Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 5 ACMG points: 6P and 1B. PM1PM2PM5BP4
The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.4243G>A(p.Glu1415Lys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,874 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. E1415KLC*NSMGASLLT?) has been classified as Pathogenic.
BRCA1 (HGNC:1100): (BRCA1 DNA repair associated) This gene encodes a 190 kD nuclear phosphoprotein that plays a role in maintaining genomic stability, and it also acts as a tumor suppressor. The BRCA1 gene contains 22 exons spanning about 110 kb of DNA. The encoded protein combines with other tumor suppressors, DNA damage sensors, and signal transducers to form a large multi-subunit protein complex known as the BRCA1-associated genome surveillance complex (BASC). This gene product associates with RNA polymerase II, and through the C-terminal domain, also interacts with histone deacetylase complexes. This protein thus plays a role in transcription, DNA repair of double-stranded breaks, and recombination. Mutations in this gene are responsible for approximately 40% of inherited breast cancers and more than 80% of inherited breast and ovarian cancers. Alternative splicing plays a role in modulating the subcellular localization and physiological function of this gene. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants, some of which are disease-associated mutations, have been described for this gene, but the full-length natures of only some of these variants has been described. A related pseudogene, which is also located on chromosome 17, has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]
Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 5 ACMG points.
PM1
In a region_of_interest Interaction with PALB2 (size 27) in uniprot entity BRCA1_HUMAN there are 9 pathogenic changes around while only 3 benign (75%) in NM_007294.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr17-43082516-TTC-TAGTTAGAAGGCTGGCTCCCATGCTGTTCTAACACAGCTT is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.38269085).
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
The p.E1415K variant (also known as c.4243G>A), located in coding exon 11 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 4243. The glutamic acid at codon 1415 is replaced by lysine, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -
Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Uncertain:1
Oct 20, 2019
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
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. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with BRCA1-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 462639). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change replaces glutamic acid with lysine at codon 1415 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Glu1415Lys). The glutamic acid residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between glutamic acid and lysine. -