ClinVar

Description

This sequence change replaces leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with phenylalanine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 89 of the VHL protein (p.Leu89Phe). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with VHL-related conditions (PMID: 18446368). This variant is also known as 478C>T (p.L89S). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 651694). 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. This variant disrupts the p.Leu89 amino acid residue in VHL. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 8707293, 19408298, 20064270, 20151405). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic.