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rs879254426

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000527.5(LDLR):c.187T>C(p.Cys63Arg) 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. C63F) has been classified as Pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)

Consequence

LDLR
NM_000527.5 missense

Scores

12
4
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.43
Variant links:
Genes affected
LDLR (HGNC:6547): (low density lipoprotein receptor) The low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene family consists of cell surface proteins involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis of specific ligands. The encoded protein is normally bound at the cell membrane, where it binds low density lipoprotein/cholesterol and is taken into the cell. Lysosomes release the cholesterol, which is made available for repression of microsomal enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis. At the same time, a reciprocal stimulation of cholesterol ester synthesis takes place. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal dominant disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 5 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 7 uncertain in NM_000527.5
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr19-11100343-G-T is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 440548.Status of the report is no_assertion_criteria_provided, 0 stars.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.989
PP5
Variant 19-11100342-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr19-11100342-T-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 251046.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr19-11100342-T-C is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
LDLRNM_000527.5 linkuse as main transcriptc.187T>C p.Cys63Arg missense_variant 2/18 ENST00000558518.6

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
LDLRENST00000558518.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.187T>C p.Cys63Arg missense_variant 2/181 NM_000527.5 P3P01130-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
Cov.:
31
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:5
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1 Pathogenic:5
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCentre de Génétique Moléculaire et Chromosomique, Unité de génétique de l'Obésité et des Dyslipidémies, APHP, GH Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié-Salpêtrière / Charles-FoixDec 16, 2016subjects mutated among 2600 FH index cases screened = 4 , family member = 1 with co-segregation / Software predictions: Damaging -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterliterature onlyLDLR-LOVD, British Heart FoundationMar 25, 2016- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingRobarts Research Institute, Western University-- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterresearchBrunham Lab, Centre for Heart and Lung Innovation, University of British ColumbiaMay 11, 2019- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterresearchFundacion Hipercolesterolemia FamiliarMar 01, 2016- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.98
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.58
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.60
Cadd
Uncertain
25
Dann
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.95
D;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.73
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.59
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.83
T;T;T;T;T;T
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.88
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.99
D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.88
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
4.1
H;.;H;H;H;H
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
D;D;D;D;D;D;D
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.63
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-11
D;D;D;D;D;D
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D;D;D;D;D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D;D;D;D;D;D
Polyphen
1.0
D;.;.;.;.;.
Vest4
0.98
MutPred
0.79
Loss of catalytic residue at L64 (P = 0.0084);Loss of catalytic residue at L64 (P = 0.0084);Loss of catalytic residue at L64 (P = 0.0084);Loss of catalytic residue at L64 (P = 0.0084);Loss of catalytic residue at L64 (P = 0.0084);Loss of catalytic residue at L64 (P = 0.0084);
MVP
1.0
MPC
1.1
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
5.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.8
Varity_R
0.95
gMVP
1.0

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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs879254426; hg19: chr19-11211018; COSMIC: COSV99369660; COSMIC: COSV99369660; API