Novel Missense Variant in the PAN2 Gene Associated With Congenital Anomalies and Neurodevelopmental Delay: Expanding the Phenotypic and Mutational Spectrum of PAN2-Related Disorders

Abstract

Background

The PAN2 gene encodes a subunit of a deadenylation complex.

Case

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the homozygous missense variant detected in the PAN2 gene through whole-exome sequencing analysis in a case with multiple congenital anomalies and neuromotor developmental delay. A 4.5-year-old boy was referred to the pediatric genetics clinic due to multiple congenital anomalies and developmental delay. Due to the inability to determine a preliminary diagnosis with clinical and laboratory findings, whole-exome sequencing was performed on the index case. A novel homozygous missense variant, c.3026T>A (p.Val1009Asp), in the PAN2 (NM_014871.5) gene was detected. The variant was classified as “likely pathogenic” according to the ACMG 2015 criteria.

Conclusion

Recently, biallelic loss-of-function mutations in the PAN2 gene have been identified in several patients with congenital anomalies and neurodevelopmental disorders. In this case, a missense variant in the PAN2 gene is reported as disease-causing for the first time in the literature.