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Variant: NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.438A>G (p.Thr146=)

CA341572

21066 (ClinVar)

Gene: GAMT
Condition: guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency
Inheritance Mode: Autosomal recessive inheritance
UUID: b46a2db9-4b35-4a54-8975-83b956341b87
Approved on: 2025-03-13
Published on: 2025-03-14

HGVS expressions

NM_000156.6:c.438A>G
NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.438A>G (p.Thr146=)
NC_000019.10:g.1399149T>C
CM000681.2:g.1399149T>C
NC_000019.9:g.1399148T>C
CM000681.1:g.1399148T>C
NC_000019.8:g.1350148T>C
NG_009785.1:g.7405A>G
ENST00000252288.8:c.438A>G
ENST00000447102.8:c.438A>G
ENST00000591788.3:c.121A>G
ENST00000640164.1:n.271A>G
ENST00000640762.1:c.369A>G
ENST00000252288.6:c.438A>G
ENST00000447102.7:c.438A>G
ENST00000591788.2:c.123A>G
NM_000156.5:c.438A>G
NM_138924.2:c.438A>G
NM_138924.3:c.438A>G
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Uncertain Significance

Met criteria codes 4
BP4 BP2 BP7 PM2_Supporting
Not Met criteria codes 1
PP4

Evidence Links 0

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.438A>G (p.Thr146=) variant in GAMT is a synonymous (silent) variant that is not predicted by SpliceAI to impact splicing. In addition, it occurs at a nucleotide that is not conserved as shown by phyloP (score -4.7) (BP4, BP7). This variant has been previously reported in an individual with GAMT deficiency who had significantly decreased creatine peak on MRS (PMID: 7808840) and GAMT activity <0.1% versus normal in fibroblasts (PMID: 11978605). Familial analysis showed that this individual harbored the variant in cis with NM_000156.6:c.299_311dup, (ClinVar Variation ID: 8302; pathogenic based on classification by the ClinGen CCDS VCEP) and had co-inherited these variants from his unaffected mother (BP2); he harbored these variants in trans with the pathogenic variant c.327G>A (ClinVar ID: 21065), inherited from his father. Of note, his unaffected brother was heterozygous for the two maternally co-inherited (c.438A>G and c.299_311dup) variants. The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0. is 0.00003333 (2/60006 alleles) in the Admixed American, which is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.0004), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 21066). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as a variant of uncertain significance for GAMT deficiency. Although the evidence is tending likely benign, the lack of data regarding the impact of this variant on it's own, in the ansence of the other two variants, led to a VUS classification based on the GAMT-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Variant Curation Expert Panel (Specifications Version 2.0.0): PM2_Supporting, BP2, BP4, BP7. (Classification approved by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Variant Curation Expert Panel on March 13, 2025)
Met criteria codes
BP4
The computational predictor, SpliceAI, predicts that the variant has no impact on splicing (all scores = 0) (BP4)
BP2
It has been previously reported in (PMID: 11978605) in an individual with GAMT deficiency who had significantly decreased creatine peak on MRS (PMID: 7808840) and GAMT activity <0.1% versus normal in fibroblasts (PMID: 11978605) (PP4_Strong). Familial analysis showed that this individual harbored the variant in cis with the c.309ins13 (p.Ala103fs) frameshift variant in exon 2 (also known as NM_000156.6:c.299_311dup, ClinVar Variation ID: 8302; pathogenic based on classification by the ClinGen CCDS VCEP) (BP2), and had coinherited these two variants from his unaffected mother; he harbored the c.327G>A (Pathogenic in ClinVar by 7 submitters, see variation ID 21065) variant, inherited from his father, on the other allele. Of note, his unaffected brother was heterozygous for the two maternally coinherited (c.438A>G and c.309ins13) variants.
BP7
The NM_000156.6:c.438A>G (p.Thr146=) variant in GAMT is a synonymous (silent) variant that is not predicted by SpliceAI to impact splicing. In addition, it occurs at a nucleotide that is not conserved as shown by phyloP (score -4.7) (BP7).
PM2_Supporting
The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0. is 0.00003333 (2/60006 alleles) in the Admixed American, which is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.0004), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting).
Not Met criteria codes
PP4
This variant has been previously reported in (PMID: 11978605) in an individual with GAMT deficiency who had significantly decreased creatine peak on MRS (PMID: 7808840) and GAMT activity <0.1% versus normal in fibroblasts (PMID: 11978605). While these features are highly suggestive of GAMT deficiency, PP4 was not applied because these features are likely due to the two other variants identified in the patient.
Curation History
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