NM_000249.4:c.1874A>G

Variant names:

• chr3-37047661-A-G
• rs748851107
• NM_000249.4:c.1874A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM5 PP3_Strong

The NM_000249.4(MLH1):​c.1874A>G​(p.Tyr625Cys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000205 in 1,461,846 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. Y625S) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000021 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: MLH1 NM_000249.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:7 B:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.08
• Publications: 5 publications found

Genes affected

MLH1 (HGNC:7127): (mutL homolog 1) The protein encoded by this gene can heterodimerize with mismatch repair endonuclease PMS2 to form MutL alpha, part of the DNA mismatch repair system. When MutL alpha is bound by MutS beta and some accessory proteins, the PMS2 subunit of MutL alpha introduces a single-strand break near DNA mismatches, providing an entry point for exonuclease degradation. The encoded protein is also involved in DNA damage signaling and can heterodimerize with DNA mismatch repair protein MLH3 to form MutL gamma, which is involved in meiosis. This gene was identified as a locus frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]

MLH1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Lynch syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Orphanet
• Lynch syndrome 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
• Muir-Torre syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics, G2P, Orphanet
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen
• Lynch syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• ovarian cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• malignant pancreatic neoplasm

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• rhabdomyosarcoma

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• prostate cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• breast cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• hereditary breast carcinoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 8 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 6 benign, 39 uncertain in NM_000249.4
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr3-37047661-A-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 2062749.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.973

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
MLH1	NM_000249.4	c.1874A>G	p.Tyr625Cys	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 19	ENST00000231790.8	NP_000240.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
MLH1	ENST00000231790.8	c.1874A>G	p.Tyr625Cys	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 19	1	NM_000249.4	ENSP00000231790.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251408 AF XY: 0.00

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: 0.00000880

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000205 AC: 30 AN: 1461846 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.0000261 AC XY: 19 AN XY: 727238

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39696

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53412

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000270 AC: 30 AN: 1111982

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60390

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000113

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:7 Benign:2

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolyposis, type 2 Uncertain:2 Benign:1

Mar 24, 2025

Molecular Pathology, Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Mar 21, 2025

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant is considered likely benign. This variant has been observed in trans with a known pathogenic variant in one or more individuals lacking clinical features consistent with gene-specific recessive disease. -

Oct 16, 2023

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:2

May 08, 2023

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Y625C variant (also known as c.1874A>G), located in coding exon 16 of the MLH1 gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 1874. The tyrosine at codon 625 is replaced by cysteine, an amino acid with highly dissimilar properties. This amino acid position is highly 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. -

Feb 06, 2023

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces tyrosine with cysteine at codon 625 of the MLH1 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 not been reported in individuals affected with MLH1-related disorders in the literature. This variant has been identified in 1/251408 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 specified Uncertain:1

Dec 02, 2024

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: MLH1 c.1874A>G (p.Tyr625Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the C-terminal domain (IPR032189) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 4e-06 in 251408 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.1874A>G in individuals affected with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 232394). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Lynch syndrome Uncertain:1

Mar 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 tyrosine with cysteine at codon 625 of the MLH1 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 not been reported in individuals affected with hereditary cancer in the literature. This variant has been identified in 1/251408 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

May 28, 2024

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; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 12799449, 20533529, 22753075) -

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms Benign:1

Oct 01, 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	Pathogenic	0.85
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.54	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.53
CADD	Pathogenic	28
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.95	D;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.94
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.88
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;.;.;.;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.64	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.97	D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.4	M;.;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100		9.1
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.78	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-8.5	D;D;D;D;D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.97
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D;D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D;D;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;.;.;.;.;.
Vest4		0.95
MutPred		0.83		Gain of loop (P = 0.2754);.;.;.;.;.;
MVP		0.97
MPC		0.45
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.5
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.1
Varity_R		0.96
gMVP		0.93
Mutation Taster		=13/87	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: rs748851107; hg19: chr3-37089152;