chr17-43091922-T-A

Variant names:

• chr17-43091922-T-A
• NM_007294.4:c.3609A>T
• BRCA1 p.Arg1203Arg

GermlineCancer (beta)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign.

-2 Likely Benign

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-6

-1

0

+5

+6

+9

+10

BenignB

Likely BenignLB

UncertainVUS

Likely PathogenicLP

PathogenicP

The variant received -2 classification points (ACGS-UK Somatic Oncogenicity v2025). O3_ModerateB4_Strong

The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.3609A>T (p.Arg1203Arg) variant causes a synonymous change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The gene BRCA1 is a tumor suppressor gene (CancerMine: 412 TSG, 22 oncogene, 49 driver citations). The gene BRCA1 is a cancer driver gene (CancerMine: 412 TSG, 22 oncogene, 49 driver citations). The variant is absent from the gnomAD population database at sites with sufficient sequencing coverage. In-silico predictor (BayesDel (noAF)) classifies this variant as likely benign. Splicing prediction tools (SpliceAI) predict no significant impact on normal splicing. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: BRCA1 NM_007294.4 synonymous
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.179
• Publications: 0 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):

• BRCA1-related cancer predisposition

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• Fanconi anemia, complementation group S

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

Classification according to ACGS-UK Somatic Oncogenicity v2025

Specifications for BRCA1 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Classification was made for transcript:

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 points.

Apply	Criterion Code & Title / Strength	Strength	Rationale / Clinical Context
	O3Absent or very rare in population		Absent or extremely rare in gnomAD (AC ≤ 2) — O3 moderate; GnomAD: AF = absent, AC = 0 — absent/extremely rare (O3 moderate [+2])
	B4Synonymous/intronic, no splicing impact		Synonymous/intronic variant with confirmed no splicing impact (B4 strong); Synonymous variant — splicing algorithms confirm no impact on splicing (B4 strong [-4])

Variant Effect in Transcripts

Automated classification analysis was done for transcript: NM_007294.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated classification assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene / Transcript	Tags	HGVSc / HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	Protein / UniProt
	BRCA1 NM_007294.4	MANE Select	c.3609A>T p.Arg1203Arg	synonymous	Exon 10 of 23	Prot: NP_009225.1 UniProt:
	BRCA1 NM_001407581.1		c.3609A>T p.Arg1203Arg	synonymous	Exon 10 of 24	Prot: NP_001394510.1 UniProt:
	BRCA1 NM_001407582.1		c.3609A>T p.Arg1203Arg	synonymous	Exon 10 of 24	Prot: NP_001394511.1 UniProt:

BRCA1 NM_007294.4

MANE Select

HGVSc / HGVSpc.3609A>Tp.Arg1203Arg

Exon rankExon 10 of 23

synonymous

Prot: NP_009225.1UniProt: P38398-1

BRCA1 NM_001407581.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.3609A>Tp.Arg1203Arg

Exon rankExon 10 of 24

synonymous

Prot: NP_001394510.1UniProt: A0A2R8Y7V5

BRCA1 NM_001407582.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.3609A>Tp.Arg1203Arg

Exon rankExon 10 of 24

synonymous

Prot: NP_001394511.1UniProt: A0A2R8Y7V5

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene / Transcript	Tags	HGVSc / HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	Protein / UniProt
	BRCA1 ENST00000357654.9	TSL:1MANE Select	c.3609A>T p.Arg1203Arg	synonymous	Exon 10 of 23	Prot: ENSP00000350283.3 UniProt:
	BRCA1 ENST00000471181.7	TSL:1	c.3609A>T p.Arg1203Arg	synonymous	Exon 10 of 24	Prot: ENSP00000418960.2 UniProt:
	BRCA1 ENST00000470026.6	TSL:1	c.3609A>T p.Arg1203Arg	synonymous	Exon 10 of 23	Prot: ENSP00000419274.2 UniProt:

BRCA1 ENST00000357654.9

TSL:1MANE Select

HGVSc / HGVSpc.3609A>Tp.Arg1203Arg

Exon rankExon 10 of 23

synonymous

Prot: ENSP00000350283.3UniProt: P38398-1

BRCA1 ENST00000471181.7

TSL:1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.3609A>Tp.Arg1203Arg

Exon rankExon 10 of 24

synonymous

Prot: ENSP00000418960.2UniProt: P38398-7

BRCA1 ENST00000470026.6

TSL:1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.3609A>Tp.Arg1203Arg

Exon rankExon 10 of 23

synonymous

Prot: ENSP00000419274.2UniProt: P38398-1

Frequencies

Allele frequencies (AF), counts (AC/AN), homozygotes and coverage

Common (AF > 0.05 / Hom > 5)

Rare (AF ≤ 0.0001 / Hom ≤ 1)

Source / population	AF	AC	Hom	AN	Coverage
Global population databases 3 sources Large-scale international reference populations
GnomAD3 genomes	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:32
GnomAD4 exome	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:32
GnomAD4 genome	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:32

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ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated pred.	Score	Prediction
AlphaGenome AVI	Benign	2.6
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.83
CADD	Benign	0.93
DANN	Benign	0.47
GPN-Star LLR	N/A	-1.9
GPN-Star score	N/A	1.9
PhyloP100	Benign	-0.18
PromoterAI	N/A	0.0013	Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar	N/A	0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar	N/A	1.1

Showing 10 of 10 scores

Splicing Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated pred.	Score	Prediction
Pangolin (max)	Benign	0.0
SpliceAI score (max)	Benign	0.0	Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Showing 2 of 2 scores

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

MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.

MaveDB functional evidence

MaveDB is a public repository of laboratory assays that test the effect of thousands of variants at once — treat this as supporting research data and interpret it with great caution; it is not a clinical classification.

No MaveDB functional evidence found for this variant.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr17-41243939;

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