NM_000251.3:c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC

Variant names:

• chr2-47476399-CGA-GGC
• NM_000251.3:c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC
• MSH2 p.Arg680Gly

GermlineCancer (beta)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance.

+3 Uncertain · Warm

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BenignB

Likely BenignLB

UncertainVUS

Likely PathogenicLP

PathogenicP

The variant received 3 classification points (ACGS-UK Somatic Oncogenicity v2025). O3_ModerateO5_SupportingO7_SupportingB2_Supporting

The NM_000251.3(MSH2):c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC (p.Arg680Gly) variant causes a missense change. The gene MSH2 is a tumor suppressor gene (CancerMine: 4 TSG, 3 oncogene, 1 driver citations). The gene MSH2 is a known oncogene (CancerMine: 4 TSG, 3 oncogene, 1 driver citations). The gene MSH2 is a cancer driver gene (CancerMine: 4 TSG, 3 oncogene, 1 driver citations). Note: allele frequency estimates from gnomAD may be inaccurate for this variant type (MNP or indel longer than 3 bp) due to technology limitations. The variant is absent from the gnomAD population database at sites with sufficient sequencing coverage. The affected nucleotide is highly conserved across species (PhyloP 100-way vertebrate score: 9.60). No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar. A different missense at the same amino acid position has been reported as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic in ClinVar: p.R680P: Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic (ClinVar VariationId 483690, 2 stars) Other variants at the same amino acid position have been reported in ClinVar (not pathogenic): p.R680G: Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity (ClinVar VariationId 186199); p.R680L: Uncertain_significance (ClinVar VariationId 1021808, 2 stars); p.R680Q: Uncertain_significance (ClinVar VariationId 579393, 2 stars); p.R680= (synonymous): Benign/Likely_benign (ClinVar VariationId 2827538, 2 stars); p.R680= (synonymous): Likely_benign (ClinVar VariationId 2819621, 1 star); p.R680= (synonymous): Likely_benign (ClinVar VariationId 4111043, 1 star)

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: MSH2 NM_000251.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.60
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

MSH2 (HGNC:7325): (mutS homolog 2) This locus is frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). When cloned, it was discovered to be a human homolog of the E. coli mismatch repair gene mutS, consistent with the characteristic alterations in microsatellite sequences (RER+ phenotype) found in HNPCC. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

MSH2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Lynch syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, G2P, Orphanet
• Lynch syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 2

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• Muir-Torre syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• ovarian cancer

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

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

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• rhabdomyosarcoma

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

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

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

Classification according to ACGS-UK Somatic Oncogenicity v2025

Specifications for MSH2 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Classification was made for transcript:

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 3 points.

Apply	Criterion Code & Title / Strength	Strength	Rationale / Clinical Context
	O3Absent or very rare in population		Absent or extremely rare in gnomAD (AC ≤ 2) — O3 moderate; GnomAD: AF = absent, AC = 0 — absent/extremely rare (O3 moderate [+2])
	O5Same location/impact as known oncogenic		Different AA at same residue with oncogenic evidence (or germline P/LP in TSG), or same AA change SCI Tier II Potential — Supporting (O5); ClinVar same-AA oncogenic/T1: false | ClinVar same-AA SCI tier: — | CGI same-AA oncogenic: false | TSG: true | ClinVar same-AA germline P/LP: false | CIViC LOF: false | ClinVar diff-AA oncogenic: false | ClinVar diff-AA germline P/LP: true
	O7Mutational hotspot or critical domain		Supporting: cancerhotspots.org hit, critical domain, or missense neighbourhood hotspot; No cancerhotspots.org hit at this position; UniProt domain: 0 pathogenic, 0 benign.; ±8 AA neighbourhood: 19 pathogenic, 12 benign (OR vs. background: 7.8); Variant does not impact splicing — splice-hotspot path not applicable
	B2Does not fit gene mode of action		Activating variant in tumor suppressor gene + same AA change classified germline Benign/Likely Benign — supporting benign evidence (B2, no cancer-type context); Activating variant in tumor suppressor gene + same AA change classified germline Benign/Likely Benign — supporting benign evidence (B2, no cancer-type context)

