NM_002485.5:c.1667T>A

Variant names:

• chr8-89953422-A-T
• rs558023830
• NM_002485.5:c.1667T>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_002485.5(NBN):​c.1667T>A​(p.Val556Glu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000629 in 1,461,600 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 16/21 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000063 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: NBN NM_002485.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:12
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.16

Genes affected

NBN (HGNC:7652): (nibrin) Mutations in this gene are associated with Nijmegen breakage syndrome, an autosomal recessive chromosomal instability syndrome characterized by microcephaly, growth retardation, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. The encoded protein is a member of the MRE11/RAD50 double-strand break repair complex which consists of 5 proteins. This gene product is thought to be involved in DNA double-strand break repair and DNA damage-induced checkpoint activation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.10064387).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
NBN	NM_002485.5	c.1667T>A	p.Val556Glu	missense_variant	Exon 11 of 16	ENST00000265433.8	NP_002476.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
NBN	ENST00000265433.8	c.1667T>A	p.Val556Glu	missense_variant	Exon 11 of 16	1	NM_002485.5	ENSP00000265433.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.0000199 AC: 5 AN: 251204 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.0000147 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 135780

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 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.0000440

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000629 AC: 92 AN: 1461600 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.0000619 AC XY: 45 AN XY: 727108

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.0000299

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.0000809

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000166

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.0000312 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

EpiCase AF: 0.0000545

EpiControl AF: 0.000119

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:12

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Microcephaly, normal intelligence and immunodeficiency Uncertain:4

Sep 18, 2024

St. Jude Molecular Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The NBN c.1667T>A (p.Val556Glu) missense change has a maximum subpopulation frequency of 0.004% in gnomAD v2.1.1 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/). The in silico tool REVEL predicts a benign effect on protein function, but to our knowledge this prediction has not been confirmed by functional studies. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in individuals with Nijmegan breakage syndrome. In summary, the evidence currently available is insufficient to determine the clinical significance of this variant. It has therefore been classified as of uncertain significance. -

Dec 29, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces valine, which is neutral and non-polar, with glutamic acid, which is acidic and polar, at codon 556 of the NBN protein (p.Val556Glu). This variant is present in population databases (rs558023830, gnomAD 0.004%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with breast and/or ovarian cancer (PMID: 26315354, 29522266, 34326862). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 127859). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be tolerated. 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. -

Nov 07, 2021

Genome-Nilou Lab

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Sep 16, 2020

Natera, Inc.

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

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not provided Uncertain:4

Dec 13, 2017

PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Feb 05, 2025

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 indicates that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 26315354, 32885271, 33471991, 34326862, 38446568, 29522266, 36346689) -

Jan 19, 2023

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.000044 (5/113546 chromosomes, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org), is uninformative in assessment of its pathogenicity. This variant was also reported in one cancer-free woman over 70 years old (FLOSSIES, https://whi.color.com/). In the published literature, the variant has been reported in individuals with ovarian cancer (PMID: 26315354 (2015)) and in individuals with breast cancer (PMID: 29522266 (2018)). It has also been reported in individuals with breast cancer as well as in unaffected controls in a breast cancer association study (PMID: 33471991 (2021), see also LOVD (http://databases.lovd.nl/shared/genes/NBN)). Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded predictions that this variant is benign. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

Nov 03, 2021

Institute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital TU Dresden, University Hospital TU Dresden

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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not specified Uncertain:1

Mar 01, 2021

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: NBN c.1667T>A (p.Val556Glu) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2e-05 in 251204 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.1667T>A has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with epithelial ovarian cancer and breast cancer (Ramus_2015, Hauke_2018), however it was also found in 1/7325 European American women, older than age 70 years who have never had cancer (in the FLOSSIES database). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Six clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories classified the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Aplastic anemia Uncertain:1

Feb 20, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Malignant tumor of breast Uncertain:1

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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

The NBN p.Val556Glu variant was identified in 4 of 17650 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.0002) from American, Australian, British and German individuals or families with breast or ovarian cancer and was not identified in 6862 control chromosomes from healthy individuals (Ramus 2015, Hauke 2018). The variant was identified in dbSNP (ID: rs558023830) as “With Uncertain significance allele” and ClinVar (classified as uncertain significance by Invitae, Ambry Genetics, GeneDx and 2 other submitters). The variant was not identified in LOVD 3.0. The variant was identified in control databases in 5 of 245964 chromosomes at a frequency of 0.00002 (Genome Aggregation Database Feb 27, 2017), in the European Non-Finnish population in 5 of 111478 chromosomes (freq: 0.00005); it was not observed in the African, Other, Latino, Ashkenazi Jewish, East Asian, European Finnish, or South Asian populations. The p.Val556 residue is not conserved in mammals and computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) provide inconsistent predictions regarding the impact of the Glu variant to the protein; this information is not very predictive of pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and 1 of 4 in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) predict a greater than 10% difference in splicing; this is not very predictive of pathogenicity. In summary, based on the above information, the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1

Dec 08, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.V556E variant (also known as c.1667T>A), located in coding exon 11 of the NBN gene, results from a T to A substitution at nucleotide position 1667. The valine at codon 556 is replaced by glutamic acid, an amino acid with dissimilar properties. In one study, this alteration was observed in 3/3236 cases with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer and 0/3431 controls (Ramus SJ et al. J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 2015 Nov;107:). It was also detected in 1/5589 German BRCA1/2-negative probands with breast cancer (Hauke J et al. Cancer Med, 2018 Apr;7:1349-1358) and in 1/3251 individuals who met eligibility criteria for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (Lerner-Ellis J et al. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 2021 Mar;147:871-879). This amino acid position is poorly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.089
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.20	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.40
CADD	Benign	18
DANN	Benign	0.96
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.071	T;T
Eigen	Benign	-0.36
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.30
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.25	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.61	T;T
M_CAP	Benign	0.031	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.10	T;T
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.94	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	1.1	L;.
PrimateAI	Benign	0.30	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.4	N;N
REVEL	Benign	0.078
Sift	Uncertain	0.0020	D;D
Sift4G	Benign	0.14	T;T
Polyphen		0.54	P;.
Vest4		0.24
MutPred		0.24		Loss of helix (P = 0.1706);.;
MVP		0.60
MPC		0.15
ClinPred		0.21	T
GERP RS		4.1
Varity_R		0.33
gMVP		0.16

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

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs558023830; hg19: chr8-90965650; COSMIC: COSV104545492; COSMIC: COSV104545492;