MYL2 variants in HCM cohorts


The table below lists the 35 rare (MAF<0.0001 in ExAC) protein-altering MYL2 variants identified in a cohort of 2650 HCM patients. When this rare variant frequency of 0.01321 is compared with a background population rate of 0.00176, there is a statistically significant case excess of 0.01145 (p<0.0001), which suggests that approximately 30 of these variants may be pathogenic.


Variant Type:      All protein-altering variants     -     Truncating variants     -     Non-Truncating variants
Source:      Combined (OMGL + LMM)     -     OMGL     -     LMM



No. Variant (CDS) Variant (Protein) Variant Type Cases (2650)LMM class ExAC frequency
1. c.173G>A p.R58Qmissense 5Pathogenic0.000008
2. c.485G>A p.G162Emissense 3Likely Pathogenic0.000000
3. c.239C>A p.T80Nmissense 2Likely Pathogenic0.000000
4. c.64G>A p.E22Kmissense 2Likely Pathogenic0.000008
5. c.459G>C p.K153Nmissense 2VUS0.000024
6. c.170G>A p.G57Emissense 2Likely Pathogenic0.000000
7. c.260G>C p.G87Amissense 2Likely Pathogenic0.000000
8. c.313G>A p.V105Mmissense 2VUS0.000000
9. c.374C>T p.T125Mmissense 1VUS favour benign0.000041
10. c.193G>A p.E65Kmissense 1Likely Pathogenic0.000000
11. c.142G>T p.D48Ymissense 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000
12. c.84A>T p.E28Dmissense 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000
13. c.392C>G p.S131Cmissense 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000
14. c.275G>T p.G92Vmissense 1Likely Pathogenic0.000000
15. c.428C>T p.P143Lmissense 1VUS0.000024
16. c.482A>G p.H161Rmissense 1Likely Pathogenic0.000000
17. c.163G>T p.A55Smissense 1VUS0.000000
18. c.80A>G p.Q27Rmissense 1Likely Pathogenic0.000000
19. c.119G>A p.R40Kmissense 1VUS0.000000
20. c.402G>C p.E134Dmissense 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000
21. c.45_46delinsT p.Asn16fsframeshift 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000
22. c.358C>T p.R120Wmissense 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000
23. c.184A>T p.K62Xnonsense 1VUS favour pathogenic0.000000

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