5-1253741-G-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points: 2P and 2B. PM2 BP4_Moderate

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.3386C>G(p.Thr1129Ser) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 12/21 in silico tools predict 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. T1129N) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.881

Genes affected

TERT (HGNC:11730): (telomerase reverse transcriptase) Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

(HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.22419408).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.3386C>G	p.Thr1129Ser	missense_variant	16/16	ENST00000310581.10
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.3197C>G	p.Thr1066Ser	missense_variant	15/15
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.3094C>G		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	13/13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.3058C>G		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	13/13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.3386C>G	p.Thr1129Ser	missense_variant	16/16	1	NM_198253.3	P2
	ENST00000666708.1	n.289-933G>C		intron_variant, non_coding_transcript_variant

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Jul 07, 2023

This sequence change replaces threonine, which is neutral and polar, with serine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 1129 of the TERT protein (p.Thr1129Ser). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TERT-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 471892). 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) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on TERT protein function. 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;C0265965:Dyskeratosis congenita Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Jun 24, 2022

The p.T1129S variant (also known as c.3386C>G), located in coding exon 16 of the TERT gene, results from a C to G substitution at nucleotide position 3386. The threonine at codon 1129 is replaced by serine, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is conserved. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.11
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.028	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.20
Cadd	Benign	15
Dann	Benign	0.95
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.40	T;.
Eigen	Benign	-0.34
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.37
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.47	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.57	T;T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.56	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.22	T;T
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.049	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.2	M;.
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;N;N
PrimateAI	Benign	0.43	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.80	N;N
REVEL	Uncertain	0.35
Sift	Benign	0.11	T;T
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.044	D;T
Polyphen		0.68	P;P
Vest4		0.099
MutPred		0.16		Gain of helix (P = 0.0425);.;
MVP		0.88
MPC		1.0
ClinPred		0.45	T
GERP RS		0.97
Varity_R		0.058
gMVP		0.17

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs775095158; hg19: chr5-1253856;