ClinVar

Description

The NM_000156.6:c.402C>G (p.Tyr134Ter) variant in GAMT is a nonsense variant predicted to cause a premature stop codon in biologically relevant exon 4/6 leading to nonsense mediated decay in a gene in which loss-of-function is an established disease mechanism (PVS1). The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v2.1.1 is 0.00003 in the South Asian population, which is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP's threshold for PM2_Supporting, meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting). This variant has been detected in one individual with GAMT deficiency (PMID: 19027335). This individual had elevated GAA and low creatine in plasma and significantly decreased creatine peak and visible GAA peak on brain MRS with full GAMT gene sequencing (PMID: 19027335) (PP4_Strong). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 947458, 2 star review status) with 3 submitters classifying the variant as pathogenic. In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for GAMT deficiency based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Variant Curation Expert Panel (Specifications Version 1.1.0): PVS1, PM2_Supporting, PP4_Strong. (Classification approved by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Variant Curation Expert Panel on May 25, 2023)