ClinVar

Description

This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with HCN4-related conditions. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 481 of the HCN4 protein (p.Tyr481Cys). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1504964). 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 HCN4 protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Tyr481 amino acid residue in HCN4. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 25145517, 27173043, 29447731). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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.