NM_000179.3:c.2875C>T

Variant names:

• chr2-47800858-C-T
• rs751973865
• NM_000179.3:c.2875C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points: 3P and 0B. PM1 PP3

The NM_000179.3(MSH6):​c.2875C>T​(p.Arg959Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000868 in 1,613,728 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic 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. R959P) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000082 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: MSH6 NM_000179.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:7 B:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.28
• Publications: 6 publications found

Genes affected

MSH6 (HGNC:7329): (mutS homolog 6) This gene encodes a member of the DNA mismatch repair MutS family. In E. coli, the MutS protein helps in the recognition of mismatched nucleotides prior to their repair. A highly conserved region of approximately 150 aa, called the Walker-A adenine nucleotide binding motif, exists in MutS homologs. The encoded protein heterodimerizes with MSH2 to form a mismatch recognition complex that functions as a bidirectional molecular switch that exchanges ADP and ATP as DNA mismatches are bound and dissociated. Mutations in this gene may be associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, colorectal cancer, and endometrial cancer. Transcripts variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

FBXO11 (HGNC:13590): (F-box protein 11) This gene encodes a member of the F-box protein family which is characterized by an approximately 40 amino acid motif, the F-box. The F-box proteins constitute one of the four subunits of ubiquitin protein ligase complex called SCFs (SKP1-cullin-F-box), which function in phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitination. The F-box proteins are divided into 3 classes: Fbws containing WD-40 domains, Fbls containing leucine-rich repeats, and Fbxs containing either different protein-protein interaction modules or no recognizable motifs. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the Fbxs class. It can function as an arginine methyltransferase that symmetrically dimethylates arginine residues, and it acts as an adaptor protein to mediate the neddylation of p53, which leads to the suppression of p53 function. This gene is known to be down-regulated in melanocytes from patients with vitiligo, a skin disorder that results in depigmentation. Polymorphisms in this gene are associated with chronic otitis media with effusion and recurrent otitis media (COME/ROM), a hearing loss disorder, and the knockout of the homologous mouse gene results in the deaf mouse mutant Jeff (Jf), a single gene model of otitis media. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2010]

FBXO11 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• intellectual developmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and behavioral abnormalities

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, G2P

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 10 benign, 45 uncertain in NM_000179.3
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.814

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000179.3. 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
	MSH6	NM_000179.3	MANE Select	c.2875C>T	p.Arg959Cys	missense	Exon 4 of 10	NP_000170.1
	MSH6	NM_001406795.1		c.2971C>T	p.Arg991Cys	missense	Exon 5 of 11	NP_001393724.1
	MSH6	NM_001406813.1		c.2881C>T	p.Arg961Cys	missense	Exon 4 of 10	NP_001393742.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	MSH6	ENST00000234420.11	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.2875C>T	p.Arg959Cys	missense	Exon 4 of 10	ENSP00000234420.5
	MSH6	ENST00000445503.5	TSL:1	n.*2222C>T		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 3 of 9	ENSP00000405294.1
	MSH6	ENST00000445503.5	TSL:1	n.*2222C>T		3_prime_UTR	Exon 3 of 9	ENSP00000405294.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152112 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS AF: 0.000192

Gnomad SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.0000147

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.0000120 AC: 3 AN: 250096 AF XY: 0.00000739

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.0000266

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000821 AC: 12 AN: 1461616 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 34 AF XY: 0.00000688 AC XY: 5 AN XY: 727084

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33470

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44678

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26124

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39692

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86204

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53382

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000108 AC: 12 AN: 1111922

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60378

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152112 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74304

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

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41400

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15272

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

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.000192 AC: 1 AN: 5202

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4820

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10600

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000147 AC: 1 AN: 68026

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2094

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

EpiCase AF: 0.00

EpiControl AF: 0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:7 Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:2

Jun 14, 2021

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: MSH6 c.2875C>T (p.Arg959Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, core domain (IPR007696) of the encoded protein sequence. Three of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 1.2e-05 in 250096 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.2875C>T has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer without strong evidence for causality (e.g. Caminsky_2016, Schubert_2019). In addition, a somatic occurrence of c.2875C>T has been reported in at least one tumor from a patient with Lynch-Like colorectal cancer (e.g. Golubicki_2021). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Lynch Syndrome. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Four clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories cited the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance.

Mar 04, 2025

Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:2

Dec 16, 2022

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces arginine with cysteine at codon 959 of the MSH6 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may have deleterious impact on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold >= 0.7, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in an individual affected with breast and/or ovarian cancer (PMID: 26898890). This variant has been identified in 5/281492 chromosomes 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.

Oct 13, 2023

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.R959C variant (also known as c.2875C>T), located in coding exon 4 of the MSH6 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 2875. The arginine at codon 959 is replaced by cysteine, an amino acid with highly dissimilar properties. This variant was observed in 2/287 patients with hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (Caminsky NG et al. Hum Mutat, 2016 07;37:640-52). This amino acid position is well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear.

Lynch syndrome Uncertain:1

Dec 01, 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 arginine with cysteine at codon 959 of the MSH6 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may have deleterious impact on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold >= 0.7, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in an individual affected with breast and/or ovarian cancer (PMID: 26898890). This variant has been identified in 5/281492 chromosomes 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.

not provided Uncertain:1

Feb 05, 2025

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 has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Observed in individuals with personal and/or family history of breast, ovarian, or colorectal cancer (PMID: 26898890, 33809179, 34326862, 30426508); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 27067391, 33809179, 17531815, 21120944, 34326862, 30426508, 26898890)

Endometrial carcinoma Uncertain:1

Aug 25, 2023

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms Benign:1

Nov 19, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.32
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.21	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.13
CADD	Uncertain	25
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.80	D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.39
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.48
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.97	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.98	D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.14	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.81	D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.33	D
MutationAssessor	Benign	2.0	M
PhyloP100		6.3
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.63	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-4.4	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.74
Sift	Benign	0.11	T
Sift4G	Benign	0.081	T
Polyphen		0.59	P
Vest4		0.66
MutPred		0.73		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0396)
MVP		0.92
ClinPred		0.97	D
GERP RS		4.7
Varity_R		0.62
gMVP		0.74
Mutation Taster		=61/39	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: rs751973865; hg19: chr2-48027997;