NM_000249.4:c.821A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM1PM2

The NM_000249.4(MLH1):​c.821A>G​(p.Lys274Arg) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000031 in 1,614,024 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000027 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

MLH1
NM_000249.4 missense

Scores

2
7
10

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.16

Publications

5 publications found
Variant links:
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

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 5 benign, 35 uncertain in NM_000249.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
MLH1NM_000249.4 linkc.821A>G p.Lys274Arg missense_variant Exon 10 of 19 ENST00000231790.8 NP_000240.1 P40692-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
MLH1ENST00000231790.8 linkc.821A>G p.Lys274Arg missense_variant Exon 10 of 19 1 NM_000249.4 ENSP00000231790.3 P40692-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152138
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:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000398
AC:
1
AN:
251470
AF XY:
0.00
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:
0.00000879
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000274
AC:
4
AN:
1461886
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00000413
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
727242
show subpopulations
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:
39700
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53420
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5766
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000360
AC:
4
AN:
1112006
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60396
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.438
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
2
3
4
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152138
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
74318
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41436
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15274
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5180
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4828
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10602
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000147
AC:
1
AN:
68030
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2090
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.525
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000756
ExAC
AF:
0.00000824
AC:
1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:5
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Muir-Torré syndrome;C1333991:Colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolyposis, type 2;C5399763:Mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1 Uncertain:1
Oct 31, 2018
Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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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

- -

not provided Uncertain:1
Feb 24, 2015
GeneDx
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is denoted MLH1 c.821A>G at the cDNA level, p.Lys274Arg (K274R) at the protein level, and results in the change of a Lysine to an Arginine (AAA>AGA). This variant has not, to our knowledge, been published in the literature as pathogenic or benign. MLH1 Lys274Arg was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations. Since Lysine and Arginine share similar properties, this is considered a conservative amino acid substitution. MLH1 Lys274Arg occurs at a position that is conserved across species and is not located in a known functional domain (UniProt). In silico analyses are inconsistent regarding the effect this variant may have on protein structure and function. Based on currently available information, it is unclear whether MLH1 Lys274Arg is pathogenic or benign. We consider it to be a variant of uncertain significance. -

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms Uncertain:1
Aug 04, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces lysine, which is basic and polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 274 of the MLH1 protein (p.Lys274Arg). This variant is present in population databases (rs769958855, gnomAD 0.0009%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with colorectal cancer, as well as in control individuals from the Icelandic population (PMID: 28466842). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 418300). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is not expected to disrupt MLH1 protein function with a negative predictive value of 95%. 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 Uncertain:1
Sep 04, 2024
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.K274R variant (also known as c.821A>G), located in coding exon 10 of the MLH1 gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 821. The lysine at codon 274 is replaced by arginine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This alteration has been identified with a carrier frequency of 0.22% in an Icelandic colorectal cancer cohort (Haraldsdottir S et al. Nat Commun, 2017 05;8:14755). This amino acid position is highly 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.082
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.17
D
BayesDel_noAF
Uncertain
0.0
CADD
Benign
22
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.55
D;.;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen
Benign
-0.082
Eigen_PC
Benign
0.11
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.98
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.87
D;D;.;.;.;D;D
M_CAP
Benign
0.029
D
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.48
T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.71
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
0.69
N;.;.;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100
7.2
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.56
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.3
N;N;N;N;N;N;N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.48
Sift
Benign
0.15
T;T;T;T;T;T;T
Sift4G
Benign
0.18
T;T;T;T;T;T;T
Polyphen
0.049
B;.;.;.;.;.;.
Vest4
0.57
MutPred
0.48
Loss of methylation at K274 (P = 0.0401);.;.;.;.;.;.;
MVP
0.95
MPC
0.069
ClinPred
0.77
D
GERP RS
4.2
Varity_R
0.20
gMVP
0.48
Mutation Taster
=53/47
polymorphism

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.010
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: rs769958855; hg19: chr3-37059027; API