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Variant: NM_000152.5(GAA):c.1669A>T (p.Ile557Phe)

CA401368911

558634 (ClinVar)

Gene: GAA
Condition: glycogen storage disease II
Inheritance Mode: Autosomal recessive inheritance
UUID: ba123cf8-84ca-4dc2-a485-78f138703aa2
Approved on: 2025-12-16
Published on: 2025-12-16

HGVS expressions

NM_000152.5:c.1669A>T
NM_000152.5(GAA):c.1669A>T (p.Ile557Phe)
NC_000017.11:g.80112015A>T
CM000679.2:g.80112015A>T
NC_000017.10:g.78085814A>T
CM000679.1:g.78085814A>T
NC_000017.9:g.75700409A>T
NG_009822.1:g.15460A>T
ENST00000570803.6:c.1669A>T
ENST00000572080.2:c.1669A>T
ENST00000577106.6:c.1669A>T
ENST00000302262.8:c.1669A>T
ENST00000302262.7:c.1669A>T
ENST00000390015.7:c.1669A>T
ENST00000572080.1:c.57A>T
ENST00000572803.1:n.283A>T
NM_000152.3:c.1669A>T
NM_001079803.1:c.1669A>T
NM_001079804.1:c.1669A>T
NM_000152.4:c.1669A>T
NM_001079803.2:c.1669A>T
NM_001079804.2:c.1669A>T
NM_001079803.3:c.1669A>T
NM_001079804.3:c.1669A>T
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Pathogenic

Met criteria codes 5
PM2_Supporting PM5_Supporting PM3_Very Strong PS3_Moderate PP4_Moderate
Not Met criteria codes 2
BP4 PP3

Evidence Links 0

Expert Panel

Criteria Specification Information

Criteria Specification: ClinGen Lysosomal Storage Disorders Variant Curation Expert Panel Specifications to the ACMG/AMP Variant Interpretation Guidelines Version 2

