ClinVar

Description

This sequence change replaces tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 179 of the PRPH2 protein (p.Trp179Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs779414078, gnomAD 0.004%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with retinitis pigmentosa (PMID: 32037395, 32531846; Invitae). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 866955). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt PRPH2 protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Trp179 amino acid residue in PRPH2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 10862101). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.