ClinVar

Description

The Y2236F variant has not been published as a pathogenic variant, nor has it been reported as a benign variant to our knowledge. The Y2236F variant was not observed with any significant frequency in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. The Y2236F variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species. Missense variants in nearby residues (C2232R, C2232Y, P2233R, V2234M) have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database in association with Marfan syndrome (Stenson et al., 2014), supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. Nevertheless, in silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. Furthermore, the Y2236F variant does not affect a Cysteine residue within a calcium-binding EGF-like domain of the FBN1 gene. Cysteine substitutions in the calcium-binding EGF-like domains represent the majority of pathogenic missense changes associated with (Marfan syndrome (Collod-Beroud et al., 2003).Therefore, based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic variant or a rare benign variant.