ClinVar

Description

The D1028G variant has been reported in association with incomplete Marfan syndrome (Comeglio et al., 2007; Li et al., 2014). Comeglio et al., identified a 21 year old with the D1028G variant who had minor skeletal, cardiovascular and skin findings, but did not meet the Ghent criteria for Marfan syndrome. Moreover, Li et al., identified a 10 year old patient with the D1028G variant who had ectopia lentis and minor skeletal findings, and did not meet the Ghent criteria for Marfan syndrome. In the Li et al., study, the D1028G was absent from 160 control chromosomes (Li et al., 2014).The D1028G 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 D1028G 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 the same residue (D1028Y, D1028V) and in nearby residues (T1020A, K1023N, C1032Y, L1038F) have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database in association with Marfan syndrome (Stenson et al., 2014), supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. Nevertheless, the D1028G variant does not affect a Cysteine residue within a calcium-binding EGF-like domain of the FBN1. Cysteine substitutions in the calcium-binding EGF-like domains represent the majority of pathogenic missense changes associated with Marfan syndrome (Collod-Beroud et al., 2003).Therefore, this variant is a strong candidate for a pathogenic variant, however the possibility that it is a benign variant cannot be excluded.