Description
This sequence variant is an eighteen nucleotide duplication (dupACCGACCACATCTGCAGA) that results in the inframe insertion of 6 amino acids in exon 8 of 12 of the KPTN gene. This previously reported variant (ClinVar) has been observed in individuals affected by macrocephaly, neurodevelopmental delay and seizures when in the compound heterozygous state (PMID: 32358097). In addition, this variant, when in the compound heterozygous state, co-segregates with this disorder across multiple Ohio Amish families (PMID: 24239382). This variant is rare in control population datasets (gnomAD database, 135 of 279,060 alleles, 0.05%). Routine bioinformatic tools cannot predict the impact this variant will have on the function of kaptin, KPTN's encoded protein. However, protein folding models suggest that this duplication will disrupt the tertiary structure of kaptin (PMID: 24239382), and a functiol study indicates that the protein created by this variant fails to properly localize in neurons (PMID: 24239382). Given this information, we consider this a pathogenic variant. ACMG Criteria: PM3, PM4, PP1, PS3
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |