ClinVar

Description

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 171 of the KCNJ10 protein (p.Arg171Trp). This variant is present in population databases (rs769666695, gnomAD 0.001%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with KCNJ10-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 537736). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt KCNJ10 protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Arg171 amino acid residue in KCNJ10. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 32062759). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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.