5-1294622-C-G

Variant names:

• chr5-1294622-C-G
• rs768398792
• NM_198253.3:c.264G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points: 2P and 6B. PM2 BP4_Strong BP6 BP7

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.264G>C​(p.Leu88Leu) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000139 in 1,443,870 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. L88L) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:1 B:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -2.04
• Publications: 0 publications found

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: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2

  Inheritance: SD, AR, AD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen, Ambry Genetics, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Genomics England PanelApp
• 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

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.75).
• BP6: Variant 5-1294622-C-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr5-1294622-C-G is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 436981.
• BP7: Synonymous conserved (PhyloP=-2.05 with no splicing effect.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_198253.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TERT	NM_198253.3	MANE Select	c.264G>C	p.Leu88Leu	synonymous	Exon 2 of 16	NP_937983.2	O14746-1
	TERT	NM_001193376.3		c.264G>C	p.Leu88Leu	synonymous	Exon 2 of 15	NP_001180305.1	O14746-3
	TERT	NR_149162.3		n.343G>C		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TERT	ENST00000310581.10	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.264G>C	p.Leu88Leu	synonymous	Exon 2 of 16	ENSP00000309572.5	O14746-1
	TERT	ENST00000334602.10	TSL:1	c.264G>C	p.Leu88Leu	synonymous	Exon 2 of 15	ENSP00000334346.6	O14746-3
	TERT	ENST00000460137.6	TSL:1	n.264G>C		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 13	ENSP00000425003.1	O14746-4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 34

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000919 AC: 2 AN: 217632 AF XY: 0.00000822

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.0000592

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

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: 0.00000139 AC: 2 AN: 1443870 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 35 AF XY: 0.00000139 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 718628

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33376

American (AMR) AF: 0.0000449 AC: 2 AN: 44520

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26002

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39644

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 85878

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 37658

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5746

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1110926

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60120

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.000203476), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 34

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions as Germline

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
-	-	1	Dyskeratosis congenita (1)
-	-	1	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis;C3151443:Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2 (1)
-	1	-	not specified (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.75
CADD	Benign	1.0
DANN	Benign	0.45
PhyloP100		-2.0
PromoterAI		-0.00070	Neutral
Mutation Taster		=100/0	polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs768398792; hg19: chr5-1294737;