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Variant: NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.526del (p.Glu176fs)

CA2499225402

1067935 (ClinVar)

Gene: GAMT (HGNC:2593)
Condition: guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency (MONDO:0012999)
Inheritance Mode: Autosomal recessive inheritance
UUID: df780bbd-6d93-4670-9d0e-121f7e0c44d9
Approved on: 2025-10-07
Published on: 2025-10-07

HGVS expressions

NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.526del (p.Glu176fs)
NM_000156.6:c.526del
NC_000019.10:g.1398965del
CM000681.2:g.1398965del
NC_000019.9:g.1398964del
CM000681.1:g.1398964del
NC_000019.8:g.1349964del
NG_009785.1:g.7594del
ENST00000252288.8:c.526del
ENST00000447102.8:c.526del
ENST00000591788.3:c.209del
ENST00000640164.1:n.359del
ENST00000640762.1:c.457del
ENST00000252288.6:c.526del
ENST00000447102.7:c.526del
ENST00000591788.2:c.211del
NM_000156.5:c.526del
NM_138924.2:c.526del
NM_138924.3:c.526del
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Likely Pathogenic

Met criteria codes 3
PP4_Moderate PVS1_Strong PM2_Supporting
Not Met criteria codes 1
PM3

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.526del (p.Glu176SerfsTer2) variant in GAMT is a frameshift variant predicted to cause a premature stop codon in the last 50 nucleotides of the penultimate exon/the last exon of the gene and therefore to escape nonsense mediated decay. More than 10% of the protein is predicted to be removed (PVS1_Strong). This variant has been reported in one individual with GAMT deficiency who had elevated GAA and low creatine in plasma and in urine (PMID: 19288536) (PP4_Moderate). The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0. is 0.00002229 (1/44860 alleles) in the East Asian population, 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: 1067935). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for GAMT deficiency 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): PVS1_Strong, PM2_Supporting, PP4_Moderate. (Classification approved by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Variant Curation Expert Panel on October 7, 2025)
Met criteria codes
PP4_Moderate
PMID: 19288536: identified in one patient with elevated plasma GAA with low creatine and elevated urine GAA with low creatine (3pts total, PP4_Mod)
PVS1_Strong
Frameshift variant in exon 5/6 in the last 50bp of the penultimate exon (c.526), such that NMD is not predicted. Predicted to result in frameshift at amino acid position 176 and premature termination at amino acid position 178/236, resulting in removal of 58 amino acids (24.5% of the protein, >10% of the protein), such that PVS1_Strong applies per CCDS specifications.
PM2_Supporting
The highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v4.1.0. is 0.00002229 (1/44860 alleles) in the East Asian population, which is lower than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.0004), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting).
Not Met criteria codes
PM3
Patient 3: comp het for c.590T>C (p.L197P)/c.526delG (p.E176SfsX2); did not count for PM3 here because this occurrence was counted for PM3 for the p.L197P variant, thereby preventing circularity in use of PM3
Curation History
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