ClinVar

Description

The R57W variant in the PROC gene has been reported previously in association with protein C deficiency (Zhou et al., 2003 [article in Chinese]; Stenson et al., 2014). The R57W variant was not observed 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 R57W 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. In silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. Other missense variants at the same residue and in nearby residues have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database in association with protein C deficiency (Stenson et al., 2014), supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. The R57W variant is a strong candidate for a disease-causing variant, however the possibility it may be a rare benign variant cannot be excluded.