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c.1504_1527dup

In-frame indelI3Likely pathogenicTransmembrane · predicted
In-frame indel variant · indel site at position 502 · Transmembrane helix 7 · WFS1 (Wolframin)

I3Multi-residue in-frame indel — likely major structural disruption

Wild-type vs Modified Structure

Wild-type · full length
Wild-type wolframin · 890 aa — AlphaFold reference
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Modified product
Modified product · c.1504_1527dup — Cα-RMSD 3.14 Å vs WT (folded core)
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Left: full-length wild-type wolframin (890 aa). Right: the ColabFold (AlphaFold2) prediction of the 8-aa in-frame duplication product — the affected region near residue 502 (Transmembrane helix 7) is highlighted in both panes. Backbone Cα-RMSD over the folded core is 3.14 Å.

Variant Assessment

Variant type
In-frame indel
Schema
I3
Multi-residue in-frame indel — likely major structural disruption
Domain
Transmembrane helix 7
Backbone Cα-RMSD
3.14 Å
vs WT · folded core (n=313)

Modified-sequence structure resolved. The 8-aa in-frame duplication was modeled with ColabFold (AlphaFold2, full-MSA; mean pLDDT 69.8) and superposed on the wild-type AlphaFold model. Kabsch-superposed Cα-RMSD over high-confidence (WT pLDDT>70) residues N-terminal to the lesion; cross-pipeline, includes ~few-Å method baseline

Therapeutic Implication · I3

8 residues removed in frame around position 502 (Transmembrane helix 7). A change this size usually perturbs local packing and can propagate to the fold. Gene therapy is the primary path unless an AlphaFold prediction of the modified sequence shows a surprisingly intact fold. Predicted structure pending (ColabFold).

Clinical Evidence

ClinVar classificationLikely pathogenic
Review statusno assertion criteria provided
Associated conditionsWFS1-related disorder
Population frequency (gnomAD v4)Absent from gnomAD v4
cDNA changec.1504_1527dup
ClinVar variantNM_006005.3(WFS1):c.1504_1527dup (p.Val509_Tyr510insSerValProCysLeuLeuTyrVal)
ClinVar accessionVCV003345213
Last evaluated2024/07/16 00:00

Not observed in ~730k individuals — consistent with a rare allele (ACMG PM2_supporting).

Classified for0★ unverified submission

ClinVar classifies this variant as Likely pathogenic for WFS1-related spectrum (unresolved mode) (dominant or recessive). ClinVar records this under a WFS1-spectrum label that spans both disease families — recessive Wolfram syndrome (biallelic) and the dominant WFS1-related disorders. The label does not resolve which applies, and it is not a severity statement.

  • WFS1-related spectrum (unresolved mode)dominant or recessivesubmitted as: WFS1-related disorder
  • No assertion criteria were provided (0★). Treat the conditions above as unverified submissions, not as documented phenotypes.
  • Phenotype scope is interpretation of submitted records. The computed values on this card (AlphaMissense, DynaMut2 ΔΔG, pLDDT) are measurements of the model, not of a patient.
  • Presentation cannot be generalised from neighbouring variants: one nucleotide over can present very differently. Structural similarity supports a mechanistic hypothesis, never a phenotype claim.

Review status: 0★ no assertion criteria provided. ClinVar "conditions" is the union of all submissions; 0–1★ entries are submitted conditions, not documented phenotypes.

Population frequency
Global (all ancestries)
Absent from gnomAD v4
Homozygotes
Not available

No population breakdown — the variant is absent from gnomAD v4, so no ancestry group has an observed frequency.

No homozygotes — the variant is absent from gnomAD v4 altogether.

Source: gnomAD r4, retrieved 2026-08-21. Values are allele frequencies. The carrier estimate is derived from the allele frequency (Hardy-Weinberg, ~2·AF) and is an approximation, not a published figure — where a published carrier frequency exists it outranks this column and is cited on the card.

Therapeutic Strategy Handoff · prediction

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Full Variant Card

c.1504_1527dup — WFS1 Molecular Atlas Card

Variant type: In-frame indel Change: 8 residue(s) deleted in frame at position 502 Domain context: Transmembrane helix 7


Schema category: I3 — Multi-residue in-frame indel — likely major structural disruption

8 residues removed in frame around position 502 (Transmembrane helix 7). A change this size usually perturbs local packing and can propagate to the fold. Gene therapy is the primary path unless an AlphaFold prediction of the modified sequence shows a surprisingly intact fold. Predicted structure pending (ColabFold).


Structural prediction

  • Reading frame: preserved (in-frame) — no premature stop, NMD does not apply.
  • Affected domain: Transmembrane helix 7
  • Predicted modified structure: pending — AlphaFold/ColabFold prediction of the modified sequence and backbone-RMSD vs wild-type backfill here (Wave 2).

Clinical evidence

Inheritance and scope

Likely pathogenic — for WFS1-related spectrum (unresolved mode) (dominant or recessive)

ClinVar classifies this variant as Likely pathogenic for WFS1-related spectrum (unresolved mode) (dominant or recessive). ClinVar records this under a WFS1-spectrum label that spans both disease families — recessive Wolfram syndrome (biallelic) and the dominant WFS1-related disorders. The label does not resolve which applies, and it is not a severity statement.

No assertion criteria were provided (0★). Treat the conditions above as unverified submissions, not as documented phenotypes. Phenotype scope is interpretation of submitted records. The computed values on this card (AlphaMissense, DynaMut2 ΔΔG, pLDDT) are measurements of the model, not of a patient. Presentation cannot be generalised from neighbouring variants: one nucleotide over can present very differently. Structural similarity supports a mechanistic hypothesis, never a phenotype claim.

  • Classification: Likely pathogenic
  • Review status: no assertion criteria provided
  • Associated conditions: WFS1-related disorder
  • cDNA change: c.1504_1527dup
  • ClinVar accession: VCV003345213
  • Last evaluated: 2024/07/16 00:00
  • Submissions: 1

Card generated by wolfram-atlas-batch (in-frame indel pipeline) on 2026-06-08T02:41:19.576136Z. Schema: reference/card_schema_extension.md (I1–I3). WFS1: UniProt O76024, AlphaFold v6.