NM_001374258.1:c.721A>C

Variant names:

• chr7-140801551-T-G
• rs387906661
• NM_001374258.1:c.721A>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 23 ACMG points: 23P and 0B. PS3 PM1 PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_001374258.1(BRAF):​c.721A>C​(p.Thr241Pro) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV000057184: Published functional studies suggest a gain-of-function effect (PMID:36347258)" and additional evidence is available in ClinVar. Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. T241K) has been classified as Pathogenic. The gene BRAF is included in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: BRAF NM_001374258.1 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:10 O:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.97
• Publications: 22 publications found

Genes affected

BRAF (HGNC:1097): (B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase) This gene encodes a protein belonging to the RAF family of serine/threonine protein kinases. This protein plays a role in regulating the MAP kinase/ERK signaling pathway, which affects cell division, differentiation, and secretion. Mutations in this gene, most commonly the V600E mutation, are the most frequently identified cancer-causing mutations in melanoma, and have been identified in various other cancers as well, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colorectal cancer, thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, hairy cell leukemia and adenocarcinoma of lung. Mutations in this gene are also associated with cardiofaciocutaneous, Noonan, and Costello syndromes, which exhibit overlapping phenotypes. A pseudogene of this gene has been identified on the X chromosome. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]

BRAF Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome

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

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• LEOPARD syndrome 3

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics
• Noonan syndrome 7

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
• Noonan syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
• anaplastic astrocytoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• Costello syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen
• Noonan syndrome-like disorder with loose anagen hair

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

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

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 23 ACMG points.

• PS3: PS3 evidence extracted from ClinVar submissions: SCV000057184: Published functional studies suggest a gain-of-function effect (PMID: 36347258); SCV002500556: The most pronounced variant effect results in a moderate level of activation as measured by NIH-3T3 colony focus formation and a moderate increase in MEK and ERK phosphorylation in-vitro (example, Sarkozy_2009).; SCV000776876: Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects BRAF protein function (PMID: 28404629).
• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 12 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 5 uncertain in NM_001374258.1
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr7-140801550-G-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 44829.Status of the report is reviewed_by_expert_panel, 3 stars.
• PP2: Missense variant in the BRAF gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 139 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 21 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 3.7208 (above the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 4.9008 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to LEOPARD syndrome 3, Costello syndrome, Noonan syndrome 7, Noonan syndrome-like disorder with loose anagen hair, cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1, cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome, Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines, Noonan syndrome, anaplastic astrocytoma.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.981
• PP5: Variant 7-140801551-T-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr7-140801551-T-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 29807.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_001374258.1. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	BRAF	NM_001374258.1	MANE Plus Clinical	c.721A>C	p.Thr241Pro	missense	Exon 6 of 20	NP_001361187.1	A0A2R8Y8E0
	BRAF	NM_004333.6	MANE Select	c.721A>C	p.Thr241Pro	missense	Exon 6 of 18	NP_004324.2
	BRAF	NM_001374244.1		c.721A>C	p.Thr241Pro	missense	Exon 6 of 19	NP_001361173.1	A0A2U3TZI2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	BRAF	ENST00000644969.2	MANE Plus Clinical	c.721A>C	p.Thr241Pro	missense	Exon 6 of 20	ENSP00000496776.1	A0A2R8Y8E0
	BRAF	ENST00000646891.2	MANE Select	c.721A>C	p.Thr241Pro	missense	Exon 6 of 18	ENSP00000493543.1	P15056
	BRAF	ENST00000288602.11	TSL:1	c.721A>C	p.Thr241Pro	missense	Exon 6 of 19	ENSP00000288602.7	A0A2U3TZI2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
3	-	-	not provided (3)
2	-	-	Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome (2)
1	-	-	Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1 (1)
1	-	-	LEOPARD syndrome 3 (1)
1	-	-	Lung carcinoma;C3150970:Noonan syndrome 7;C3150971:LEOPARD syndrome 3;C4551602:Noonan syndrome 1;CN029449:Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1 (1)
1	-	-	Noonan syndrome 7 (1)
1	-	-	RASopathy (1)
-	-	-	Noonan syndrome 7;C3150971:LEOPARD syndrome 3;CN029449:Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1 (1)
-	-	-	Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.52	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.50
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.96	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.88
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.80
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.97	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.59	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.98	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.7	H
PhyloP100		8.0
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.88	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-4.5	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.98
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0020	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.65
MutPred		0.92		Loss of sheet (P = 0.0315)
MVP		0.99
MPC		2.3
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.2
Varity_R		0.97
gMVP		0.97
Mutation Taster		=6/94	disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs387906661; hg19: chr7-140501351;