chr22-28725036-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM1PM2

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.533G>A​(p.Gly178Glu) variant causes a missense 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. G178R) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0 ( 0 hom. )
Failed GnomAD Quality Control

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 missense

Scores

1
12
6

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.03

Publications

3 publications found
Variant links:
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]
CHEK2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • CHEK2-related cancer predisposition
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
  • hereditary breast carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
  • acute myeloid leukemia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
  • familial ovarian cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

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 3 benign, 16 uncertain in NM_007194.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
CHEK2NM_007194.4 linkc.533G>A p.Gly178Glu missense_variant Exon 4 of 15 ENST00000404276.6 NP_009125.1 O96017-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
CHEK2ENST00000404276.6 linkc.533G>A p.Gly178Glu missense_variant Exon 4 of 15 1 NM_007194.4 ENSP00000385747.1 O96017-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 exome
Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AC0
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1461822
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
727210
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33480
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44724
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26134
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39682
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86256
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53420
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1111964
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60394
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:3
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Malignant tumor of breast Uncertain:1
-
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

The CHEK2 p.Gly178Glu variant was not identified in the literature nor was it identified in the Cosmic, MutDB, or Zhejiang University databases. The variant was identified in dbSNP (ID: rs864622691) as "With Uncertain significance allele", and in ClinVar database (classified as uncertain significance by Invitae). The variant was not identified in the following control databases: the Exome Aggregation Consortium (August 8th 2016), or the Genome Aggregation Database (Feb 27, 2017). The p.Gly178 residue is conserved in mammals but not in more distantly related organisms, and four out of five computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) suggest that the variant may impact the protein; however, this information is not predictive enough to assume pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) do not predict a difference in splicing. In summary, based on the above information the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:1
Oct 18, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with glutamic acid, which is acidic and polar, at codon 178 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Gly178Glu). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). 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: 220904). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Not Available"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Not Available". The glutamic acid amino acid residue is found in multiple mammalian species, which suggests that this missense change does not adversely affect 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1
Apr 07, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.G178E variant (also known as c.533G>A), located in coding exon 3 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 533. The glycine at codon 178 is replaced by glutamic acid, 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. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Uncertain
0.53
BayesDel_addAF
Uncertain
0.068
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.14
CADD
Uncertain
25
DANN
Benign
0.96
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.59
D;.;D;D;.;D;.;.;D
Eigen
Benign
-0.0090
Eigen_PC
Benign
0.025
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.86
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.81
.;T;.;.;T;T;.;T;T
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.16
D
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.67
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.67
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.1
M;M;M;M;.;M;M;.;.
PhyloP100
3.0
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.60
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-5.2
D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;.
REVEL
Uncertain
0.54
Sift
Uncertain
0.018
D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;.
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.048
D;T;D;D;T;.;T;T;T
Polyphen
0.59
P;B;P;P;P;P;B;.;.
Vest4
0.47
MutPred
0.70
Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);.;Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);.;Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.012);
MVP
0.96
MPC
0.059
ClinPred
0.98
D
GERP RS
3.5
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.84
gMVP
0.59
Mutation Taster
=54/46
polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs864622691; hg19: chr22-29121024; COSMIC: COSV105899903; API