Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 3 ACMG points: 3P and 0B. PM2PP3
The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.2551G>A(p.Glu851Lys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000124 in 1,613,196 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).
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]
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
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Aug 26, 2023
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
The p.E851K variant (also known as c.2551G>A), located in coding exon 9 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 2551. The glutamic acid at codon 851 is replaced by lysine, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -
Mar 23, 2023
University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Significance: Likely benign
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: curation
Missense variant in a coldspot region where missense variants are very unlikely to be pathogenic (PMID:31911673). -
not specified Uncertain:1
Nov 02, 2016
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
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not provided Uncertain:1
Mar 22, 2023
GeneDx
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing
Observed in individuals with unspecified cancer history who underwent multi-gene inherited cancer panel testing (Li et al., 2020); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Also known as 2670G>A; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 32377563, 31853058, 15343273, 29884841) -
Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Uncertain:1
Oct 24, 2022
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. Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt BRCA1 protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 91593). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of BRCA1-related conditions (PMID: 21520333). This variant is present in population databases (rs398122662, gnomAD 0.003%). This sequence change replaces glutamic acid, which is acidic and polar, with lysine, which is basic and polar, at codon 851 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Glu851Lys). -