ClinVar

Description

The F256S variant in the CD40LG gene has been reported previously in association with hyper IgM syndrome (Wang et al., 2014; Kojima et al., 2016). The F256S 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. The F256S variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species. In silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. Missense variants in nearby residues (G252D, F253I, T254M, G257S, G257D, G257V, L258S) have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database in association with hyper IgM syndrome (Stenson et al., 2014), supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. The F256S variant is a strong candidate for a pathogenic variant, however the possibility it may be a rare benign variant cannot be excluded.