7-5986976-T-C

Variant names:

• chr7-5986976-T-C
• rs1805318
• NM_000535.7:c.1789A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 2P and 5B. PM2 BP4_Strong BP6

The NM_000535.7(PMS2):​c.1789A>G​(p.Thr597Ala) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000131 in 152,204 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 16/22 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. T597S) has been classified as Benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 32)
• Consequence: PMS2 NM_000535.7 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:3 B:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.538
• Publications: 37 publications found

Genes affected

PMS2 (HGNC:9122): (PMS1 homolog 2, mismatch repair system component) The protein encoded by this gene is a key component of the mismatch repair system that functions to correct DNA mismatches and small insertions and deletions that can occur during DNA replication and homologous recombination. This protein forms heterodimers with the gene product of the mutL homolog 1 (MLH1) gene to form the MutL-alpha heterodimer. The MutL-alpha heterodimer possesses an endonucleolytic activity that is activated following recognition of mismatches and insertion/deletion loops by the MutS-alpha and MutS-beta heterodimers, and is necessary for removal of the mismatched DNA. There is a DQHA(X)2E(X)4E motif found at the C-terminus of the protein encoded by this gene that forms part of the active site of the nuclease. Mutations in this gene have been associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC; also known as Lynch syndrome) and Turcot syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2016]

PMS2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Lynch syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
• Lynch syndrome 4

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 4

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• malignant pancreatic neoplasm

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• ovarian cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• Muir-Torre syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• rhabdomyosarcoma

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• breast cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• prostate cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• hereditary breast carcinoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.067462).
• BP6: Variant 7-5986976-T-C is Benign according to our data. Variant chr7-5986976-T-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 566405.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PMS2	NM_000535.7	c.1789A>G	p.Thr597Ala	missense_variant	Exon 11 of 15	ENST00000265849.12	NP_000526.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PMS2	ENST00000265849.12	c.1789A>G	p.Thr597Ala	missense_variant	Exon 11 of 15	1	NM_000535.7	ENSP00000265849.7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152204 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

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: 0.00

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.00

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152204 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74348

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000482 AC: 2 AN: 41466

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15256

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3470

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5196

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4834

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10622

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 68040

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2092

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 8

Bravo AF: 0.0000113

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3 Benign:2

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1 Benign:1

Feb 16, 2023

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 20068231, 22949387)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

The PMS2 p.Thr597Ala variant was not identified in the literature. The variant was identified in dbSNP (rs1805318) as “with other allele” and ClinVar (classified as uncertain significance by Invitae). The variant was not identified in the following control databases: the Exome Aggregation Consortium (August 8th 2016), or the Genome Aggregation Database (Feb 27, 2017). The variant was identified in our laboratory in an individual with a co-occurring pathogenic PMS2 variant (c.2445+1G>C). The p.Thr597 residue is not conserved in mammals and computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) do not suggest a high likelihood of impact to the protein; however, this information is not predictive enough to rule out pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) do not predict a difference in splicing. In summary, based on the above information the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time although we would lean towards a more benign role for this variant. This variant is classified as likely benign.

Lynch syndrome Uncertain:1

Dec 13, 2023

All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces threonine with alanine at codon 597 of the PMS2 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has not been reported in individuals affected with PMS2-related disorders in the literature. This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms Uncertain:1

Oct 27, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces threonine, which is neutral and polar, with alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 597 of the PMS2 protein (p.Thr597Ala). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PMS2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 566405). 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) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt PMS2 protein function with a negative predictive value of 80%. 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 Benign:1

Jul 17, 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
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.067
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.25	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.60
CADD	Benign	0.38
DANN	Benign	0.27
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.076	T;.;.;.;.
Eigen	Benign	-1.5
Eigen_PC	Benign	-1.6
LIST_S2	Benign	0.39	T;T;.;T;.
M_CAP	Benign	0.0063	T
MetaRNN	Benign	0.067	T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM	Benign	-1.0	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	1.7	L;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100		-0.54
PrimateAI	Benign	0.26	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.75	N;N;.;.;.
Sift	Benign	0.79	T;T;.;.;.
Sift4G	Benign	0.84	T;T;.;.;.
Vest4		0.10
ClinPred		0.037	T
GERP RS		-11
Varity_R		0.029
gMVP		0.18
Mutation Taster		=94/6	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: rs1805318; hg19: chr7-6026607;