rs782136681

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points: 0P and 1B. BP4

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):​c.11734C>T​(p.Arg3912Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000426 in 1,595,772 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 14/22 in silico tools predict 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. R3912Q) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000046 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PLEC
NM_201384.3 missense

Scores

6
12

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.11

Publications

3 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]
PLEC Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5A, Ogna type
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, PanelApp Australia, Genomics England PanelApp
  • autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • congenital myasthenic syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
  • autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • aplasia cutis congenita
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • cholestasis
    Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.40879458).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
PLECNM_201384.3 linkc.11734C>T p.Arg3912Trp missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 ENST00000345136.8 NP_958786.1
PLECNM_201378.4 linkc.11692C>T p.Arg3898Trp missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 ENST00000356346.7 NP_958780.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
PLECENST00000345136.8 linkc.11734C>T p.Arg3912Trp missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 1 NM_201384.3 ENSP00000344848.3
PLECENST00000356346.7 linkc.11692C>T p.Arg3898Trp missense_variant Exon 32 of 32 1 NM_201378.4 ENSP00000348702.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152152
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
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:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000234
AC:
5
AN:
213468
AF XY:
0.0000170
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000628
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000105
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000183
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000457
AC:
66
AN:
1443620
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
57
AF XY:
0.0000446
AC XY:
32
AN XY:
717542
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33222
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000699
AC:
3
AN:
42902
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25820
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39204
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000118
AC:
1
AN:
84900
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
45616
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.000174
AC:
1
AN:
5752
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000533
AC:
59
AN:
1106378
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000334
AC:
2
AN:
59826
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.475
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
4
9
13
18
22
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
4
8
12
16
20
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152152
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000269
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
74342
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000241
AC:
1
AN:
41440
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000654
AC:
1
AN:
15286
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5182
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4830
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10624
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68004
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
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.0000461
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000340
ExAC
AF:
0.00000832
AC:
1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:3
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy;C5676875:Junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia Uncertain:1
Aug 19, 2020
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:research

Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain:1
Jan 04, 2022
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.11815C>T (p.R3939W) alteration is located in exon 33 (coding exon 32) of the PLEC gene. This alteration results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 11815, causing the arginine (R) at amino acid position 3939 to be replaced by a tryptophan (W). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear.

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy Uncertain:1
Dec 23, 2024
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 tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 3939 of the PLEC protein (p.Arg3939Trp). This variant is present in population databases (rs782136681, gnomAD 0.003%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PLEC-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 538928). 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 PLEC protein function. 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
0.098
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.15
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.35
CADD
Uncertain
25
DANN
Benign
0.97
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.0
.;.;.;.;T;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen
Benign
0.17
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.22
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.96
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.91
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.12
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.41
T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.83
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.0
.;.;.;.;N;.;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100
2.1
PrimateAI
Benign
0.23
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-2.2
N;N;N;N;N;N;N;N;.;N
REVEL
Benign
0.27
Sift
Uncertain
0.0020
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0060
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
Vest4
0.30
ClinPred
0.39
T
GERP RS
3.7
Varity_R
0.19
gMVP
0.50
Mutation Taster
=77/23
polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs782136681; hg19: chr8-144992255; COSMIC: COSV99055271; COSMIC: COSV99055271; API