16-23603556-G-C

Variant names:

• chr16-23603556-G-C
• rs755609496
• NM_024675.4:c.3464C>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_024675.4(PALB2):​c.3464C>G​(p.Ser1155Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000137 in 1,461,880 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. S1155P) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PALB2 NM_024675.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:4 B:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.59
• Publications: 5 publications found

Genes affected

PALB2 (HGNC:26144): (partner and localizer of BRCA2) This gene encodes a protein that may function in tumor suppression. This protein binds to and colocalizes with the breast cancer 2 early onset protein (BRCA2) in nuclear foci and likely permits the stable intranuclear localization and accumulation of BRCA2. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

PALB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• hereditary breast carcinoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• Fanconi anemia complementation group N

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 3

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• familial ovarian cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Fanconi anemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.24900627).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_024675.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PALB2	NM_024675.4	MANE Select	c.3464C>G	p.Ser1155Cys	missense	Exon 13 of 13	NP_078951.2
	PALB2	NM_001407296.1		c.3404C>G	p.Ser1135Cys	missense	Exon 12 of 12	NP_001394225.1
	PALB2	NM_001407297.1		c.3392C>G	p.Ser1131Cys	missense	Exon 12 of 12	NP_001394226.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PALB2	ENST00000261584.9	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.3464C>G	p.Ser1155Cys	missense	Exon 13 of 13	ENSP00000261584.4
	PALB2	ENST00000568219.5	TSL:1	c.2579C>G	p.Ser860Cys	missense	Exon 13 of 13	ENSP00000454703.2
	PALB2	ENST00000561514.3	TSL:5	c.3470C>G	p.Ser1157Cys	missense	Exon 13 of 13	ENSP00000460666.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.0000318 AC: 8 AN: 251474 AF XY: 0.0000441

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000137 AC: 20 AN: 1461880 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.0000234 AC XY: 17 AN XY: 727240

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39698

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.000220 AC: 19 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53420

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1112000

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000756

ExAC AF: 0.0000412 AC: 5

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4 Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2

Mar 17, 2023

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.00026 (8/30616 chromosomes, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org), is uninformative in assessment of its pathogenicity. In the published literature, the variant has been reported in an individual with breast cancer (PMID: 32884827 (2020)). Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded conflicting predictions that this variant is benign or damaging. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant.

Jan 07, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 36993649, 24686850, 19609323, 24485656, 20871615, 32884827, 38110397)

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1 Benign:1

Feb 10, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity.

May 31, 2022

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces serine with cysteine at codon 1155 of the PALB2 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in an individual affected with breast cancer, who has a BRCA2 mobile element insertion, c.7666_7667insSVA, that is suspected to be the causal variant (PMID: 32884827). This variant has been identified in 8/251474 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:1

Dec 15, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces serine, which is neutral and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 1155 of the PALB2 protein (p.Ser1155Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs755609496, gnomAD 0.03%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PALB2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 402308). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.10
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.30	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.37
CADD	Uncertain	25
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.034	T
Eigen	Uncertain	0.55
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.51
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.88	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.77	T
M_CAP	Benign	0.032	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.25	T
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.71	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	1.9	L
PhyloP100		3.6
PrimateAI	Benign	0.41	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.7	D
REVEL	Benign	0.17
Sift	Uncertain	0.017	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.013	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.40
MVP		0.70
MPC		0.32
ClinPred		0.51	D
GERP RS		5.8
Varity_R		0.21
gMVP		0.32
Mutation Taster		=73/27	polymorphism

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs755609496; hg19: chr16-23614877; COSMIC: COSV55165619;