Description
This variant has been previously reported as a de novo heterozygous change in multiple unrelated patients with autism spectrum disorder, motor and language developmental delay, developmental regression, stereotypies, sleep disturbance, and muscular hypotonia with or without epileptic encephalopathy (PMID: 26740508, 27541642, 28191890, 28856709, 28867141, 29346770). A different amino acid change at the same residue (p.Ala567Val) has been observed in individuals with similar clinical phenotype and in at least one of these individuals, this variant was detected to be de novo (Variation ID: 1073462, Invitae internal data). The GABBR2 gene is constrained against variation (Z-score= 4.63 and pLI = 1) and missense variants are a common mechanism of disease (HGMD, ClinVar database). Experimental studies showed that presence of the p.Ala567Thr variant resulted in abnormal protein activity in HEK293 cells without altering protein expression and subcellular localization; furthermore, this variant caused abnormal behaviors in tadpoles (PMID: 28856709). The c.1699G>A (p.Ala567Thr) variant is absent from the gnomAD population database and thus is presumed to be rare. Analysis of the parental samples was negative for the variant, indicating this variant likely occurred as a de novo event. Based on the available evidence, the c.1699G>A (p.Ala567Thr) variant is classified as Pathogenic.
| # | Sample | Method | Observation |
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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 |
