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Submissions for variant NM_001999.4(FBN2):c.2878G>A (p.Glu960Lys)

dbSNP: rs876661212
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Total submissions: 1
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Submitter RCV SCV Clinical significance Condition Last evaluated Review status Method Comment
GeneDx RCV000221859 SCV000279800 uncertain significance not provided 2016-01-14 criteria provided, single submitter clinical testing The E960K variant has not been published as a pathogenic variant, nor has it been reported as a benign variant to our knowledge. This variant was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. The E960K variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution occurs at a position where only amino acids with similar properties to Glutamic acid are tolerated across species. However, while the E960K variant does occur within a calcium-binding EGF-like domain of the FBN2 gene, it does not affect a Cysteine residue. Cysteine substitutions in the calcium-binding EGF-like domains represent the majority of pathogenic missense changes associated with congenital arachnodactyly (Collod-Beroud et al., 2003). In silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. Furthermore, no missense variants in nearby residues have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (Stenson et al., 2014), indicating this region of the gene is not known to harbor disease-causing variants. Therefore, based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is pathogenic or benign.

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