Table 2. Simulated Multiple Nucleotide Variants within the HNF4A gene as annotated by GATK best practices.
| Variant | Wild-type
codon |
Variant
codon |
GATK best
practices annotation 1 |
GATK best
practices annotation 2 |
Correct annotation | Likely implication
for diagnostic testing ‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CTG | TTC | c.838C>T
p.Leu280Leu |
c.840G>C
p.Leu280Leu |
c.838_840delinsTTC
p.Leu280Phe |
False negative
result |
| 2 | TAA | TGG | p.*396* | p.*396* | p.*396Trpext*26 | False negative
result |
| 3 | TCC | AGC | c.1066T>A
p.Ser356Thr |
c.1067C>G
p.Ser356Cys |
c.1066_1067delinsAG
p.Ser356Ser |
False positive
result |
| 4 | TCT | TGA | c.1262C>G
p.Ser421Cys |
c.1263T>A
p.Ser421Ser |
c.1262_1263delinsGA
p.Ser421* |
False negative
result |
| 5 | AAG | AGT | c.1274A>G
p.Lys425Arg |
c.1275G>T
p.Lys425Asn |
c.1274_1275delinsGT
p.Lys425Ser |
False positive or
negative result |
‡Based on testing for dominant acting heterozygous, pathogenic loss of function variants.