Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points: 2P and 3B. PM2BP4_ModerateBP6
The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.2710G>C(p.Glu904Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. E904G) has been classified as Likely benign.
BRCA1 (HGNC:1100): (BRCA1 DNA repair associated) This gene encodes a 190 kD nuclear phosphoprotein that plays a role in maintaining genomic stability, and it also acts as a tumor suppressor. The BRCA1 gene contains 22 exons spanning about 110 kb of DNA. The encoded protein combines with other tumor suppressors, DNA damage sensors, and signal transducers to form a large multi-subunit protein complex known as the BRCA1-associated genome surveillance complex (BASC). This gene product associates with RNA polymerase II, and through the C-terminal domain, also interacts with histone deacetylase complexes. This protein thus plays a role in transcription, DNA repair of double-stranded breaks, and recombination. Mutations in this gene are responsible for approximately 40% of inherited breast cancers and more than 80% of inherited breast and ovarian cancers. Alternative splicing plays a role in modulating the subcellular localization and physiological function of this gene. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants, some of which are disease-associated mutations, have been described for this gene, but the full-length natures of only some of these variants has been described. A related pseudogene, which is also located on chromosome 17, has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]
BRCA1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.24010229).
BP6
Variant 17-43092821-C-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr17-43092821-C-G is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 141808.
​The p.E904Q variant (also known as c.2710G>C or 2829G>C) is located in coding exon 9 of the BRCA1 gene. This alteration results from a G to C substitution at nucleotide position 2710. The glutamic acid at codon 904 is replaced by glutamine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This variant was not reported in population-based cohorts in the following databases: Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (dbSNP), NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project (ESP) and 1000 Genomes Project. Based on protein sequence alignment, this amino acid position is poorly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be possibly damaging by PolyPhen but tolerated by SIFT in silico analyses. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of p.E904Q remains unclear.
Mar 27, 2019
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
Mar 23, 2023
University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation
Missense variant in a coldspot region where missense variants are very unlikely to be pathogenic (PMID:31911673).
Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndromeUncertain:1
Jan 24, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
This sequence change replaces glutamic acid, which is acidic and polar, with glutamine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 904 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Glu904Gln). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with BRCA1-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 141808). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed for this missense variant. However, the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on BRCA1 protein function. 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.