ClinVar

Description

Variant summary: GJB2 c.31_68del38 (p.Gly11LeufsX24) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. Truncations downstream of this position have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2e-05 in 250064 control chromosomes. c.31_68del38 has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (e.g. Denoyelle_1997, Janecke_2002, Dodson_2011, Beck_2015). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Three other clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories cited the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic.