ClinVar

Description

This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change replaces glycine with cysteine at codon 17 of the SOD1 protein (p.Gly17Cys). The glycine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between glycine and cysteine. This variant has been observed in individual(s) with autosomal dominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PMID: 30887850, Invitae). In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. This variant disrupts the p.Gly17 amino acid residue in SOD1. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 22244934, 25509359, 25623562, 23280792). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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 SOD1 protein function.