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Variant: NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.22C>A (p.Pro8Thr)

CA314840

205598 (ClinVar)

Gene: GAMT
Condition: guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency
Inheritance Mode: Autosomal recessive inheritance
UUID: 88895225-665c-4e9b-bf17-ca9fe729cf9c
Approved on: 2025-10-08
Published on: 2025-10-08

HGVS expressions

NM_000156.6:c.22C>A
NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.22C>A (p.Pro8Thr)
NC_000019.10:g.1401455G>T
CM000681.2:g.1401455G>T
NC_000019.9:g.1401454G>T
CM000681.1:g.1401454G>T
NC_000019.8:g.1352454G>T
NG_009785.1:g.5099C>A
ENST00000252288.8:c.22C>A
ENST00000447102.8:c.22C>A
ENST00000640762.1:c.22C>A
ENST00000252288.6:c.22C>A
ENST00000447102.7:c.22C>A
NM_000156.5:c.22C>A
NM_138924.2:c.22C>A
NM_138924.3:c.22C>A
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Likely Benign

Met criteria codes 2
BS3_Supporting BS2
Not Met criteria codes 5
PM2 PM3 BP4 PP4 PP3

Evidence Links 1

Expert Panel

Criteria Specification Information

Criteria Specification: ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Expert Panel Specifications to the ACMG/AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines for GAMT Version 2.0.0

Criteria Specification Approval History
Criteria Specifications for this VCEP
Evidence submitted by expert panel
Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes VCEP
The NM_000156.6:c.22C>A variant in GAMT is a missense variant that is predicted to result in the substitution of proline by threonine at amino acid 8 (p.Pro8Thr). One patient, who is heterozygous for the variant, has been reported. This individual, who presented with severe global developmental delay, hypotonia, and intractable seizures, died at 11 months of age. Urine and plasma guanidinoacetate were elevated 2.5 and 1.8 times, respectively. However, on 1H-MRS, creatine peak was about 90% of normal, marginally low, which was not suggestive of GAMT deficiency(PMID: 24415674) (PP4 not applied). GAA-deficient fibroblasts overexpressing the c.22C>A (p.Pro8Thr) variant showed similar GAMT enzyme activity as those transfected with wild-type cDNA (PMID: 24415674) (BS3_Supporting). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.479 which is below the threshold of 0.5, evidence that does not predict a damaging effect on GAMT function (BP4). The highest population minor allele frequency (MAF) in gnomAD v4.1.0 is 0.002564 (10/3900 alleles) in the Middle Eastern population; there is one homozygote in the European non-Finnish population, in gnomAD v4.1.0. While the MAF is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.0004), PM2_Supporting is not met due to presence of a homozygote. Because GAMT deficiency is a severe, pediatric onset condition, the presence of a homozygote supports benignity (BS2). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 205598). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as likely benign for GAMT deficiency. GAMT-specific ACMG/AMP criteria met, based on the specifications of the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiencies VCEP (Specifications Version 2.0.0.): BS2, BS3_Supporting (Classification approved by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiencies VCEP on October 8, 2025)
Met criteria codes
BS3_Supporting
GAMT-deficient fibroblasts overexpressing the c.22C>A (p.Pro8Thr) variant showed similar GAMT enzyme activity as those transfected with wild-type enzyme (PMID: 24415674).

BS2
There is one homozygote, in the European non-Finnish population, in gnomAD v4.1.0.
Not Met criteria codes
PM2
The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0 is 0.002564 (10/3900 alleles) in the Middle Eastern population. While this is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.0004), PM2_Supporting is not met due to presence of a homozygote.
PM3
PMID: 24415674: Found as a single heterozygous variant in one patient, no second variant identified
BP4
The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.479 which is neither above nor below the thresholds predicting a damaging (>0.644) or benign (<0.29) impact on GAMT function.
PP4
One patient, heterozygous for the variant, with urine guanidinoacetate elevated 2.5 times and plasma guanidinoacetate 1.8 times above the upper limit of reference range. However, on 1H-MRS, creatine peak was about 90% of normal, marginally low, which was not suggestive of GAMT deficiency (Note: 1H-MRS data overrides biochemical findings) (PMID: 24415674).
PP3
The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.479 which is neither above nor below the thresholds predicting a damaging (>0.644) or benign (<0.29) impact on GAMT function.
Curation History
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