ClinVar

Description

The c.571C>T variant in the glucokinase gene, GCK causes an amino acid change of Arg to Trp at codon 191 (p.(Arg191Trp)) of NM_000162.5. GCK is defined by the ClinGen MDEP as a gene that has a low rate of benign missense variation and has pathogenic missense variants as a common mechanism of disease (PP2). This variant is also predicted to be deleterious by computational evidence, with a REVEL score of 0.936, which is greater than the MDEP VCEP threshold of 0.70 (PP3). This variant has an incomputable Popmax filtering allele frequency in gnomAD v2.1 due to only one copy in European non-Finnish population and one copy in another subpopulation, which is less than the MDEP threshold for PM2_Supporting (Popmax filtering FAF <= 0.000003 and <= 2 copies in ENF and <= 1 copy in any other subpopulation) (PM2_Supporting). This variant was identified in more than 100 unrelated individuals with diabetes/hyperglycemia (PS4; PMIDs: 10753050, 22060211, 23295292, 28170077, internal lab contributors). This variant segregated with diabetes with at least 72 informative meioses from 51 families with MODY (PP1_Strong; internal lab contributors). This variant was identified in an individual with a clinical history highly specific for GCK-MODY (FBG 5.5-8 mmol/L and HbA1c 5.6 - 7.6% and negative antibodies) (PP4_Moderate; PMID: 23295292). This variant was found de novo in an individual with a phenotype highly specific for GCK-MODY with unconfirmed parental relationships (PS2_Moderate; internal lab contributor). Functional studies demonstrated the p.Arg191Trp protein has RAI<0.5; however, the wild-type kinetic parameters didn’t pass the quality control, and the PS3 cannot be applied (PMID: 30592380). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Pathogenic for GCK-MODY. ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen MDEP VCEP (specification version 1.2, approved 6/7/2023): PS4, PP1_Strong, PS2_Moderate, PP4_Moderate, PM2_Supporting, PP2, PP3.