5-1253835-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -12 ACMG points: 0P and 12B. BP4_StrongBP6_Very_Strong

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.3296-4G>A variant causes a splice region, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000688 in 1,453,740 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000069 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 splice_region, intron

Scores

Splicing: ADA: 0.00002923

Clinical Significance

Likely benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: -1.51

Publications

1 publications found

Variant links:

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]

TERT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2
Inheritance: AR, AD, SD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
acute myeloid leukemia
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
dyskeratosis congenita
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics

TERT links:

ENSG00000287486 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000287486 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -12 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.89).

BP6

Variant 5-1253835-C-T is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1253835-C-T is described in ClinVar as Likely_benign. ClinVar VariationId is 539257.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3 link	c.3296-4G>A	splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 15 of 15	ENST00000310581.10	NP_937983.2	O14746-1
TERT	NM_001193376.3 link	c.3107-4G>A	splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 14 of 14		NP_001180305.1	O14746-3
TERT	NR_149162.3 link	n.3004-4G>A	splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 12 of 12
TERT	NR_149163.3 link	n.2968-4G>A	splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 12 of 12

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10 link	c.3296-4G>A		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 15 of 15	1	NM_198253.3	ENSP00000309572.5		O14746-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

Cov.:

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.00000434

AC:

AN:

230210

AF XY:

0.00000799

show subpopulations

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:

0.00000961

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000688

AC:

AN:

1453740

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000415

AC XY:

AN XY:

722334

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33454

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

43420

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

25794

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39432

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

84190

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

51900

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5754

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000721

AC:

AN:

1109664

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000166

AC:

AN:

60132

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.430

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

Cov.:

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Likely benign

Submissions summary: Benign:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

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

Benign:1

Jun 17, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Dyskeratosis congenita

Benign:1

May 14, 2025

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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.89

CADD

Benign

1.4

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.45

PhyloP100

-1.5

Mutation Taster

=100/0

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

dbscSNV1_ADA

Benign

0.000029

dbscSNV1_RF

Benign

0.0

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

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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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