Variant Effect in Transcripts

Automated classification analysis was done for transcript: NM_000251.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated classification assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene / Transcript	Tags	HGVSc / HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	Protein / UniProt
	MSH2 NM_000251.3	MANE Select	c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC p.Arg680Gly	missense	N/A	Prot: NP_000242.1 UniProt:
	MSH2 NM_001406674.1		c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC p.Arg680Gly	missense	N/A	Prot: NP_001393603.1
	MSH2 NM_001406631.1		c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC p.Arg680Gly	missense	N/A	Prot: NP_001393560.1

MSH2 NM_000251.3

MANE Select

HGVSc / HGVSpc.2038_2040delCGAinsGGCp.Arg680Gly

Exon rankN/A

missense

Prot: NP_000242.1UniProt: P43246-1

MSH2 NM_001406674.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.2038_2040delCGAinsGGCp.Arg680Gly

Exon rankN/A

missense

Prot: NP_001393603.1

MSH2 NM_001406631.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.2038_2040delCGAinsGGCp.Arg680Gly

Exon rankN/A

missense

Prot: NP_001393560.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene / Transcript	Tags	HGVSc / HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	Protein / UniProt
	MSH2 ENST00000233146.7	TSL:1MANE Select	c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC p.Arg680Gly	missense	N/A	Prot: ENSP00000233146.2 UniProt:
	MSH2 ENST00000406134.5	TSL:1	c.2038_2040delCGAinsGGC p.Arg680Gly	missense	N/A	Prot: ENSP00000384199.1 UniProt:
	MSH2 ENST00000918107.1		c.2089_2091delCGAinsGGC p.Arg697Gly	missense	N/A	Prot: ENSP00000588166.1 UniProt:

MSH2 ENST00000233146.7

TSL:1MANE Select

HGVSc / HGVSpc.2038_2040delCGAinsGGCp.Arg680Gly

Exon rankN/A

missense

Prot: ENSP00000233146.2UniProt: P43246-1

MSH2 ENST00000406134.5

TSL:1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.2038_2040delCGAinsGGCp.Arg680Gly

Exon rankN/A

missense

Prot: ENSP00000384199.1UniProt: E9PHA6

MSH2 ENST00000918107.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.2089_2091delCGAinsGGCp.Arg697Gly

Exon rankN/A

missense

Prot: ENSP00000588166.1UniProt: A0ACI8SWY1

Frequencies

Allele frequencies (AF), counts (AC/AN), homozygotes and coverage

Common (AF > 0.05 / Hom > 5)

Rare (AF ≤ 0.0001 / Hom ≤ 1)

Source / population	AF	AC	Hom	AN	Coverage
Global population databases 2 sources Large-scale international reference populations
GnomAD3 genomes	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:32
GnomAD4 genome	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:32

Showing 2 sources

Tested, but no data found:GnomAD4 exomeIf GnomAD4 is missing, the position is probably not covered by the project.

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated pred.	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100	Pathogenic	9.6

Showing 1 of 1 scores

Splicing Scores

No splicing scores have been computed for this variant.

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.

MaveDB functional evidence

MaveDB is a public repository of laboratory assays that test the effect of thousands of variants at once — treat this as supporting research data and interpret it with great caution; it is not a clinical classification.

1 normal

1 assay found for this variant.

Clinical calibration: 0 functionally abnormal (PS3), 1 functionally normal (BS3).

Protein level

MSH2 LOF scores (HAP1)

MSH2 deep mutational scan

• Gene: MSH2
• Assay type: Cell fitness
• Mechanism: DNA and Mismatch repair
• Model system: Immortalized human cells (Homo sapiens)
• Score: -4.22 · p.Arg680Gly (assay numbering)

Classified as

BS3 strongFunctionally normalScott calibration: Normal

+4 more calibrations

BS3 strongFunctionally normalIGVF Coding Variant Focus Group -- Controls: Missense Variants Only: WT-like

BS3 moderateFunctionally normalIGVF Coding Variant Focus Group -- Controls: All Variants: WT-like

BS3 moderateFunctionally normalRUO ExCALIBR calibration: BS3 Moderate (-2)

BS3 supportingFunctionally normalRUO ExCALIBR calibration (ClinVar 2018): BS3 Supporting (-1)

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr2-47703538;

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