The NM_000152.5:c.1942G>A (p.Gly648Ser) variant in GAA is a missense variant with a highest population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v2.1.1 of 0.00034 (10/29720 alleles) in the S. Asian population, which is lower than the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases VCEP’s threshold for PM2_Supporting (<0.001), meeting this criterion (PM2_Supporting). At least 18 patients with a diagnosis of Pompe disease have been reported with this variant including those with documented deficient GAA activity and/or symptoms consistent with infantile onset Pompe disease and/or on enzyme replacment therapy (PMIDs 9535769, 17573812, 26497565, 29422078, 30214072, 31510962) (PP4_Moderate). In a study of the Maroon population of French Guiana, 9 out of 15 probands with "enzymatically confirmed" infantile onset Pompe disease were compound heterozygous for c.1942G>A (p.Gly648Ser) and c.2560C>T (p.Arg854Ter), a variant which has been classified as pathogenic by the ClinGen LD VCEP. The two variants are assumed to be in trans based on the high carrier frequency of both variants in that population. The carrier frequency of c.1942G>A (p.Gly648Ser) was 1 in 47 (9/425 women tested) (PMID: 29637184). Patients have also been reported who are compound heterozygous for the variant and another variant in GAA that has been classified as pathogenic by the ClinGen LD VCEP including c.2214G>A (p.Trp768Ter) (PMID: 26575883) and c.-32-13T>G (2 patients, PMIDs: 17643989, 25455803, 27193587). In addition, at least 3 patients are homozygous for the variant (PMID: 26497565, 29122469, 29889338, 30214072) (PM3_VeryStrong). Patients compound heterozygous for the variant and c.1076-22T>G (17643989, 25455803), c.2646+2T>A (PMID: 29422078), and c.1099T>C (p.Trp367Arg) (PMID: 31510962) have also been reported. However, the in trans data from these patients will be used in the assessment of the second variant and was not included here in order to avoid circular logic. When expressed in SV40_immortalized GAA deficient fibroblasts, the enzyme activity was "negligible" (PMID: 9535769), and when expressed in COS cells, the variant resulted in <2% wild type GAA activity (PMID: 19862843) (PS3_Supporting). The score for the REVEL meta-predictor, 0.98, also supports that the variant has a deleterious impact on GAA function (PP3). Another amino acid substitution at the same position has been reported in at least one individual with Pompe disease c.1943G>A (p.Gly648Asp) (PMIDs 22644586, 23146291, 23843830) (note that this data will be used in the classification of p.Gly648Asp and was not used here in order to avoid a circular argument). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 188902). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Pompe disease. ACMG/AMP criteria met, as specified by the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases VCEP (Specifications Version 2.0): PM3_VeryStrong, PP4_Moderate, PP3, PS3_Supporting, PM2_Supporting. (Classification approved by the ClinGen Lysosomal Diseases VCEP, July 3, 2023)