rs897601301

Positions:

• chr6-145627564-T-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Moderate

The NM_005670.4(EPM2A):​c.848A>G​(p.Tyr283Cys) 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 Uncertain significance (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Y283N) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: EPM2A NM_005670.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.90

Genes affected

EPM2A (HGNC:3413): (EPM2A glucan phosphatase, laforin) This gene encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase and may be involved in the regulation of glycogen metabolism. The protein acts on complex carbohydrates to prevent glycogen hyperphosphorylation, thus avoiding the formation of insoluble aggregates. Loss-of-function mutations in this gene have been associated with Lafora disease, a rare, adult-onset recessive neurodegenerative disease, which results in myoclonus epilepsy and usually results in death several years after the onset of symptoms. The disease is characterized by the accumulation of insoluble particles called Lafora bodies, which are derived from glycogen. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2018]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a domain Tyrosine-protein phosphatase (size 167) in uniprot entity EPM2A_HUMAN there are 22 pathogenic changes around while only 4 benign (85%) in NM_005670.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.903

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
EPM2A	NM_005670.4	c.848A>G	p.Tyr283Cys	missense_variant	4/4	ENST00000367519.9

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
EPM2A	ENST00000367519.9	c.848A>G	p.Tyr283Cys	missense_variant	4/4	1	NM_005670.4	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Progressive myoclonic epilepsy Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Aug 30, 2021

This sequence change replaces tyrosine with cysteine at codon 283 of the EPM2A protein (p.Tyr283Cys). The tyrosine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between tyrosine and cysteine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with EPM2A-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 411296). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. 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
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.21	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.060
CADD	Benign	23
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Uncertain	0.68	D;.;.;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen	Uncertain	0.42
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.32
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.91	D;.;D;.;.;.;.;D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.13	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.90	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.42	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.2	M;.;M;.;M;.;.;.
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.63	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.0	D;.;.;.;.;.;.;.
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.69
Sift	Uncertain	0.0080	D;.;.;.;.;.;.;.
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0050	D;.;D;D;.;.;.;.
Polyphen		1.0	D;.;D;.;D;.;.;.
Vest4		0.75
MutPred		0.75		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0809);.;Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0809);.;Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0809);.;.;.;
MVP		0.95
MPC		0.65
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		4.7
gMVP		0.73

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: rs897601301; hg19: chr6-145948700; COSMIC: COSV100837519;