Description
The p.Trp153X variant in KLK4 has been reported in 2 homozygous individuals with amelogenesis imperfecta and segregated with disease in at least 1 affected relative from 1 family (Hart 2004 PMID: 15235027, Wright 2011 PMID: 21597265). This variant has also been reported by other clinical laboratories in ClinVar (Variation ID 6079) and has been identified in 0.22% (92/41468) of African/African American chromosomes by gnomAD (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org, v4.0.0). This nonsense variant leads to a premature termination codon at position 153, which is predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein. Loss of function variants in the KLK4 gene have been reported in individuals with autosomal recessive amelogenesis imperfecta (Wang 2013 PMID: 23355523, Seymen 2015 PMID: 26124219, Smith 2017 PMID: 28611678, Lee 2022 PMID: 35207639). Additionally, studies have shown that KLK4 null mice had defective enamel, recapitulating features of the human phenotype (Simmer 2009 PubMed: 19578120, Nunez 2016 PMID: 26620968). In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant meets criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for autosomal recessive amelogenesis imperfecta. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PVS1, PM3.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |