NM_007194.4:c.1482G>C

Variant names:

• chr22-28689195-C-G
• rs767043399
• NM_007194.4:c.1482G>C

Variant summary

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

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.1482G>C​(p.Lys494Asn) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000377 in 1,592,122 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 13/21 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000028 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: CHEK2 NM_007194.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:1 U:7 B:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.206

Genes affected

CHEK2 (HGNC:16627): (checkpoint kinase 2) In response to DNA damage and replication blocks, cell cycle progression is halted through the control of critical cell cycle regulators. The protein encoded by this gene is a cell cycle checkpoint regulator and putative tumor suppressor. It contains a forkhead-associated protein interaction domain essential for activation in response to DNA damage and is rapidly phosphorylated in response to replication blocks and DNA damage. When activated, the encoded protein is known to inhibit CDC25C phosphatase, preventing entry into mitosis, and has been shown to stabilize the tumor suppressor protein p53, leading to cell cycle arrest in G1. In addition, this protein interacts with and phosphorylates BRCA1, allowing BRCA1 to restore survival after DNA damage. Mutations in this gene have been linked with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a highly penetrant familial cancer phenotype usually associated with inherited mutations in TP53. Also, mutations in this gene are thought to confer a predisposition to sarcomas, breast cancer, and brain tumors. This nuclear protein is a member of the CDS1 subfamily of serine/threonine protein kinases. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.12800273).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
CHEK2	NM_007194.4	c.1482G>C	p.Lys494Asn	missense_variant	Exon 14 of 15	ENST00000404276.6	NP_009125.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
CHEK2	ENST00000404276.6	c.1482G>C	p.Lys494Asn	missense_variant	Exon 14 of 15	1	NM_007194.4	ENSP00000385747.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152138 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

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: 0.00316

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.0000147

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00000428 AC: 1 AN: 233586 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 128318

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: 0.00000920

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000278 AC: 4 AN: 1439866 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 28 AF XY: 0.00000418 AC XY: 3 AN XY: 717032

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

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: 0.00000181

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000167

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152256 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.0000134 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 74430

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE AF: 0.0000147

Gnomad4 OTH AF: 0.00

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

EpiCase AF: 0.0000545

EpiControl AF: 0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:7 Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2

Dec 27, 2023

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The CHEK2 c.1482G>C (p.Lys494Asn) variant has been reported in the published literature in individuals affected with Li-Fraumeni syndrome (Valiante, M et al 2022, SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine 4:74), and breast cancer (PMID: 37449874 (2023)). Assessment of experimental evidence regarding the effect of this variant on protein function suggests it has no effect relevant to disease (PMID: 37449874 (2023)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.0000043 (1/233586 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. 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 -

Sep 08, 2023

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 does not alter protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 19782031, 22419737) -

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:2

Jul 07, 2023

KCCC/NGS Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

A variant of uncertain significance was detected in the CHEK2 gene (c.1482G>C). This sequence change replaces lysine with asparagine at codon 494 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Lys494Asn). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with CHEK2-related disease. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 420225) with 6 submissions, all of which describe this variant as of uncertain significance. In-silico predictions show benign computational verdict based on 8 benign predictions from BayesDel_addAF, DANN, DEOGEN2, EIGEN, MVP, MutationAssessor, PrimateAI and SIFT vs 4 pathogenic predictions from FATHMM-MKL, LIST-S2, M-CAP and MutationTaster and the position is not highly conserved. These predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Jan 26, 2025

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 asparagine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 494 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Lys494Asn). This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.0009%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with CHEK2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 420225). 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. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change does not substantially affect CHEK2 function (PMID: 37449874). 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 Benign:1

Feb 15, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Nov 16, 2022

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces lysine with asparagine at codon 494 of the CHEK2 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, 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 1/233586 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. -

Li-Fraumeni syndrome 1 Pathogenic:1

Apr 28, 2020

Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The variant c.1482G>C was reported in a case of soft tissue sarcoma with Li-Fraumeni syndrome. This variant is extremely rare and is located in an hot-spot mutation region. -

not specified Uncertain:1

May 09, 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: CHEK2 c.1482G>C (p.Lys494Asn) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Three of five in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 4.3e-06 in 233586 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.1482G>C has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with breast cancer, with a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, and in at least one individual with soft tissue sarcoma and a family history of cancer suggestive of Li-Fraumeni syndrome (Stolarova_2023, Valiante_2022). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. An experimental study using two complementary functional assays for quantification of the catalytic activity of CHK2 in vitro found no damaging effect of this variant compared to the WT protein (Stolarova_2023). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 420225). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 37449874). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Bone osteosarcoma;C2931456:Familial prostate cancer;C5882668:Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2 Uncertain:1

Jan 09, 2024

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

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	Uncertain	0.41
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.20	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.52
CADD	Benign	16
DANN	Benign	0.91
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.17	T;.;T;.;T;.;T;.;.
Eigen	Benign	-0.73
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.76
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.67	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.86	.;D;.;D;.;D;D;D;.
M_CAP	Benign	0.027	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.13	T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM	Benign	-1.0	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.90	L;.;L;.;L;.;L;.;.
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.54	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.3	N;N;N;.;N;N;.;N;N
REVEL	Benign	0.066
Sift	Benign	0.16	T;T;T;.;T;T;.;T;T
Sift4G	Benign	0.18	T;T;T;.;T;T;.;T;T
Polyphen		0.0040	B;B;B;.;B;B;B;B;B
Vest4		0.46
MutPred		0.34		Loss of methylation at K494 (P = 0.0015);.;Loss of methylation at K494 (P = 0.0015);.;Loss of methylation at K494 (P = 0.0015);.;Loss of methylation at K494 (P = 0.0015);.;.;
MVP		0.53
MPC		0.022
ClinPred		0.11	T
GERP RS		-2.9
Varity_R		0.28
gMVP		0.50

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: rs767043399; hg19: chr22-29085183;