NM_198253.3:c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG

Variant names:

• chr5-1294557-CCCCCGCGGG-C
• rs1554043095
• NM_198253.3:c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM4

The NM_198253.3(TERT):​c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG​(p.Ala107_Gly109del) variant causes a disruptive inframe deletion change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A107A) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
• Consequence: TERT NM_198253.3 disruptive_inframe_deletion
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.08
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

TERT (HGNC:11730): (telomerase reverse transcriptase) Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein polymerase that maintains telomere ends by addition of the telomere repeat TTAGGG. The enzyme consists of a protein component with reverse transcriptase activity, encoded by this gene, and an RNA component which serves as a template for the telomere repeat. Telomerase expression plays a role in cellular senescence, as it is normally repressed in postnatal somatic cells resulting in progressive shortening of telomeres. Deregulation of telomerase expression in somatic cells may be involved in oncogenesis. Studies in mouse suggest that telomerase also participates in chromosomal repair, since de novo synthesis of telomere repeats may occur at double-stranded breaks. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms of telomerase reverse transcriptase have been identified; the full-length sequence of some variants has not been determined. Alternative splicing at this locus is thought to be one mechanism of regulation of telomerase activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

TERT Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal dominant 2

  Inheritance: AR, AD, SD, Unknown Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
• acute myeloid leukemia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• dyskeratosis congenita

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 28 uncertain in NM_198253.3
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM4: Nonframeshift variant in NON repetitive region in NM_198253.3.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TERT	NM_198253.3	c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG	p.Ala107_Gly109del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 2 of 16	ENST00000310581.10	NP_937983.2
TERT	NM_001193376.3	c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG	p.Ala107_Gly109del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 2 of 15		NP_001180305.1
TERT	NR_149162.3	n.399_407delCCCGCGGGG		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 13
TERT	NR_149163.3	n.399_407delCCCGCGGGG		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TERT	ENST00000310581.10	c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG	p.Ala107_Gly109del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 2 of 16	1	NM_198253.3	ENSP00000309572.5
TERT	ENST00000334602.10	c.320_328delCCCGCGGGG	p.Ala107_Gly109del	disruptive_inframe_deletion	Exon 2 of 15	1		ENSP00000334346.6
TERT	ENST00000460137.6	n.320_328delCCCGCGGGG		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 13	1		ENSP00000425003.1
TERT	ENST00000656021.1	n.320_328delCCCGCGGGG		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 17			ENSP00000499759.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 34

We have no GnomAD4 exomes data on this position. Probably position not covered by the project.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 34

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Jan 11, 2016

Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago

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
PhyloP100		3.1

Splicing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554043095; hg19: chr5-1294672;