2-29717590-G-C

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points: 3P and 0B. PM2PP3

The NM_004304.5(ALK):c.775C>G(p.Arg259Gly) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000274 in 1,461,720 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R259C) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 31)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000027 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

ALK
NM_004304.5 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.94

Publications

3 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

ALK (HGNC:427): (ALK receptor tyrosine kinase) This gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase, which belongs to the insulin receptor superfamily. This protein comprises an extracellular domain, an hydrophobic stretch corresponding to a single pass transmembrane region, and an intracellular kinase domain. It plays an important role in the development of the brain and exerts its effects on specific neurons in the nervous system. This gene has been found to be rearranged, mutated, or amplified in a series of tumours including anaplastic large cell lymphomas, neuroblastoma, and non-small cell lung cancer. The chromosomal rearrangements are the most common genetic alterations in this gene, which result in creation of multiple fusion genes in tumourigenesis, including ALK (chromosome 2)/EML4 (chromosome 2), ALK/RANBP2 (chromosome 2), ALK/ATIC (chromosome 2), ALK/TFG (chromosome 3), ALK/NPM1 (chromosome 5), ALK/SQSTM1 (chromosome 5), ALK/KIF5B (chromosome 10), ALK/CLTC (chromosome 17), ALK/TPM4 (chromosome 19), and ALK/MSN (chromosome X).[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2011]

ALK Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 3
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics

ALK links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.761

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
ALK	NM_004304.5 link	c.775C>G	p.Arg259Gly	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 29	ENST00000389048.8	NP_004295.2	Q9UM73B6D4Y2
ALK	XR_001738688.3 link	n.1702C>G		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 18

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	UniProt
ALK	ENST00000389048.8 link	c.775C>G	p.Arg259Gly	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 29	1	NM_004304.5	ENSP00000373700.3	Q9UM73
ALK	ENST00000618119.4 link	c.-357C>G		5_prime_UTR_premature_start_codon_gain_variant	Exon 1 of 28	5		ENSP00000482733.1	A0A087WZL3
ALK	ENST00000618119.4 link	c.-357C>G		5_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 1 of 28	5		ENSP00000482733.1	A0A087WZL3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00000796

AC:

AN:

251290

AF XY:

0.00

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.000199

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:

0.00000274

AC:

AN:

1461720

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000138

AC XY:

AN XY:

727182

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.0000383

AC:

AN:

26132

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39692

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86254

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53418

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000180

AC:

AN:

1111860

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000166

AC:

AN:

60394

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.412

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

Cov.:

ExAC

AF:

0.00000824

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 3

Uncertain:1

Jul 02, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 259 of the ALK protein (p.Arg259Gly). This variant is present in population databases (rs771593278, gnomAD 0.02%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with ALK-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 574357). 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 tolerated. 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome

Uncertain:1

May 16, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.R259G variant (also known as c.775C>G), located in coding exon 2 of the ALK gene, results from a C to G substitution at nucleotide position 775. The arginine at codon 259 is replaced by glycine, an amino acid with dissimilar 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. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Uncertain

0.47

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.31

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.21

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.14

Eigen

Uncertain

0.49

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.55

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.96

LIST_S2

Benign

0.69

M_CAP

Benign

0.067

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.76

MetaSVM

Uncertain

-0.21

MutationAssessor

Benign

0.55

PhyloP100

3.9

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.61

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.4

REVEL

Benign

0.20

Sift

Uncertain

0.0040

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.0090

Polyphen

0.99

Vest4

0.85

MutPred

0.36

Loss of stability (P = 0.1545);

MVP

0.98

MPC

0.40

ClinPred

0.82

GERP RS

5.4

PromoterAI

-0.025

Neutral

(source)

Varity_R

0.19

gMVP

0.45

Mutation Taster

=79/21

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.050

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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