rs864321716

chr16-89935236-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 17 ACMG points: 17P and 0B. PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_006086.4(TUBB3):c.785G>A(p.Arg262His) 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. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R262C) has been classified as Pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: TUBB3 NM_006086.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:8 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.82

Genes affected

TUBB3 (HGNC:20772): (tubulin beta 3 class III) This gene encodes a class III member of the beta tubulin protein family. Beta tubulins are one of two core protein families (alpha and beta tubulins) that heterodimerize and assemble to form microtubules. This protein is primarily expressed in neurons and may be involved in neurogenesis and axon guidance and maintenance. Mutations in this gene are the cause of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 3. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 6. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2010]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 17 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr16-89935235-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 6963.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP2: Missense variant where missense usually causes diseases, TUBB3
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.994
• PP5: Variant 16-89935236-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-89935236-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 219256.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
TUBB3	NM_006086.4	c.785G>A	p.Arg262His	missense_variant	4/4	ENST00000315491.12
TUBB3	NM_001197181.2	c.569G>A	p.Arg190His	missense_variant	4/4

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TUBB3	ENST00000315491.12	c.785G>A	p.Arg262His	missense_variant	4/4	1	NM_006086.4	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:8 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:4

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Invitae	Aug 30, 2023	This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (PMID: 20074521, 24612975, 34652576). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 219256). 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 expected to disrupt TUBB3 protein function. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects TUBB3 function (PMID: 20074521, 26775887, 27046833). This variant disrupts the p.Arg262 amino acid residue in TUBB3. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 20074521, 29453417). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 262 of the TUBB3 protein (p.Arg262His). -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	GeneDx	Apr 16, 2022	Published in vitro functional studies demonstrate that the presence of the R262H variant causes reduced binding of kinesin and non-motor proteins and exhibits altered polymerization dynamics (Minoura et al., 2016).; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Missense variants in this gene are often considered pathogenic (HGMD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 27046833, 20074521, 27428177, 28840640, 31226147, 26582918, 26775887, 34652576, 27535533) -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University Hospital Tübingen	Oct 23, 2020	- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Karolinska University Hospital	Jun 29, 2015	- -

Fibrosis of extraocular muscles, congenital, 3A, with or without extraocular involvement Pathogenic:2 Other:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Equipe Genetique des Anomalies du Developpement, Université de Bourgogne	Jan 01, 2015	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Baylor Genetics	Sep 27, 2019	This variant was determined to be pathogenic according to ACMG Guidelines, 2015 [PMID:25741868]. -
not provided, no classification provided	literature only	GeneReviews	-	- -

TUBB3-related tubulinopathy Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

May 01, 2019

The TUBB3 c.785G>A (p.Arg262His) variant is a missense variant that has been reported in two studies, in which it is found in a de novo heterozygous state in three individuals with a severe form of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM). Another variant at the same amino acid position has also been reported in 11 families with a milder form of CFEOM (Tischfield et al. 2010; MacKinnon et al. 2014). The p.Arg262His variant was absent from 1700 control chromosomes and is not found in the Genome Aggregation Database in a region of good sequence coverage, so the variant is presumed to be rare. Functional studies in yeast demonstrate that compared to wild-type microtubules, the p.Arg262His microtubules have prolonged growth events, longer astral microtubules, and an altered rate of polymerization and depolymerization. In vivo assays further demonstrate that p.Arg262His leads to significantly reduced kinesin interaction on microtubules and modifies the microtubule dynamics at both filament ends (Tischfield et al. 2010; Ti et al. 2016; Minoura et al. 2016). In vitro and in vivo transfection of variant TUBB3 resulted in reduced axon growth; this phenotype was rescued by co-transfection of a modified kinesin (Minoura et al. 2016). The p.Arg262His variant is predicted to abolish the hydrogen bond of the H8-S7 loop of b-tubulin and affect the tertiary protein structure and motor protein interactions with microtubules (Tischfield et al. 2010). Based on the collective evidence and application of the ACMG criteria, the p.Arg262His variant is classified as pathogenic for TUBB3-related tubulinopathy. -

TUBB3-related disorder Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

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This variant has been previously reported as a heterozygous change in patients with congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles (CFEOM; PMID: 20074521, 34652576). A different amino acid change at the same residue (p.Arg262Cys) has been previously reported in individuals with CFEOM (PMID: 200774521, 27428177, 28832562, 29453417). Functional studies demonstrated that the c.785G>A (p.Arg262His) variant impairs both the motility and ATPase activity of kinesin and microtubule dynamics, which is required for normal axonal growth and brain development (PMID: 26775887, 27046833, 31226147). The c.785G>A (p.Arg262His) variant is absent from the gnomAD population database and thus is presumed to be rare. The c.785G>A (p.Arg262His) variant affects a highly conserved amino acid and is predicted by multiple in silico tools to have a deleterious effect on protein function. Analysis of the parental samples was negative for the variant, indicating this variant likely occurred as a de novo event. Based on the available evidence, the c.785G>A (p.Arg262His) variant is classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.44	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.39
Cadd	Uncertain	24
Dann	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.77
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.69
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.90	D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.83	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.90	D
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.87	D
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-4.4	D;D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.87
Sift	Uncertain	0.0090	D;.;.
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.015	D;D;D
Polyphen		0.93	.;.;P
Vest4		0.94
MutPred		0.98		.;.;Loss of methylation at R262 (P = 0.0249);
MVP		0.99
MPC		2.1
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		4.8
Varity_R		0.79
gMVP		0.98

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs864321716; hg19: chr16-90001644;