ClinVar

Description

p.Ile909Met (ATC>ATG): c.2727 C>G in exon 23 of the MYH7 gene (NM_000257.2). A variant of unknown significance has been identified in the MYH7 gene. The I909M was identified in a 52-year-old male with a confirmed diagnosis of HCM and a family history of HCM and sudden death. (Olivotto et al., 2008; Di Donna et al., 2010). I909M was absent from 300 control chromosomes. Complete information on segregation analysis was not reported (Olivotto et al., 2008). A variant at the same residue (I909V) was classified as a polymorphism because it did not co-segregate with subjects who had an unequivocal HCM phenotype (Woo et al., 2003). The I909M variant is a conservative amino acid substitution, which is not likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues share similar properties. However, this substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species, and in silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. Additionally, missense mutations in nearby residues (E903G, E903K, R904H, R904C, C905R, C905F, D906G, L908V, K910Q) have been reported in association with cardiomyopathy, supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. Furthermore, the I909M variant was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. Therefore, based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic mutation or a rare benign variant. The variant is found in HCM panel(s).