NM_000059.4:c.8042C>G

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM1

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):c.8042C>G(p.Thr2681Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000434 in 1,613,904 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. 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. T2681P) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000034 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

BRCA2
NM_000059.4 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:10B:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.53

Publications

10 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

BRCA2 (HGNC:1101): (BRCA2 DNA repair associated) Inherited mutations in BRCA1 and this gene, BRCA2, confer increased lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Both BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in maintenance of genome stability, specifically the homologous recombination pathway for double-strand DNA repair. The largest exon in both genes is exon 11, which harbors the most important and frequent mutations in breast cancer patients. The BRCA2 gene was found on chromosome 13q12.3 in human. The BRCA2 protein contains several copies of a 70 aa motif called the BRC motif, and these motifs mediate binding to the RAD51 recombinase which functions in DNA repair. BRCA2 is considered a tumor suppressor gene, as tumors with BRCA2 mutations generally exhibit loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the wild-type allele. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]

BRCA2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
Fanconi anemia complementation group D1
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, G2P
pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 2
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
sarcoma
Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Fanconi anemia
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
medulloblastoma
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

BRCA2 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

PM1

In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 14 benign, 35 uncertain in NM_000059.4

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
BRCA2	NM_000059.4 link	c.8042C>G	p.Thr2681Arg	missense_variant	Exon 18 of 27	ENST00000380152.8	NP_000050.3	P51587

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	UniProt
BRCA2	ENST00000380152.8 link	c.8042C>G	p.Thr2681Arg	missense_variant	Exon 18 of 27	5	NM_000059.4	ENSP00000369497.3	P51587
BRCA2	ENST00000530893.7 link	c.7673C>G	p.Thr2558Arg	missense_variant	Exon 18 of 27	1		ENSP00000499438.2	A0A590UJI7
BRCA2	ENST00000614259.2 link	n.*100C>G		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 17 of 26	2		ENSP00000506251.1	A0A7P0TAP7
BRCA2	ENST00000614259.2 link	n.*100C>G		3_prime_UTR_variant	Exon 17 of 26	2		ENSP00000506251.1	A0A7P0TAP7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000131

AC:

AN:

152164

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

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:

0.0000294

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000342

AC:

AN:

1461740

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00000413

AC XY:

AN XY:

727156

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

33478

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26134

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39690

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86250

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53380

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000450

AC:

AN:

1111922

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60394

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.485

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

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0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000131

AC:

AN:

152164

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74326

show subpopulations

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

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

41430

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15276

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5194

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4836

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10604

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000294

AC:

AN:

68036

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2090

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0.006664), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.325

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.00

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.00000756

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:10Benign:2

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2

Uncertain:3

Oct 14, 2017

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). Publications were found based on this search. However, the evidence from the literature, in combination with allele frequency data from public databases where available, was not sufficient to rule this variant in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -

Dec 18, 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 arginine at codon 2681 of the BRCA2 protein. Computational prediction is inconclusive regarding the impact of this variant on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold 0.5 < inconclusive < 0.7, PMID: 27666373). A functional study in mouse embryonic stem cells showed that this variant did not impact cell viability or drug sensitivity (PMID: 33293522). This variant has been reported in individuals with a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer (PMID: 18824701, 22476429) and in a multifactorial analysis with tumor pathology, co-occurrence and family history likelihood ratios for pathogenicity of 0.690, 1.102 and 0.858, respectively (PMID: 31131967). 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. -

Apr 13, 2018

Counsyl

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com. -

not provided

Uncertain:3

Jul 12, 2019

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

May 22, 2023

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Published functional studies suggest no impact on function: performed similar to wild type in cell survival and drug-sensitivity assays (Biswas et al., 2020); Observed in individuals with a personal or family history including breast and/or ovarian cancer (Lu et al., 2012); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Also known as 8270C>G; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 18951461, 18824701, 28339459, 29884841, 31853058, 32377563, 31131967, 12228710, 22476429, 33293522) -

Jan 09, 2015

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome

Uncertain:1Benign:1

Nov 30, 2023

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Mar 27, 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. -

not specified

Uncertain:1

May 30, 2023

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: BRCA2 c.8042C>G (p.Thr2681Arg) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the BRCA2, OB1 domain (IPR015187) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 251192 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.8042C>G has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with breast cancer (example, Spearman_2008, Lu_2012), but has also been reported at a carrier frequency of 0.0001365 in a cohort of European American women over the age of 70 with no history of cancer (FLOSSIES dataset). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. Co-occurrences with other pathogenic variants have been observed at our laboratory (CHEK2 c.283C>T, p.Arg95X; BRCA2 c.1755_1759delGAAAA, p.Lys585AsnfsX3), providing supporting evidence for a benign role. One study showed that this variant has a weak impact on splicing, with the canonical transcript at approximately 97.7% (Fraile-Bethencourt_BRCA2_PLOS_2017). Additionally, one functional study showed no damaging effect of this variant by cell survival and drug sensitivity (Biswas_2020). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 33293522, 28339459, 22476429, 18824701). Eight ClinVar submitters have assessed this variant since 2014: seven classified the variant as uncertain significance and one as likely benign. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly benign. -

Fanconi anemia complementation group D1

Uncertain:1

Oct 14, 2017

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Familial cancer of breast

Uncertain:1

Feb 29, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

Benign:1

Dec 23, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Uncertain

0.41

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.22

BayesDel_noAF

Uncertain

0.080

CADD

Benign

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

0.99

Eigen

Uncertain

0.44

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.41

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.96

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.17

MetaRNN

Uncertain

0.73

D;D

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.29

PhyloP100

2.5

PrimateAI

Benign

0.38

PROVEAN

Benign

-1.7

N;N

REVEL

Uncertain

0.60

Sift

Uncertain

0.0010

D;D

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.013

D;D

Vest4

0.58

MutPred

0.50

Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0116);Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0116);

MVP

0.89

MPC

0.16

ClinPred

0.94

GERP RS

4.2

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.1

gMVP

0.70

Mutation Taster

=79/21

polymorphism

(source)

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

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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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