chr22-28734588-G-A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points: 0P and 3B. BP4_ModerateBS2_Supporting

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):c.134C>T(p.Thr45Met) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000167 in 1,613,930 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict 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. T45A) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000072 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000011 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:11

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.24

Publications

9 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

CHEK2 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -3 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.08115265).

BS2

High AC in GnomAd4 at 11 AD gene. Variant has AC lower than other variant known as pathogenic in the gene, so the strength is limited to Supporting.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
CHEK2	NM_007194.4 link	c.134C>T	p.Thr45Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 15	ENST00000404276.6	NP_009125.1	O96017-1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
CHEK2	ENST00000404276.6 link	c.134C>T	p.Thr45Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 15	1	NM_007194.4	ENSP00000385747.1		O96017-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000790

AC:

AN:

151926

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.000145

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000131

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.000209

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000441

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.0000199

AC:

AN:

251234

AF XY:

0.0000147

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.0000615

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.0000578

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.0000993

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00000881

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000109

AC:

AN:

1461886

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000110

AC XY:

AN XY:

727242

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000299

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000224

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000126

AC:

AN:

1112008

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

60396

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.478

Heterozygous variant carriers

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0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

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55-60

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65-70

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>80

Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000723

AC:

AN:

152044

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000538

AC XY:

AN XY:

74312

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.000145

AC:

AN:

41466

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000131

AC:

AN:

15258

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3470

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5158

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4790

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10592

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000441

AC:

AN:

67992

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2112

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.483

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

75-80

>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.0000579

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000529

ExAC

AF:

0.0000165

AC:

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000289

AC:

AN:

3478

EpiCase

AF:

0.00

EpiControl

AF:

0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:11

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome

Uncertain:3

Dec 13, 2022

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This missense variant replaces threonine with methionine at codon 45 of the CHEK2 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in individuals affected with sarcoma (PMID: 27498913), colorectal cancer (PMID 28944238) and unspecified pediatric cancer (PMID: 26580448). This variant has been identified in 8/282548 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Dec 02, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.T45M variant (also known as c.134C>T), located in coding exon 1 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 134. The threonine at codon 45 is replaced by methionine, an amino acid with similar properties. This alteration was detected in 1/6385 invasive epithelial ovarian cancer cases and 0/6115 controls of European ancestry (Song H et al. J Med Genet, 2021 May;58:305-313). This variant was also identified in a cohort of 3,579 African males diagnosed with prostate cancer who underwent multi-gene panel testing of 19 DNA repair and cancer predisposition genes (Matejcic M et al. JCO Precis Oncol, 2020 Jan;4:32-43). This alteration was reported as functional in a study assessing CHEK2-complementation through quantification of KAP1 phosphorylation and CHK2 autophosphorylation in human RPE1-CHEK2-knockout cells (Stolarova L et al. Clin Cancer Res, 2023 Aug;29:3037-3050). 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. -

Mar 21, 2022

Sema4, Sema4

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:curation

- -

not specified

Uncertain:2

Aug 31, 2018

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: CHEK2 c.134C>T (p.Thr45Met) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.5e-05 in 276880 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.134C>T has been reported in the literature in an individual diagnosed with Hypodiploid ALL. This report does not provide an unequivocal conclusion about association of the variant with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Three ClinVar submission from other clinical diagnostic laboratories (evaluation after 2014) cites the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Mar 04, 2025

Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not provided

Uncertain:2

Sep 10, 2024

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Observed in individuals with breast, colorectal, prostate or other cancers and also in unaffected controls (PMID: 26580448, 27498913, 28944238, 32832836, 33471991, 32546565, 37449874); Published functional studies suggest a neutral effect: auto-phosphorylation and kinase activity comparable to wild type (PMID: 37449874); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis indicates that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 24448499, 27498913, 26580448, 28944238, 32832836, 33471991, 32546565, 37449874, 11733767, 22114986) -

Oct 31, 2024

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The CHEK2 c.134C>T (p.Thr45Met) variant has been reported in the published literature in individuals with breast cancer (PMID: 37449874 (2023), 33471991 (2021), see LOVD (http://databases.lovd.nl/shared/)), colorectal cancer (PMID: 28944238 (2017)), and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (PMID: 26580448 (2015)). This variant has also been reported in unaffected individuals (PMID: 37449874 (2023), 33471991 (2021), see LOVD (http://databases.lovd.nl/shared/genes/CHEK2)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.00012 (3/24932 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded conflicting predictions that this variant is benign or damaging. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

Familial cancer of breast

Uncertain:2

Dec 18, 2023

Baylor Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Dec 31, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces threonine, which is neutral and polar, with methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 45 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Thr45Met). This variant is present in population databases (rs558321010, gnomAD 0.01%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (PMID: 26580448). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 230559). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. 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 nonpolyposis colon cancer

Uncertain:1

Sep 16, 2024

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Familial cancer of breast;C0346629:Colorectal cancer;C0376358:Prostate cancer;C0585442:Bone osteosarcoma;C5882668:CHEK2-related cancer predisposition

Uncertain:1

May 03, 2022

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Benign

0.099

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.031

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.10

CADD

Uncertain

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.16

T;.;T;T;.;T;.;.;.;.;T;.;.

Eigen

Benign

0.16

Eigen_PC

Benign

0.12

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.77

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.90

.;D;.;.;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D

M_CAP

Benign

0.051

MetaRNN

Benign

0.081

T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.19

MutationAssessor

Benign

1.9

L;L;L;L;L;L;L;L;.;.;.;.;.

PhyloP100

2.2

PrimateAI

Benign

0.47

PROVEAN

Benign

-0.68

N;N;N;N;N;.;N;N;N;N;N;.;.

REVEL

Benign

0.14

Sift

Uncertain

0.0040

D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D;.;.

Sift4G

Uncertain

0.013

D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D;.;.

Polyphen

1.0

D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;.;.;.;.

Vest4

0.31

MVP

0.96

MPC

0.16

ClinPred

0.46

GERP RS

4.9

PromoterAI

0.0040

Neutral

(source)

RBP_binding_hub_radar

0.0

RBP_regulation_power_radar

1.7

Varity_R

0.052

gMVP

0.29

Mutation Taster

=88/12

polymorphism

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.0

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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