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Criteria Specification Approval History
Criteria Specifications for this VCEP
Evidence submitted by expert panel
Lysosomal Diseases VCEP
The NM_000152.5:c.1669A>T variant in GAA is a missense variant predicted to result in substitution of isoleucine by phenylalanine at amino acid 557 (p.Ile557Phe). The variant has been reported to be in cis, or phase unconfirmed, with c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg) in some cases. Excluding those cases, five probands in whom the p.Ile557Phe variant is in compound heterozygosity with a variant other than p.Thr711Arg, have been reported, all with infantile onset Pompe disease. At least one of these patients has documented features of infantile onset Pompe disease and deficient GAA activity (PMID: 36428004, 38162137, Clinical Laboratory) (PP4_Moderate). Five patients with IOPD have been reported who are compound heterozygous for the variant and another variant in GAA that has been classified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic for Pompe disease by the ClinGen LD VCEP. For four of these patients, the second variant was confirmed to be in trans; the second variant was either c.1935C>A (p.Asp645Glu) (P, ClinVar Variation ID: 4029, 1 point) (PMID: 38162137), c.2662G>T (p.Glu888Ter) (P, ClinVar ID Variation ID: 578595, 1 point) (PMID: 38162137), or c.1978C>T (p.Arg660Cys) (P, ClinVar Variation ID: 558604, 1 point) (Duke) or c.1843G>A (p.Gly615Arg) (LP, ClinVar Variation ID: 188786) (PMID: 36428004). Another patient was compound heterozygous for the variant, phase unconfirmed, and c.2237G>A (p.Trp746Ter) (ClinVar Variation ID: 280063, 0.5 points) (PMID: 38162137), Total 4.5 points (PM3_Very_Strong). In addition, a patient with IOPD was compound heterozygous for c.118C>T (p.Arg40Ter) (paternal), and c.[1669A>T; 2132C>G] (p.[Ile557Phe:Thr711Arg]) (maternal). c.118C>T (p.Arg40Ter) (ClinVar Variation ID: 426593) is pathogenic based on classification by the ClinGen LD VCEP, while another is compound heterozygous for c.2799+4 A>G (LP based on classification by the ClinGen LD VCEP), c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg), and c.1669A>T (p.Ile557Phe), phase unknown. Due to the presence of three variants, phase unknown, this data was not included. Additional patients are compound heterozygous for the variant and c.1385T>C (p.Leu462Pro) (PMID: 25612604), c.1013A>T (p.Asp338Val) (PMID: 34134972), or c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg) (PMID: 23884227, 39010129). The allelic data from these patients will be used for the classification of the second variant and is not included here to avoid circular logic. The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0. is 0.00002228 (1/44880 alleles) in the East Asian population, which is lower than the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.001), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting). Expression of the variant in COS7 or HEK293 cells resulted in 2.7% GAA activity in cells and 0.3% in medium, and evidence of abnormal synthesis and processing on Western blot, indicating that this variant may impact protein function (PMID: 22644586) (PS3_Moderate). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.662 which is neither above nor below the thresholds predicting a damaging (>0.7) or benign (<0.5) impact on GAA function. Two other missense variants, c.1669A>G (p.Ile557Val) (ClinVar Variation ID: 856959) and c.1670T>G (p.Ile557Ser) (PMID: 26474166), in the same codon have been reported in patients with Pompe disease; p.Ile557Ser (ClinVar Variation ID: 1693547) has been classified as likely pathogenic for Pompe disease by the ClinGen LD VCEP (PM5_Supporting). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 558634). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Pathogenic for Pompe disease. GAA-specific ACMG/AMP criteria met, based on the specifications of the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases Variant Curation Expert Panel (Specifications Version 2.0.0): PM3_Very Strong, PS3_Moderate, PP4_Moderate, PM2_Supporting, PM5_Supporting. (Classification approved by the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases Variant Curation Expert Panel, December 16, 2025).
Met criteria codes
PM2_Supporting
The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0. is 0.00002228 (1/44880 alleles) in the East Asian population, which is lower than the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.001), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting).
PM5_Supporting
Two other missense variants, c.1669A>G (p.Ile557Val) (ClinVar Variation ID: 856959) and c.1670T>G (p.Ile557Ser) (PMID: 26474166), in the same codon have been reported in patients with Pompe disease. p.Ile557Ser (ClinVar Variation ID: 1693547) has been classified as LP by the ClinGen LD VCEP (PM5_Supporting).
PM3_Very Strong
Five patients with IOPD have been reported who are compound heterozygous fot the variant and another variant in GAA that has been classified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic for Pompe disease by the ClinGen LD VCEP. For four of these patients, the second variant was confirmed to be in trans; the second variant was either c.1935C>A (p.Asp645Glu) (P, ClinVar Variation ID: 4029, 1 point) (PMID: 38162137), c.2662G>T (p.Glu888Ter) (P, ClinVar ID Variation ID: 578595, 1 point) (PMID: 38162137), or c.1978C>T (p.Arg660Cys) (P, ClinVar Variation ID: 558604, 1 point) (Duke) or c.1843G>A (p.Gly615Arg) (LP, ClinVar Variation ID: 188786) (PMID: 36428004). Another patient was compound heterozygous for the variant, phase unconfirmed, and c.2237G>A (p.Trp746Ter) (ClinVar Variation ID: 280063, 0.5 points) (PMID: 38162137), Total 4.5 points (PM3_Very_Strong) In addition, a patient with IOPD was compound heterozygous for c.118C>T (p.Arg40Ter) (paternal), and c.[1669A>T; 2132C>G] (p.[Ile557Phe:Thr711Arg]) (maternal). c.118C>T (p.Arg40Ter) (ClinVar Variation ID: 426593) is pathogenic based on classification by the ClinGen LD VCEP, while another is compound heterozygous for c.2799+4 A>G (LP based on classification by the ClinGen LD VCEP), c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg), and c.1669A>T (p.Ile557Phe), phase unknown. Additional patients are compound heterozygous for the variant and c.1385T>C (p.Leu462Pro) (PMID: 25612604), c.1013A>T (p.Asp338Val) (PMID: 34134972), or c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg) (PMID: 23884227, 39010129). The allelic data from these patients will be used for the classification of the second variant and is not included here to avoid circular logic. Note that c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg) is reported to occur in cis with p.Ile557Phe in some patients. In other patients, both variants have been reported, phase unconfirmed, and the two were reported to be in trans in another family (PMID: 23884227)
PS3_Moderate
Expression of the variant in COS7 or HEK293 cells resulted in 2.7% GAA activity in cells and 0.3% in medium, and evidence of abnormal synthesis and processing on Western blot leading the variant to be described as Class B (“potentially less severe”), and indicating that this variant may impact protein function (PMID 22644586)(PS3_Moderate).
PP4_Moderate
The variant has been reported to be in cis with c.2132C>G (p.Thr711Arg) in some cases. Excluding those cases, five probands in whom the p.Ile557Phe variant is in compound heterozygosity with a variant other than p.Thr711Arg, have been reported, all with infantile onset Pompe disease. At least one of these patients has documented features of infantile onset Pompe disease and deficient GAA activity (PMID: 36428004, 38162137, Clinical Laboratory) (PP4_Moderate). Additional patients with IOPD carry p.Ile557Phe, p.Thr711Arg and an additional variant (PMIDs 23884227, 25612604, 39213226). Two additional patients have been reported who were identified by newborn screening and also carry pseudodeficiency variants (PMID 20080426, 31076647).
Not Met criteria codes
BP4
The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.662 which is neither above nor below the thresholds predicting a damaging (>0.7) or benign (<0.5) impact on GAA function.
PP3
The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.662 which is neither above nor below the thresholds predicting a damaging (>0.7) or benign (<0.5) impact on GAA function.
Curation History
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