Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -4 ACMG points: 0P and 4B. BS2
The NM_001352446.1(CREM):c.-5G>A variant causes a 5 prime UTR premature start codon gain change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000322 in 1,613,552 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).
CREM (HGNC:2352): (cAMP responsive element modulator) This gene encodes a bZIP transcription factor that binds to the cAMP responsive element found in many viral and cellular promoters. It is an important component of cAMP-mediated signal transduction during the spermatogenetic cycle, as well as other complex processes. Alternative promoter and translation initiation site usage allows this gene to exert spatial and temporal specificity to cAMP responsiveness. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding several different isoforms have been found for this gene, with some of them functioning as activators and some as repressors of transcription. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
The c.608G>A (p.G203D) alteration is located in exon 7 (coding exon 6) of the CREM gene. This alteration results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 608, causing the glycine (G) at amino acid position 203 to be replaced by an aspartic acid (D). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -