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Variant: NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.626C>T (p.Thr209Met)

CA288884

21068 (ClinVar)

Gene: GAMT
Condition: guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency
Inheritance Mode: Autosomal recessive inheritance
UUID: 9aa14816-bf8f-42a3-9555-5bb338d9c1c0
Approved on: 2022-06-06
Published on: 2022-10-07

HGVS expressions

NM_000156.6:c.626C>T
NM_000156.6(GAMT):c.626C>T (p.Thr209Met)
NC_000019.10:g.1397444G>A
CM000681.2:g.1397444G>A
NC_000019.9:g.1397443G>A
CM000681.1:g.1397443G>A
NC_000019.8:g.1348443G>A
NG_008283.1:g.18561G>A
NG_009785.1:g.9110C>T
ENST00000252288.8:c.626C>T
ENST00000640164.1:n.459C>T
ENST00000640762.1:c.557C>T
ENST00000252288.6:c.626C>T
NM_000156.5:c.626C>T

Benign

Met criteria codes 3
BS2 BP4 BA1

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 1

Criteria Specification Approval History
Criteria Specifications for this VCEP
Evidence submitted by expert panel
Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes VCEP
The NM_000156.6:c.626C>T variant in GAMT is a missense variant predicted to result in the substitution of threonine for methionine at amino acid 209 (p.Thr209Met). The highest continental population minor allele frequency in gnomAD v2.1.1 is 0.09656 (12354/ 127944 alleles) in the European non-Finnish population, which is higher than the ClinGen CCDS VCEP’s threshold for BA1 (>0.003), and therefore meets this criterion (BA1). There are 987 homozygotes in gnomAD v2.1.1. Given that GAMT deficiency has an early onset, this data supports that the variant does not cause the condition (BS2). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.313 which is below the threshold of 0.5, evidence that does not predict a damaging effect on GAMT function (BP4). It has been previously reported in a large Italian family (PMID: 12468279), where it did not segregate with AGAT deficiency, including being found in the homozygous state in the father, who was asymptomatic and had normal GAMT enzyme activity. It has also been found in presumed cis with the c.160G>C (p.Ala54Pro) variant in a patient with severe GAMT deficiency, as both parents were heterozygous for both the c.160G>C variant and c.626C>T variant and the patient was homozygous for both variants (PMID: 15108290). In this publication (PMID: 15108290), the c.626C>T was classified as a benign polymorphism due to its high frequency in a group of control individuals screened. It is noted in ClinVar (Variation ID: 21068). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as benign for GAMT deficiency. GAMT-specific ACMG/AMP codes met, as specified by the ClinGen Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes VCEP (Specifications Version 1.1.0): BA1, BS2, BP4. (Classification approved by the ClinGen CCDS VCEP on June 6, 2022).
Met criteria codes
BS2
There are 987 homozygotes in gnomAD v2.1.1. Given that GAMT deficiency has an early onset, this data supports that the variant does not cause the condition (BS2).
BP4
The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.313 which is below the threshold of 0.5, evidence that does not predict a damaging effect on GAMT function (BP4).
BA1
It is present in gnomAD at a global frequency of 0.07611 and a maximum population-specific frequency in a continental population of >2,000 alleles of 0.1002 (BA1)
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