ClinVar

Description

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 200 of the VHL protein (p.Arg200Trp). This variant is present in population databases (rs28940298, gnomAD 0.07%). This variant has been observed in a family affected with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome without pheochromocytoma (PMID: 8956040), however, several studies have reported that this variant does not cause von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (PMID: 14726398, 21606165). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. This variant is a known common cause of autosomal recessive, familial erythrocytosis type 2 (Chuvash polycythemia) in the Chuvash population of Russia and the Italian island of Ischia (PMID: 11987242, 19494350, 9058738, 16210343). In the Chuvash population, an estimated 1/20 individuals is a carrier of this variant (PMID: 12415268), while the worldwide carrier frequency is lower (rs28940298, 0.06%). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2232). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt VHL protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects VHL function (PMID: 12415268, 15574766, 17992257, 19030229). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.