NM_000179.3:c.2962C>T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points: 1P and 0B. PP3

The NM_000179.3(MSH6):c.2962C>T(p.Arg988Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000159 in 1,571,538 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. R988P) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000017 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

MSH6
NM_000179.3 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:9B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.23

Publications

10 publications found

Variant links:

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]

MSH6 links:

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

FBXO11 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points.

PP3

MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.769

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
MSH6	NM_000179.3 link	c.2962C>T	p.Arg988Cys	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 10	ENST00000234420.11	NP_000170.1	P52701-1Q3SWU9

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
MSH6	ENST00000234420.11 link	c.2962C>T	p.Arg988Cys	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 10	1	NM_000179.3	ENSP00000234420.5		P52701-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152154

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

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

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000184

AC:

AN:

217122

AF XY:

0.0000172

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000359

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.0000294

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000169

AC:

AN:

1419384

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000214

AC XY:

AN XY:

701942

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

31730

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000266

AC:

AN:

37544

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

23546

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39306

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.0000127

AC:

AN:

78830

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.0000193

AC:

AN:

51896

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5524

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000192

AC:

AN:

1092582

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

58426

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.485

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00000657

AC:

AN:

152154

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

74322

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000241

AC:

AN:

41434

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15268

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5198

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4826

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10604

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

68034

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2092

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.525

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Alfa

AF:

0.0000273

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000151

ExAC

AF:

0.0000412

AC:

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:9Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome

Uncertain:3

Feb 10, 2025

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 988 of the MSH6 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). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in an individual affected with breast cancer (PMID: 35039564), and in individuals affected with Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer (PMID: 27601186, 30267214). This variant has been identified in 25/1571538 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. -

Dec 26, 2021

Sema4, Sema4

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:curation

- -

Jun 05, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.R988C variant (also known as c.2962C>T), located in coding exon 4 of the MSH6 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 2962. The arginine at codon 988 is replaced by cysteine, an amino acid with highly dissimilar properties. This variant was previously identified in a Swedish family with Lynch syndrome, but clinical details were not provided (Lagerstedt-Robinson K et al. Oncol. Rep. 2016 Nov;36(5):2823-2835). In another study, this variant was detected in 1/165 colorectal cancer and/or polyposis patients and was not identified in 2512 control individuals from a healthy population database (Rosenthal EA et al. Hum Genet, 2018 Oct;137:795-806). This amino acid position is not well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

not provided

Uncertain:2

Sep 30, 2022

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 one family suspected of having Lynch syndrome, as well as an individual with breast cancer (Lagerstedt-Robinson et al., 2016; Eygelaar et al., 2022); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 23621914, 28494185, 17531815, 21120944, 35039564, 27601186) -

May 21, 2021

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified

Uncertain:1

May 24, 2022

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.2962C>T (p.Arg988Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, core domain (IPR007696) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. A computer modelling approach for predicting the impact of MSH6 variants on protein function scored the variant as likely to impair function (Terui_2013) however, to our knowledge this has not yet been tested by a functional assay. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 1.8e-05 in 217122 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.2962C>T has been reported in the literature in an individual with breast cancer (Eygelaar_2022) and an individual with suspected Lynch Syndrome (Lagerstedt-Robinson_2016). However, these report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Lynch Syndrome. Five clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories classified the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Endometrial carcinoma;C1833477:Lynch syndrome 5;C5436807:Mismatch repair cancer syndrome 3

Uncertain:1

Oct 16, 2024

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Lynch syndrome

Uncertain:1

Aug 28, 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 988 of the MSH6 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). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in an individual affected with breast cancer (PMID: 35039564), and in individuals affected with Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer (PMID: 27601186, 30267214). This variant has been identified in 5/248524 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. -

Endometrial carcinoma

Uncertain:1

Mar 29, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms

Benign:1

Jan 01, 2025

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

Benign

0.12

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.18

BayesDel_noAF

Uncertain

0.12

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.81

.;.;D;T;.

Eigen

Uncertain

0.49

Eigen_PC

Uncertain

0.40

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.93

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.95

.;D;D;D;D

M_CAP

Uncertain

0.15

MetaRNN

Pathogenic

0.77

D;D;D;D;D

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.76

MutationAssessor

Uncertain

2.5

.;.;M;.;.

PhyloP100

6.2

PrimateAI

Benign

0.26

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-5.4

.;D;D;.;D

REVEL

Uncertain

0.52

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

.;D;D;.;D

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0010

D;D;D;D;D

Polyphen

0.99

.;.;D;.;.

Vest4

0.59

MutPred

0.40

.;.;Loss of disorder (P = 0.0262);.;.;

MVP

0.95

ClinPred

0.97

GERP RS

4.7

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.1

Varity_R

0.67

gMVP

0.60

Mutation Taster

=8/92

disease causing

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.0

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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Publications

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NM_000179.3:c.2962C>T

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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