rs796052656

Variant names:

• chr20-63413456-T-G
• rs796052656
• NM_172107.4:c.1757A>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5

The NM_172107.4(KCNQ2):​c.1757A>C​(p.Gln586Pro) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: KCNQ2 NM_172107.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:2 U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.12
• Publications: 1 publications found

Genes affected

KCNQ2 (HGNC:6296): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 2) The M channel is a slowly activating and deactivating potassium channel that plays a critical role in the regulation of neuronal excitability. The M channel is formed by the association of the protein encoded by this gene and a related protein encoded by the KCNQ3 gene, both integral membrane proteins. M channel currents are inhibited by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and activated by retigabine, a novel anti-convulsant drug. Defects in this gene are a cause of benign familial neonatal convulsions type 1 (BFNC), also known as epilepsy, benign neonatal type 1 (EBN1). At least five transcript variants encoding five different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNQ2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• complex neurodevelopmental disorder

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 7

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• neonatal encephalopathy with non-epileptic myoclonus

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• neonatal-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• seizures, benign familial neonatal, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
• seizures, benign familial neonatal, 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• benign familial infantile epilepsy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• benign neonatal seizures

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

LOC105372724 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 14 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 8 uncertain in NM_172107.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant in the KCNQ2 gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 319 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 78 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 4.0411 (above the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 3.6968 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to benign familial infantile epilepsy, malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 7, benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures, benign neonatal seizures, neonatal-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, complex neurodevelopmental disorder, seizures, benign familial neonatal, 2, seizures, benign familial neonatal, 1, neonatal encephalopathy with non-epileptic myoclonus.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.981
• PP5: Variant 20-63413456-T-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr20-63413456-T-G is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 205921.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
KCNQ2	NM_172107.4	c.1757A>C	p.Gln586Pro	missense_variant	Exon 15 of 17	ENST00000359125.7	NP_742105.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
KCNQ2	ENST00000359125.7	c.1757A>C	p.Gln586Pro	missense_variant	Exon 15 of 17	1	NM_172107.4	ENSP00000352035.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2 Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:2

Sep 16, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect; cells expressing Q586P in a heterozygous state had a gain-of-function effect on KCNQ2 channel activity and did not negatively impact current density (PMID: 35104249); 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; This substitution is predicted to be within the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 35104249)

Mar 27, 2020

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Oct 04, 2017

Athena Diagnostics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy Pathogenic:1

Nov 25, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glutamine, which is neutral and polar, with proline, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 586 of the KCNQ2 protein (p.Gln586Pro). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individuals with neonatal seizures (internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 205921). 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 expected to disrupt KCNQ2 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects KCNQ2 function (PMID: 35104249). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.55	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.55
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.0	.;.;D;D;D;T;D;D;.;.;D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.70
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.67
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.89	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.96	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.98	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;M;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100		6.1
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.74	T
PROVEAN	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;D;.;D;.;D;.;.
REVEL	Benign	0.0
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	.;.;.;.;D;.;D;.;D;.;.
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.022	D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;T
Vest4		0.97
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		5.0
Varity_R		0.97
gMVP		1.0
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.15		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: rs796052656; hg19: chr20-62044809;