NM_000059.4:c.8854A>T

Variant names:

• chr13-32379416-A-T
• rs397508016
• NM_000059.4:c.8854A>T

Variant summary

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

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):​c.8854A>T​(p.Met2952Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000657 in 152,226 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 16/20 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. M2952V) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 32)
• Consequence: BRCA2 NM_000059.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:2 B:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -1.56
• Publications: 7 publications found

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

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=0.056901425).
• BP6: Variant 13-32379416-A-T is Benign according to our data. Variant chr13-32379416-A-T is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 842867.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000059.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	BRCA2	NM_000059.4	MANE Select	c.8854A>T	p.Met2952Leu	missense	Exon 22 of 27	NP_000050.3
	BRCA2	NM_001432077.1		c.8854A>T	p.Met2952Leu	missense	Exon 22 of 27	NP_001419006.1
	BRCA2	NM_001406720.1		c.8854A>T	p.Met2952Leu	missense	Exon 22 of 27	NP_001393649.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	BRCA2	ENST00000380152.8	TSL:5 MANE Select	c.8854A>T	p.Met2952Leu	missense	Exon 22 of 27	ENSP00000369497.3
	BRCA2	ENST00000544455.6	TSL:1	c.8854A>T	p.Met2952Leu	missense	Exon 22 of 27	ENSP00000439902.1
	BRCA2	ENST00000530893.7	TSL:1	c.8485A>T	p.Met2829Leu	missense	Exon 22 of 27	ENSP00000499438.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152226 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.0000241

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.: 31

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152226 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.0000134 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 74372

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000241 AC: 1 AN: 41472

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15282

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3468

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5204

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: 68024

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

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000113

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2 Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1

Jan 25, 2021

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Not observed in large population cohorts (Lek 2016); 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; Also known as 9082A>T

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Uncertain:1

Dec 19, 2019

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces methionine with leucine at codon 2952 of the BRCA2 protein (p.Met2952Leu). The methionine residue is weakly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between methionine and leucine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with BRCA2-related conditions. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Tolerated"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0". The leucine amino acid residue is found in multiple mammalian species, suggesting that this missense change does not adversely affect protein function. These predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. 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

Jun 10, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This alteration is classified as 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 v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.11
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.11	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.40
CADD	Benign	0.77
DANN	Benign	0.43
Eigen	Benign	-1.5
Eigen_PC	Benign	-1.5
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.030	N
M_CAP	Benign	0.020	T
MetaRNN	Benign	0.057	T
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.97	T
PhyloP100		-1.6
PrimateAI	Benign	0.22	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.42	N
REVEL	Benign	0.26
Sift	Benign	0.86	T
Sift4G	Benign	0.79	T
Vest4		0.28
MutPred		0.56		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.084)
MVP		0.53
MPC		0.022
ClinPred		0.016	T
GERP RS		-5.7
gMVP		0.25
Mutation Taster		=45/55	disease causing

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: rs397508016; hg19: chr13-32953553;