rs769522516

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM2PP3_Strong

The NM_005051.3(QARS1):​c.1526G>A​(p.Arg509Gln) variant causes a missense, splice region change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000929 in 1,614,042 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. 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. R509W) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000089 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

QARS1
NM_005051.3 missense, splice_region

Scores

4
4
11
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.35

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
QARS1 (HGNC:9751): (glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase 1) Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases catalyze the aminoacylation of tRNA by their cognate amino acid. Because of their central role in linking amino acids with nucleotide triplets contained in tRNAs, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are thought to be among the first proteins that appeared in evolution. In metazoans, 9 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases specific for glutamine (gln), glutamic acid (glu), and 7 other amino acids are associated within a multienzyme complex. Although present in eukaryotes, glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (QARS) is absent from many prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, in which Gln-tRNA(Gln) is formed by transamidation of the misacylated Glu-tRNA(Gln). Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase belongs to the class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013]
QARS1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • diffuse cerebral and cerebellar atrophy - intractable seizures - progressive microcephaly syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Orphanet
  • microcephaly-short stature-intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF, max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
QARS1NM_005051.3 linkc.1526G>A p.Arg509Gln missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 16 of 24 ENST00000306125.12 NP_005042.1 P47897-1B7Z840
QARS1NM_001272073.2 linkc.1493G>A p.Arg498Gln missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 16 of 24 NP_001259002.1 P47897-2B7Z840
QARS1XM_017006965.3 linkc.1526G>A p.Arg509Gln missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 16 of 23 XP_016862454.2
QARS1NR_073590.2 linkn.1501G>A splice_region_variant, non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 16 of 24

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
QARS1ENST00000306125.12 linkc.1526G>A p.Arg509Gln missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 16 of 24 1 NM_005051.3 ENSP00000307567.6 P47897-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152160
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
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:
0.0000943
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000199
AC:
5
AN:
251434
AF XY:
0.0000294
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.0000544
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.000185
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000889
AC:
13
AN:
1461882
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
35
AF XY:
0.0000124
AC XY:
9
AN XY:
727244
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000299
AC:
1
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26134
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000232
AC:
2
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.000112
AC:
6
AN:
53418
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000360
AC:
4
AN:
1112006
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60394
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.483
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
4
5
6
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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10
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30-35
35-40
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152160
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74340
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41412
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000654
AC:
1
AN:
15280
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5200
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4838
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.0000943
AC:
1
AN:
10610
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68032
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.475
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<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:
0.0000199
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756
ExAC
AF:
0.0000165
AC:
2

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1
Nov 10, 2021
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 509 of the QARS protein (p.Arg509Gln). This variant also falls at the last nucleotide of exon 16, which is part of the consensus splice site for this exon. This variant is present in population databases (rs769522516, gnomAD 0.02%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with QARS-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 477830). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Tolerated"; PolyPhen-2: "Probably Damaging"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). Variants that disrupt the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.085
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.21
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.37
CADD
Pathogenic
35
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.50
.;D;.;T
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.70
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.68
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.95
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.99
D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Benign
0.020
T
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.43
T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.94
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.9
.;L;.;.
PhyloP100
7.3
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.71
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.1
N;N;N;.
REVEL
Benign
0.16
Sift
Benign
0.22
T;T;T;.
Sift4G
Benign
0.38
T;T;T;T
Polyphen
1.0
.;D;.;.
Vest4
0.83, 0.82, 0.86
MutPred
0.47
.;Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0706);.;.;
MVP
0.54
MPC
1.1
ClinPred
0.62
D
GERP RS
4.7
PromoterAI
-0.070
Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.50
gMVP
0.70
Mutation Taster
=16/84
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
0.99
SpliceAI score (max)
0.56
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai
0.56
Position offset: -4
DS_DL_spliceai
0.27
Position offset: 0

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs769522516; hg19: chr3-49136943; API