rs794728027

Variant names:

• chr10-88939552-C-T
• rs794728027
• NM_001613.4:c.763G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points: 9P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2 PP3_Strong

The NM_001613.4(ACTA2):​c.763G>A​(p.Glu255Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: ACTA2 NM_001613.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.91
• Publications: 1 publications found

Genes affected

ACTA2 (HGNC:130): (actin alpha 2, smooth muscle) This gene encodes one of six different actin proteins. Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in cell motility, structure, integrity, and intercellular signaling. The encoded protein is a smooth muscle actin that is involved in vascular contractility and blood pressure homeostasis. Mutations in this gene cause a variety of vascular diseases, such as thoracic aortic disease, coronary artery disease, stroke, and Moyamoya disease, as well as multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2017]

ACTA2-AS1 (HGNC:45169): (ACTA2 antisense RNA 1)

STAMBPL1 (HGNC:24105): (STAM binding protein like 1) Predicted to enable Lys63-specific deubiquitinase activity and thiol-dependent deubiquitinase. Predicted to be involved in protein K63-linked deubiquitination. Located in membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 9 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 5 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 10 uncertain in NM_001613.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant in the ACTA2 gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 27 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 0 curated benign missense variants. Trascript score misZ: 4.6117 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome, connective tissue disorder, familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection, Moyamoya disease 5, aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 6.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.99

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
ACTA2	NM_001613.4	c.763G>A	p.Glu255Lys	missense_variant	Exon 7 of 9	ENST00000224784.10	NP_001604.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
ACTA2	ENST00000224784.10	c.763G>A	p.Glu255Lys	missense_variant	Exon 7 of 9	1	NM_001613.4	ENSP00000224784.6

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection Uncertain:1

May 17, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.E255K variant (also known as c.763G>A), located in coding exon 6 of the ACTA2 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 763. The glutamic acid at codon 255 is replaced by lysine, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is conserved. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

not provided Uncertain:1

Jun 23, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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

Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 6 Uncertain:1

Jun 04, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glutamic acid, which is acidic and polar, with lysine, which is basic and polar, at codon 255 of the ACTA2 protein (p.Glu255Lys). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with ACTA2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 199674). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt ACTA2 protein function with a negative predictive value of 80%. 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	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.54	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.54
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.92	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	1.0
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.97	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.60	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.7	H
PhyloP100		7.9
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.93	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-3.1	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.90
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.027	D
Polyphen		0.92	P
Vest4		0.92
MutPred		0.95		Gain of methylation at E255 (P = 0.0111);
MVP		0.99
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		6.1
Varity_R		0.82
gMVP		0.96
Mutation Taster		=9/91	disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs794728027; hg19: chr10-90699309;