NM_007294.4:c.4844C>G

Variant names:

• chr17-43071070-G-C
• rs1555580805
• NM_007294.4:c.4844C>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM1 PM2

The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):​c.4844C>G​(p.Ala1615Gly) 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 Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. A1615P) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: BRCA1 NM_007294.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.57
• Publications: 1 publications found

Genes affected

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
• Fanconi anemia, complementation group S

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, LIMITED Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 4

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Fanconi anemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 5 benign, 38 uncertain in NM_007294.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
BRCA1	NM_007294.4	c.4844C>G	p.Ala1615Gly	missense_variant	Exon 15 of 23	ENST00000357654.9	NP_009225.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
BRCA1	ENST00000357654.9	c.4844C>G	p.Ala1615Gly	missense_variant	Exon 15 of 23	1	NM_007294.4	ENSP00000350283.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1

Mar 12, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.A1615G variant (also known as c.4844C>G), located in coding exon 14 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a C to G substitution at nucleotide position 4844. The alanine at codon 1615 is replaced by glycine, an amino acid with similar properties. This amino acid position is well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Uncertain:1

Nov 14, 2019

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may create or strengthen a splice site, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. This sequence change replaces alanine with glycine at codon 1615 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Ala1615Gly). The alanine residue is moderately conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between alanine and glycine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with BRCA1-related conditions. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.13
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.10	D
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.090
CADD	Benign	23
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.19	.;T;.;.;T;.;.;.;T;.
Eigen	Benign	-0.33
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.44
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.31	N
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.87	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.34	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.34	T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM	Uncertain	-0.11	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	1.9	.;L;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100		2.6
PrimateAI	Benign	0.27	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.4	N;N;.;N;.;N;N;N;N;N
REVEL	Uncertain	0.39
Sift	Benign	0.051	T;D;.;D;.;D;D;D;D;D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.052	T;D;D;D;T;D;T;.;.;T
Polyphen		0.96	.;P;.;.;.;.;.;.;P;.
Vest4		0.35
MVP		0.85
MPC		0.16
ClinPred		0.58	D
GERP RS		3.9
Varity_R		0.10
gMVP		0.24

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.42		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai		0.42		Position offset: 1

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555580805; hg19: chr17-41223087;