Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM2BP4BS1_Supporting
The NM_001376013.1(EPB41):c.415C>T(p.Leu139Phe) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000013 in 1,614,110 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).
EPB41 (HGNC:3377): (erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1) The protein encoded by this gene, together with spectrin and actin, constitute the red cell membrane cytoskeletal network. This complex plays a critical role in erythrocyte shape and deformability. Mutations in this gene are associated with type 1 elliptocytosis (EL1). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]
Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.30704713).
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population sas. gnomad4 allele frequency = 0.0000131 (2/152220) while in subpopulation SAS AF= 0.000414 (2/4836). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.0000728. There are 0 homozygotes in gnomad4. There are 2 alleles in male gnomad4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 32. This position pass quality control queck. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
The missense variant in c.415C>T(p.Leu139Phe) in EPB41 gene has not been reported previously as a pathogenic variant nor as a benign variant, to our knowledge. The p.Leu139Phe variant is novel (not in any individuals) in 1000 Genomes and has allele frequency of 0.004% in gnomAD database. This variant has not been reported to the ClinVar database. The amino acid change p.Leu139Phe in EPB41 is predicted as conserved by GERP++ and PhyloP across 100 vertebrates. The amino acid Leu at position 139 is changed to a Phe changing protein sequence and it might alter its composition and physico-chemical properties. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Uncertain Significance (VUS). -