Description
The c.824G>A pathogenic mutation (also known as p.R275K), located in coding exon 4 of the MEN1 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 824. The amino acid change results in arginine to lysine at codon 275, an amino acid with highly similar properties. However, this change occurs in the last base pair of coding exon 4, which makes it likely to have some effect on normal mRNA splicing. This alteration was identified in a proband meeting diagnostic criteria for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) who presented with parathyroid hyperplasia, adrenal adenoma, and a pancreatic endocrine tumor, as well as an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. Her sister was also positive for c.824G>A and presented with hyperparathyroidism and multiple pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (Jamilloux Y et al. Eur. J. Hum. Genet., 2014 Feb;22:283-5). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Using two different splice site prediction tools, this alteration is predicted by ESEfinder to abolish the native splice donor site, but is predicted to weaken (but not abolish) the efficiency of the native splice donor site by BDGP; however, direct evidence is unavailable. In addition, c.824G>A was not reported in population-based cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.
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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 |