Total submissions: 1
Submitter | RCV | SCV | Clinical significance | Condition | Last evaluated | Review status | Method | Comment |
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RCV000497954 | SCV000590663 | uncertain significance | not provided | 2017-06-22 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | A variant of uncertain significance has been identified in the FBN2 gene. The H1920R variant has not been published as pathogenic or been reported as benign to our knowledge. This variant is not observed in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016; 1000 Genomes Consortium et al., 2015; Exome Variant Server). However, the H1920R variant is a conservative amino acid substitution, which is not likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues share similar properties. This substitution occurs at a position that is not conserved across species. In silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. Finally, while the H1920R variant is located within a calcium-binding EGF-like domain of the FBN2 gene, it does not affect a Cysteine residue within this domain. Cysteine substitutions in the calcium-binding EGF-like domains represent the majority of pathogenic missense changes associated with congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Collod-Beroud et al., 2003; Frédéric et al., 2009). |