Total submissions: 2
| Submitter | RCV | SCV | Clinical significance | Condition | Last evaluated | Review status | Method | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Chromosomique, |
RCV000417354 | SCV000503111 | likely pathogenic | Familial hypercholesterolemia | 2016-12-16 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Index case (homozygote) = 1 / Software predictions: Damaging |
| Invitae | RCV000791365 | SCV000830076 | uncertain significance | Familial hypercholesterolemias | 2018-08-30 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | This sequence change replaces cysteine with arginine at codon 68 of the LDLR protein (p.Cys68Arg). The cysteine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between cysteine and arginine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been observed in individuals with LDLR-related disease. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 375777). This variant affects a cysteine residue located within an LDLRA domain of the LDLR protein. Cysteine residues in these domains have been shown to be involved in the formation of disulfide bridges, which are critical for protein structure and stability (PMID: 7548065, 7603991, 7979249). In addition, missense substitutions within the LDLRA domains affecting cysteine residues are overrepresented among patients with hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 18325082). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Probably Damaging"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). 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. |