Description
A variant of uncertain significance has been identified in the SCN5A gene. The S1079T variant has not been previously reported in association with cardiomyopathy or other SCN5A-related disorder, to our knowledge. The S1079T variant is not observed at a significant frequency in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016; 1000 Genomes Consortium et al., 2015; Exome Variant Server; Kapplinger et al., 2015). However, the S1079T variant is a conservative amino acid substitution, which is not likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues share similar properties. Additionally, this substitution occurs at a position that is not conserved across species and in silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. Furthermore, while missense variants at the same residue (S1079F, S1079Y) have been previously reported in association with SCN5A-related disorders (Itoh et al., 2010; Kapplinger et al., 2010), the clinical significance of these variants also remain to be definitively determined.
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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 |