5-1278706-C-T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_198253.3(TERT):c.2221G>A(p.Val741Met) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000266 in 1,614,066 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. V741L) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000020 ( 0 hom., cov: 34)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000027 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

TERT
NM_198253.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:5B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.941

Publications

5 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:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.2574669).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3 link	c.2221G>A	p.Val741Met	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 16	ENST00000310581.10	NP_937983.2	O14746-1
TERT	NM_001193376.3 link	c.2221G>A	p.Val741Met	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 15		NP_001180305.1	O14746-3
TERT	NR_149162.3 link	n.2300G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 6 of 13
TERT	NR_149163.3 link	n.2264G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 6 of 13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10 link	c.2221G>A	p.Val741Met	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 16	1	NM_198253.3	ENSP00000309572.5		O14746-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000197

AC:

AN:

152258

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000482

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.000207

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000398

AC:

AN:

251476

AF XY:

0.0000368

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.000185

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000289

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000440

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000274

AC:

AN:

1461808

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000275

AC XY:

AN XY:

727204

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.000119

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000224

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000464

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53334

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000234

AC:

AN:

1112012

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.0000828

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.447

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

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0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000197

AC:

AN:

152258

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000269

AC XY:

AN XY:

74384

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000482

AC:

AN:

41468

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15290

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5202

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.000207

AC:

AN:

4832

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10626

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68048

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2092

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.592

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000441

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000453

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.000227

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000116

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.0000576

AC:

EpiCase

AF:

0.0000545

EpiControl

AF:

0.000119

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Acute myeloid leukemia;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2;C3553617:Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1;C3554574:Melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9

Uncertain:2

Jan 18, 2024

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Center for Genomics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

TERT NM_198253.2 exon 6 p.Val741Met (c.2221G>A): This variant has not been reported in the literature, but it is present in 3/24032 of African alleles in the Genome Aggregation Database (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/5-1278821-C-T). This variant is present in ClinVar (Variation ID: 471857). This variant amino acid, Methionine (Met), is present in three mammalian species (Gorilla, Pika, Panda) and is not well conserved among evolutionarily distant species; this suggests that this variant may not impact the protein. Additional computational prediction tools do not suggest an impact. In summary, data on this variant are insufficient for disease classification. Therefore, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain. -

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2

Uncertain:1

Feb 13, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided

Uncertain:1

Aug 02, 2023

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Identified in individuals with myeloid neoplasia (Gurnari et al., 2022); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 35106810) -

Dyskeratosis congenita

Uncertain:1

Mar 11, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.V741M variant (also known as c.2221G>A), located in coding exon 6 of the TERT gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 2221. The valine at codon 741 is replaced by methionine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This amino acid position is not well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

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

Benign:1

Jan 11, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.11

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.23

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.34

CADD

Benign

7.0

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

0.99

DEOGEN2

Uncertain

0.51

D;.

Eigen

Benign

-0.66

Eigen_PC

Benign

-0.74

FATHMM_MKL

Benign

0.0073

LIST_S2

Benign

0.73

T;T

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.56

MetaRNN

Benign

0.26

T;T

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.35

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.3

L;L

PhyloP100

-0.94

PrimateAI

Benign

0.33

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.2

N;N

REVEL

Benign

0.23

Sift

Benign

0.033

D;D

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.049

D;D

Polyphen

0.76

P;B

Vest4

0.15

MVP

0.58

MPC

1.1

ClinPred

0.031

GERP RS

0.25

Varity_R

0.055

gMVP

0.85

Mutation Taster

=84/16

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.010

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

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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