NM_000222.3:c.2152A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -19 ACMG points: 1P and 20B. PP2BP4_StrongBP6_Very_StrongBS1BS2

The NM_000222.3(KIT):​c.2152A>G​(p.Thr718Ala) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000924 in 1,612,300 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 17/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. T718T) has been classified as Likely benign.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000046 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000097 ( 1 hom. )

Consequence

KIT
NM_000222.3 missense

Scores

1
18

Clinical Significance

Likely benign criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts B:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.816

Publications

1 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
KIT (HGNC:6342): (KIT proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase) This gene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase. This gene was initially identified as a homolog of the feline sarcoma viral oncogene v-kit and is often referred to as proto-oncogene c-Kit. The canonical form of this glycosylated transmembrane protein has an N-terminal extracellular region with five immunoglobulin-like domains, a transmembrane region, and an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain at the C-terminus. Upon activation by its cytokine ligand, stem cell factor (SCF), this protein phosphorylates multiple intracellular proteins that play a role in in the proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis of many cell types and thereby plays an important role in hematopoiesis, stem cell maintenance, gametogenesis, melanogenesis, and in mast cell development, migration and function. This protein can be a membrane-bound or soluble protein. Mutations in this gene are associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumors, mast cell disease, acute myelogenous leukemia, and piebaldism. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]
KIT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • gastrointestinal stromal tumor
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
  • piebaldism
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Ambry Genetics, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • mastocytosis
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -19 ACMG points.

PP2
Missense variant in the KIT gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 54 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 7 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 2.5806 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 4.1549 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to cutaneous mastocytosis, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, mastocytosis, piebaldism.
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.009217501).
BP6
Variant 4-54731338-A-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr4-54731338-A-G is described in CliVar as Likely_benign. Clinvar id is 458908.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population sas. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.000046 (7/152290) while in subpopulation SAS AF = 0.00145 (7/4826). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00068. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 6 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 32. This position passed quality control check.
BS2
High AC in GnomAd4 at 7 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
KITNM_000222.3 linkc.2152A>G p.Thr718Ala missense_variant Exon 15 of 21 ENST00000288135.6 NP_000213.1 P10721-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
KITENST00000288135.6 linkc.2152A>G p.Thr718Ala missense_variant Exon 15 of 21 1 NM_000222.3 ENSP00000288135.6 P10721-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152172
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
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:
0.00145
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.000195
AC:
49
AN:
250924
AF XY:
0.000295
show subpopulations
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000973
AC:
142
AN:
1460010
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.000145
AC XY:
105
AN XY:
726478
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33412
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44700
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26098
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39690
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00155
AC:
134
AN:
86214
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53390
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.000174
AC:
1
AN:
5758
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1110458
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.000116
AC:
7
AN:
60290
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.463
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
10
20
29
39
49
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Exome Hom
Variant carriers
0
4
8
12
16
20
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152290
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000806
AC XY:
6
AN XY:
74482
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41578
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15296
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3468
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5172
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00145
AC:
7
AN:
4826
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10624
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68006
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2114
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.511
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000378
ExAC
AF:
0.000165
AC:
20

ClinVar

Significance: Likely benign
Submissions summary: Benign:3
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Benign:1
Apr 01, 2023
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

KIT: BP4, BS1 -

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor Benign:1
Jan 26, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Benign:1
Jan 08, 2020
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
0.058
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.49
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.50
CADD
Benign
6.4
DANN
Benign
0.42
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.44
.;T
Eigen
Benign
-0.86
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.75
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.092
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.65
T;T
M_CAP
Benign
0.016
T
MetaRNN
Benign
0.0092
T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.98
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.65
.;N
PhyloP100
0.82
PrimateAI
Benign
0.36
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.66
N;N
REVEL
Benign
0.093
Sift
Benign
0.73
T;T
Sift4G
Benign
0.78
T;T
Polyphen
0.0010
B;B
Vest4
0.16
MutPred
0.46
.;Gain of glycosylation at Y721 (P = 0);
MVP
0.47
MPC
0.44
ClinPred
0.0070
T
GERP RS
3.2
Varity_R
0.16
gMVP
0.45
Mutation Taster
=99/1
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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs564307874; hg19: chr4-55597504; API