Description
The p.Ala387Val variant in GCK has been reported in at least 4 individuals (including 1 Czech individual, 1 Asian individual, and 1 Caucasian individual from the UK) with Monogenic Diabetes (PMID: 14517956, 19790256, 20337973), and has been identified in 0.003400% (1/29414) of South Asian chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs193921338). Although this variant has been seen in the general population, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a dominant frequency for a disease with clinical variability/reduced penetrance. Please note that for diseases with clinical variability, or reduced penetrance, pathogenic variants may be present at a low frequency in the general population. This variant has also been reported likely pathogenic in ClinVar (Variation ID: 36182). Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest that this variant may impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. Multiple variants in the same region as p.Ala387Val have been reported in association with disease in ClinVar, suggesting that this variant is in an important functional domain and slightly supports pathogenicity (Variation ID: 435300, 36180, 36179). Two additional variants (p.Ala387Glu and p.Ala387Thr) causing a different amino acid change at the same position have been reported in association with disease in the literature and ClinVar, supporting that a change at this position may not be tolerated (PMID: 19790256; Variation ID: 36181). The number of missense variants reported in GCK in the general population is lower than expected, suggesting there is little benign variation in this gene and slightly increasing the possibility that a missense variant in this gene may not be tolerated. In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant is likely pathogenic. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM5, PM2_Supporting, PP2, PP3, PS4_Supporting, PM1_Supporting (Richards 2015).
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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 |