Description
The c.1072C>T (p.R358*) alteration, located in exon 12 (coding exon 11) of the VRK1 gene, consists of a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 1072. This changes the amino acid from a arginine (R) to a stop codon at amino acid position 358. This alteration is expected to result in loss of function by premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Based on data from gnomAD, the T allele has an overall frequency of 0.006% (16/250524) total alleles studied. The highest observed frequency was 0.149% (15/10058) of Ashkenazi Jewish alleles. This alteration has been detected in the homozygous state and in trans with another VRK1 disease-causing mutation in multiple unrelated individuals with VRK1-related motor and sensory neuropathy with or without pontocerebellar hypoplasia (Renbaum, 2009; Farwell, 2015; Stoll, 2016; Gonzaga-Jauregui, 2013; Reches, 2018; Ambry internal data). Functional studies suggest that this alteration demonstrates mislocalization, reduced protein stability and reduced kinase activity (Martin-Doncel, 2019; Sanz-Garcia, 2011). Based on the available evidence, this alteration is classified as pathogenic.
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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 |