Tawil syndrome, familial atrial fibrillation, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, long QT syndrome.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.25481462).

BS2

High AC in GnomAd4 at 6 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
KCNJ2	NM_000891.3 link	c.119G>A	p.Arg40Gln	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000243457.4	NP_000882.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
KCNJ2	ENST00000243457.4 link	c.119G>A	p.Arg40Gln	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_000891.3	ENSP00000243457.2
KCNJ2	ENST00000535240.1 link	c.119G>A	p.Arg40Gln	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1		ENSP00000441848.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000394

AC:

AN:

152162

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000966

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.000207

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000147

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000159

AC:

AN:

251464

AF XY:

0.00

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0000615

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.0000462

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000176

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000294

AC:

AN:

1461892

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000193

AC XY:

AN XY:

727246

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African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000232

AC:

AN:

86256

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.0000187

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000351

AC:

AN:

1112012

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.472

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000394

AC:

AN:

152162

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000404

AC XY:

AN XY:

74338

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000966

AC:

AN:

41418

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15284

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5200

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000207

AC:

AN:

4824

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10608

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68034

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2094

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.533

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.60

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000712

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000340

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

EpiCase

AF:

0.0000545

EpiControl

AF:

0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:8Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:2

Mar 08, 2022

ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The KCNJ2 c.119G>A; p.Arg40Gln variant (rs766143485) is reported in the literature in an individual affected with fetal thrombotic vasculopathy (Munroe 2018), and an individual affected with primary electrical disease who also carried a pathogenic PKP2 variant (Proost 2017). This variant is also reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 324830), but is only observed on five alleles in the Genome Aggregation Database, indicating it is not a common polymorphism. The arginine at codon 40 is moderately conserved, and computational analyses are uncertain whether this variant is neutral or deleterious (REVEL: 0.201). In vitro functional analyses demonstrate reduced channel function (Munroe 2018). However, given the limited clinical and functional data, the significance of this variant is uncertain at this time. References: Munroe PB et al. Postmortem Genetic Testing for Cardiac Ion Channelopathies in Stillbirths. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018 Jan;11(1):e001817. PMID: 29874177. Proost D et al. Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing of 51 Genes Involved in Primary Electrical Disease. J Mol Diagn. 2017 May;19(3):445-459. PMID: 28341588. -

Jun 16, 2025

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Has been reported as a likely benign variant in one patient with primary electrical disease who also harbors a loss of function variant in the PKP2 gene (PMID: 28341588); Has also been observed in a family with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy who harbored a different PKP2 variant; the KCNJ2 variant listed as possibly not assocaited with disease in this family (PMID: 37510372); Has also been observed in cases of stillbirth or sudden unexpected death in a pediatric setting (PMID: 29874177, 35027292); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis suggests that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 29874177, 35027292, 28341588, 37510372) -

Andersen Tawil syndrome;C1865018:Short QT syndrome type 3;C3151431:Atrial fibrillation, familial, 9

Uncertain:1

Aug 31, 2021

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

Uncertain:1

Oct 01, 2021

Robert's Program, Boston Children's Hospital

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:research

We classify this variant as a variant of uncertain significance using ACMG/AMP criteria. As this variant has functional evidence supporting pathogenicty, we suspect this variant is favoring pathogenic. -

Andersen Tawil syndrome;C1865018:Short QT syndrome type 3

Uncertain:1

Jan 29, 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 40 of the KCNJ2 protein (p.Arg40Gln). This variant is present in population databases (rs766143485, gnomAD 0.008%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with primary electrical disease (PED), however this individual also had a pathogenic variant in another PED-related gene (PMID: 28341588, 29874177). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 324830). 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) indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt KCNJ2 protein function with a negative predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects KCNJ2 function (PMID: 29874177). 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. -

Atrial fibrillation, familial, 9

Uncertain:1

Jan 12, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease. -

Andersen Tawil syndrome

Uncertain:1

Jan 12, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Short QT syndrome type 3

Uncertain:1

Jan 12, 2018

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Cardiovascular phenotype

Benign:1

Nov 22, 2023

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This alteration is classified as benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.080

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.14

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.26

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.37

T;T

Eigen

Benign

0.077

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.26

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.97

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.90

.;D

M_CAP

Benign

0.023

MetaRNN

Benign

0.25

T;T

MetaSVM

Benign

-0.93

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.8

L;L

PhyloP100

6.8

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.79

PROVEAN

Benign

-0.79

N;N

REVEL

Benign

0.20

Sift

Benign

0.059

T;T

Sift4G

Benign

0.093

T;T

Polyphen

0.18

B;B

Vest4

0.56

MutPred

0.72

Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0659);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0659);

MVP

0.68

MPC

0.96

ClinPred

0.17

GERP RS

5.7

Varity_R

0.14

gMVP

0.89

Mutation Taster

=63/37

polymorphism

(source)

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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